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Memphis Tennessee Social and demographic information
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Memphis Tennessee Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Memphis city
| Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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| SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT |
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NATIVITY
AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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| Population
3 years and over |
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Total
poplulation |
649,845 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
185,720 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
623,770 |
96.0 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
13,353 |
7.2 |
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Born in
United States |
620,427 |
95.5 |
| Kindergarten |
9,833 |
5.3 |
|
State
of residence |
418,239 |
64.4 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
85,402 |
46.0 |
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Different state |
202,188 |
31.1 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
39,403 |
21.2 |
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Born
outside United States |
3,343 |
0.5 |
| College or
graduate school |
37,729 |
20.3 |
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Foreign born |
26,075 |
4.0 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
17,313 |
2.7 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
7,012 |
1.1 |
| Population
25 years and over |
398,824 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
19,063 |
2.9 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
29,529 |
7.4 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
64,783 |
16.2 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
111,364 |
27.9 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
26,075 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
91,144 |
22.9 |
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Europe |
2,860 |
11.0 |
| Associate
degree |
18,785 |
4.7 |
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Asia |
8,823 |
33.8 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
52,487 |
13.2 |
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Africa |
1,701 |
6.5 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
30,732 |
7.7 |
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Oceania |
77 |
0.3 |
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Latin America |
12,006 |
46.0 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
76.4 |
(X) |
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Northern
America |
608 |
2.3 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
20.9 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
599,671 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
496,730 |
100.0 |
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English only |
557,538 |
93.0 |
| Never married |
179,481 |
36.1 |
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Language other
than English |
42,133 |
7.0 |
| Now married,
except separated |
194,721 |
39.2 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
20,003 |
3.3 |
| Separated |
23,776 |
4.8 |
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Spanish |
23,369 |
3.9 |
| Widowed |
39,263 |
7.9 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
12,389 |
2.1 |
| Female |
31,920 |
6.4 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
9,118 |
1.5 |
| Divorced |
59,489 |
12.0 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
2,637 |
0.4 |
| Female |
35,644 |
7.2 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
6,879 |
1.1 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
3,982 |
0.7 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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| Grandparent
living in household |
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ANCESTRY
(single and multiple) |
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| with
one or more own grandchildren |
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Total
population |
649,845 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
20,288 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
576,181 |
88.7 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
9,660 |
47.6 |
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Arab |
1,837 |
0.3 |
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Czech¹ |
533 |
0.1 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
512 |
0.1 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
468,143 |
100.0 |
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Dutch |
3,655 |
0.6 |
| Civilian
veterans |
53,081 |
11.3 |
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English |
34,030 |
5.2 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
7,472 |
1.1 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
1,031 |
0.2 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
27,044 |
4.2 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
159,131 |
100.0 |
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Greek |
830 |
0.1 |
| With a
disability |
15,623 |
9.8 |
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Hungarian |
543 |
0.1 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
361,463 |
100.0 |
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Irish¹ |
32,064 |
4.9 |
| With a
disability |
90,628 |
25.1 |
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Italian |
10,170 |
1.6 |
| Percent
employed |
55.9 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
186 |
0.0 |
| No disability |
270,835 |
74.9 |
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Norwegian |
1,281 |
0.2 |
| Percent
employed |
74.4 |
(X) |
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Polish |
3,253 |
0.5 |
| Population
65 years and over |
67,493 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
161 |
0.0 |
| With a
disability |
32,722 |
48.5 |
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Russian |
1,713 |
0.3 |
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Scotch-Irish |
11,311 |
1.7 |
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Scottish |
7,522 |
1.2 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
269 |
0.0 |
| Population
5 years and over |
599,671 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
10,794 |
1.7 |
| Same house in
1995 |
311,352 |
51.9 |
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Swedish |
1,663 |
0.3 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
275,534 |
45.9 |
|
Swiss |
377 |
0.1 |
| Same county |
205,443 |
34.3 |
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Ukrainian |
335 |
0.1 |
| Different
county |
70,091 |
11.7 |
|
United States
or American |
29,105 |
4.5 |
| Same state |
11,871 |
2.0 |
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Welsh |
1,391 |
0.2 |
| Different
state |
58,220 |
9.7 |
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West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
545 |
0.1 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
12,785 |
2.1 |
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Other
ancestries |
386,554 |
59.5 |
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| Date: January
6, 2005 |
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| -Represent
zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable. |
| ¹ The data
represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary
File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French
Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic. |
| Source: U.S.
Bureau of the Census, Census 2000. |
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