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2001 Supplementary Survey Profile
Tennessee
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TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
  Estimate Lower
Bound
Upper
Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school
1,345,554
1,326,884
1,364,224
Nursery school, preschool
74,339
66,452
82,226
Kindergarten
80,936
71,747
90,125
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
625,307
611,355
639,259
High school grade (grades 9-12)
295,076
280,865
309,287
College or graduate school
269,896
249,387
290,406
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
3,689,753
3,682,046
3,697,460
Less than 9th grade
318,256
290,158
346,354
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
503,226
463,641
542,811
High school graduate (including equivalency)
1,224,694
1,187,594
1,261,794
Some college, no degree
706,422
681,240
731,604
Associate degree
183,344
171,081
195,607
Bachelor's degree
490,191
458,879
521,503
Graduate or professional degree
263,620
243,779
283,461
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
77.7
76.7
78.7
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
20.4
19.1
21.7
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
2,115,594
2,107,702
2,123,486
Never married
557,569
539,723
575,415
Now married, except separated
1,265,330
1,245,122
1,285,538
Separated
39,149
32,826
45,472
Widowed
51,258
45,265
57,251
Divorced
202,288
189,543
215,033
 
Females 15 years and over
2,301,841
2,296,947
2,306,735
Never married
488,526
473,334
503,718
Now married, except separated
1,203,753
1,182,432
1,225,074
Separated
58,945
48,694
69,196
Widowed
247,710
238,353
257,067
Divorced
302,907
286,910
318,904
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
82,764
74,128
91,400
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
26,556
21,070
32,042
Per 1,000 unmarried women
40
32
48
As a percent of all women with a birth
32.1
26.7
37.5
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
57
50
64
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
48
30
66
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
114
101
127
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
13
10
16
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
125,449
110,513
140,385
Responsible for grandchildren
71,386
60,324
82,448
less than 1 year
11,626
7,311
15,941
1 or 2 years
17,704
12,175
23,233
3 or 4 years
10,252
6,599
13,905
5 or more years
31,804
25,720
37,888
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
63.3
59.5
67.1
Percent who are married
73.0
66.6
79.4
Percent who are in labor force
52.9
47.0
58.8
Percent who are in poverty
23.7
18.4
29.0
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
4,175,706
4,169,111
4,182,301
Civilian veterans
522,285
502,714
541,856
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
1,229,909
1,218,036
1,241,782
With a disability
110,244
99,512
120,976
 
Population 21 to 64 years
3,292,545
3,279,045
3,306,045
With a disability
559,260
534,749
583,771
Percent employed
41.0
39.2
42.8
No disability
2,733,285
2,708,710
2,757,860
Percent employed
78.5
77.8
79.2
 
Population 65 years and over
670,849
666,815
674,883
With a disability
330,226
320,994
339,458
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
5,523,222
5,516,411
5,530,033
Same house
4,625,580
4,582,890
4,668,270
Different house in the U.S.
877,943
835,375
920,511
Same county
555,087
520,424
589,750
Different county
322,856
298,406
347,306
Same state
151,484
136,576
166,392
Different state
171,372
145,886
196,858
Abroad
19,699
13,729
25,669
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
5,592,019
*****
*****
Native
5,419,799
5,403,863
5,435,735
Born in United States
5,384,895
5,367,950
5,401,841
State of residence
3,601,672
3,553,553
3,649,791
Different state
1,783,223
1,732,047
1,834,399
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
34,904
30,258
39,550
Foreign born
172,220
156,284
188,156
Naturalized citizen
57,220
49,594
64,846
Not a citizen
115,000
100,897
129,103
Entered 1990 or later
102,158
89,149
115,167
Entered before 1990
70,062
61,145
78,979
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
172,220
156,284
188,156
Europe
26,858
21,428
32,288
Asia
56,269
48,674
63,864
Africa
15,197
8,449
21,946
Oceania
1,516
0
3,097
Latin America
67,217
58,310
76,124
Northern America
5,163
2,363
7,963
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
5,207,542
5,203,308
5,211,776
English only
4,965,444
4,943,288
4,987,600
Language other than English
242,098
220,206
263,990
Speak English less than "very well"
106,796
95,329
118,264
Spanish
122,631
110,754
134,508
Speak English less than "very well"
57,847
49,628
66,066
Other Indo-European languages
61,872
50,071
73,673
Speak English less than "very well"
19,521
14,183
24,859
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
38,368
32,819
43,917
Speak English less than "very well"
19,607
16,170
23,044
Other languages
19,227
12,520
25,934
Speak English less than "very well"
9,821
3,939
15,703
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
5,592,019
*****
*****
Arab
20,850
12,463
29,237
Czech
6,906
4,571
9,241
Danish
6,840
4,022
9,658
Dutch
113,573
97,822
129,324
English
638,142
543,536
732,748
French (except Basque)
110,388
95,000
125,776
French Canadian
17,828
12,810
22,846
German
569,204
540,177
598,231
Greek
7,353
3,721
10,985
Hungarian
8,007
6,539
9,476
Irish
645,789
615,615
675,963
Italian
115,439
101,666
129,212
Lithuanian
4,091
1,466
6,716
Norwegian
22,202
16,943
27,461
Polish
54,370
46,496
62,244
Portuguese
4,693
1,575
7,812
Russian
15,749
11,320
20,178
Scotch-Irish
178,610
165,491
191,729
Scottish
137,281
125,031
149,531
Slovak
5,400
2,372
8,428
Subsaharan African
22,224
16,106
28,342
Swedish
30,142
23,080
37,204
Swiss
13,809
8,714
18,904
Ukrainian
4,021
2,592
5,450
United States or American
953,698
865,114
1,042,282
Welsh
38,630
30,401
46,859
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
3,048
1,355
4,741
 

The 2001 Supplementary Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds.

School enrollment estimates from the 2001 Supplementary Survey will tend to be lower than similar estimates from Census 2000 and the Current Population Survey because the school enrollment estimates from the 2001 Supplementary Survey do not include individuals residing in group quarters, such as college dormitories.

Ancestry listed in this table refers to the total number of reports; for example, the estimate given for Russian represents the number of people who listed Russian as either their first or second ancestry. This table lists only the largest ancestry groups; see the Detailed Tables for more categories. Race and Hispanic origin groups are not included in this table because official data for those groups come from the Race and Hispanic origin questions rather than the ancestry question (see Table 1).

1. An '*' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '**' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
6. An '***' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
7. An '*****' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate.
8. An 'N' entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

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