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2001 Supplementary Survey Profile
Nashville-Davidson (balance), Davidson County pt.
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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
117,345
109,615
125,075
Nursery school, preschool
5,800
3,767
7,833
Kindergarten
5,809
3,606
8,012
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
51,006
46,431
55,581
High school grade (grades 9-12)
24,657
20,890
28,424
College or graduate school
30,073
23,544
36,602
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
348,902
344,929
352,875
Less than 9th grade
15,770
11,642
19,898
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
34,624
29,167
40,081
High school graduate (including equivalency)
105,337
96,795
113,879
Some college, no degree
73,811
66,371
81,251
Associate degree
19,784
15,149
24,419
Bachelor's degree
61,792
54,775
68,809
Graduate or professional degree
37,784
31,598
43,970
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
85.6
83.6
87.6
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
28.5
26.0
31.0
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
201,511
197,104
205,918
Never married
77,062
70,221
83,903
Now married, except separated
97,002
90,126
103,878
Separated
3,350
1,487
5,213
Widowed
5,169
3,227
7,111
Divorced
18,928
14,613
23,243
 
Females 15 years and over
216,691
213,667
219,715
Never married
59,075
54,633
63,517
Now married, except separated
94,852
87,953
101,751
Separated
5,055
2,720
7,390
Widowed
22,860
19,783
25,937
Divorced
34,849
30,044
39,654
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
7,432
4,802
10,062
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
2,501
910
4,092
Per 1,000 unmarried women
32
12
52
As a percent of all women with a birth
33.7
14.6
52.8
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
51
33
69
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
15
0
40
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
94
61
127
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
20
0
41
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
8,035
4,865
11,205
Responsible for grandchildren
2,301
583
4,019
less than 1 year
205
0
560
1 or 2 years
636
0
1,486
3 or 4 years
733
0
1,941
5 or more years
727
0
1,595
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
77.4
53.5
100.0
Percent who are married
68.4
25.2
100.0
Percent who are in labor force
43.6
20.2
67.0
Percent who are in poverty
31.6
0.0
74.8
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
400,993
395,763
406,224
Civilian veterans
39,458
34,617
44,299
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
98,861
94,452
103,270
With a disability
9,308
6,260
12,356
 
Population 21 to 64 years
328,815
323,448
334,182
With a disability
44,299
38,064
50,534
Percent employed
50.0
43.2
56.8
No disability
284,516
276,885
292,147
Percent employed
83.8
81.5
86.1
 
Population 65 years and over
54,857
52,722
56,992
With a disability
26,911
23,113
30,709
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
512,578
506,729
518,427
Same house
412,658
397,146
428,170
Different house in the U.S.
95,905
81,637
110,173
Same county
69,079
57,669
80,489
Different county
26,826
19,281
34,371
Same state
8,125
5,150
11,100
Different state
18,701
12,080
25,322
Abroad
4,015
981
7,049
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
519,214
513,614
524,814
Native
466,720
455,376
478,064
Born in United States
463,682
452,282
475,082
State of residence
306,041
293,178
318,904
Different state
157,641
145,279
170,003
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
3,038
1,335
4,741
Foreign born
52,494
41,703
63,285
Naturalized citizen
11,126
7,158
15,094
Not a citizen
41,368
31,452
51,285
Entered 1990 or later
37,499
28,848
46,150
Entered before 1990
14,995
10,164
19,826
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
52,494
41,703
63,285
Europe
8,024
4,001
12,047
Asia
11,916
8,228
15,604
Africa
11,482
4,900
18,064
Oceania
0
0
512
Latin America
20,208
15,199
25,217
Northern America
864
0
1,890
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
482,533
476,913
488,153
English only
430,319
420,043
440,595
Language other than English
52,214
43,113
61,315
Speak English less than "very well"
31,248
23,132
39,364
Spanish
25,133
20,439
29,827
Speak English less than "very well"
16,335
10,725
21,945
Other Indo-European languages
11,087
6,823
15,351
Speak English less than "very well"
5,249
2,333
8,165
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
6,200
3,237
9,163
Speak English less than "very well"
1,953
613
3,293
Other languages
9,794
3,757
15,831
Speak English less than "very well"
7,711
2,339
13,083
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
519,214
513,614
524,814
Arab
9,251
2,986
15,516
Czech
1,186
57
2,315
Danish
1,295
0
2,655
Dutch
7,687
3,958
11,416
English
58,461
48,224
68,698
French (except Basque)
14,208
7,394
21,023
French Canadian
1,817
457
3,177
German
40,326
32,114
48,538
Greek
1,712
141
3,283
Hungarian
199
0
529
Irish
53,132
45,486
60,778
Italian
13,669
8,308
19,030
Lithuanian
0
0
512
Norwegian
3,280
1,543
5,017
Polish
3,804
1,903
5,705
Portuguese
687
22
1,352
Russian
1,611
143
3,080
Scotch-Irish
20,389
15,556
25,222
Scottish
14,896
10,913
18,879
Slovak
475
0
1,036
Subsaharan African
9,090
4,909
13,271
Swedish
2,359
699
4,019
Swiss
3,353
1,206
5,500
Ukrainian
1,069
119
2,019
United States or American
53,698
44,958
62,438
Welsh
3,464
1,705
5,223
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
215
0
603
 

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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