Social Demographic Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Nashville-Davidson (balance)

Nashville-Davidson (balance) is the name used by the U.S. Census Bureau to designate the portion of Davidson County that does not include satellite cities of Nashville. The balance includes the area of Davidson County that made up the City of Nashville prior to the 1963 merger with Davidson County as well as large areas of previously unincorporated land. All community demographics data is for the year 2000 unless otherwise specified.

 

Educational Attainment	Number	Percent
Population 25 years and over	360,563	100%
Less than 9th grade	21,075	5.8%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	46,926	13%
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	89,708	24.9%
Some college, no degree	77,930	21.6%
Associate degree	17,694	4.9%
Bachelor's degree	71,161	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	36,069	10%
Percent high school graduate or higher	81.1
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	29.7

 

In 2000, 81.1% of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 29.7% had a bachelor's degree or higher. Nearly 19% were dropouts; they were not enrolled in school and had not graduated from high school.

 

Marital Status	Number	Percent
Population 15 years and older	443,546	100%
Never married	144,502	32.6%
Now married, except separated	201,827	45.5%
Separated	10,398	2.3%
Widowed	28,324	6.4%
Female	23,591	5.3%
Divorced	58,495	13.2%
Female	34,311	7.7%

 

Type of Household	Number	Percent
Total households	227,403	100.0%
Family households (families)	131,100	57.7%
With own children under 18 years	60,245	26.5%
Married couple family	88,978	39.1%
With own children under 18 years	36,743	16.2%
Female householder, no husband present	33,112	14.6%
With own children under 18 years	19,499	8.6%
Nonfamily households	96,303	42.3%
Householder living alone	76,799	33.8%
Householder 65 years and over	18,719	8.2%
Households with individuals under 18 years	67,910	29.9%
Households with individuals 65 years and over	43,370	19.1%
Average household size	2.29
Average family size	2.96

There were 227,403 total households out of which 26.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.1% were married couples living together, 14.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.3% were non-family households. Of all households, 33.8% were made up of individuals living alone and 8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.96.
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