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The South > Tennessee > People

TENNESSEAN PEOPLE STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Age Dependency Ratio 56.8 [41st of 51]
Christianity > Demographics > % Christian 63% [23rd of 51]
Christianity > Demographics > All Evangelical /1000 33.3 [42nd of 50]
Christianity > Demographics > All Mainline /1000 96.9 [25th of 50]
Christianity > Demographics > All Orthodox /1000 0.7 [41st of 51]
Christianity > Demographics > Roman Catholic /1000 32.2 [51st of 51]
Defense of marriage amendment > States that have voted on amendments > Date 2,006
Defense of marriage amendment > States that have voted on amendments > Final outcome Yes
Defense of marriage amendment > States that have voted on amendments > No vote 19% [27th of 28]
Defense of marriage amendment > States that have voted on amendments > Yes vote 81% [3rd of 28]
Demonym (name of state resident) Tennessean
Estimated number of Illegal Immigrants 46,000 [23rd of 43]
    Estimated number of Illegal Immigrants (per capita) 0.771 per 100 people [31st of 43]
Median Age 37 [22nd of 51]
Percent of Children With All Parents in the Labor Force 59.8 % [32nd of 51]
Percent of Civilian Population Who are Veterans 11.7 % [33rd of 51]
Percent of Foreign Population Born in Asia 30.4% [17th of 49]
Percent of Foreign Population Born in Europe 14.9% [31st of 49]
Percent of Foreign Population Born in Latin America 47.4% [22nd of 49]
Percent of Foreign Population Born in Mexico 33.3% [21st of 49]
Percent of Grandparents Responsible for their Grandchildren 49.3 % [25th of 51]
Percent of Households That are Married-Couple Families With Own Children 20.5 % [37th of 51]
Percent of Households With One or More People 65 Years and Over 22.2 % [32nd of 51]
Percent of Households With One or More People Under 18 Years 34.5 % [22nd of 51]
Percent of People 21 to 64 Years Old With a Disability 15.4 % [7th of 51]
Percent of People 5 to 20 Years Old With a Disability 7.1 % [24th of 51]
Percent of People 65 Years and Over With a Disability 44.1 % [13th of 51]
Percent of People Who are 65 Years and Over 12.1 % [27th of 51]
Percent of People Who are 85 Years and Over 1 % [44th of 51]
Percent of People Who are American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 0.3 % [34th of 51]
Percent of People Who are Asian Alone 1.3 % [33rd of 51]
Percent of People Who are Black or African American Alone 16.3 % [11th of 51]
Percent of People Who are Foreign Born 3.8 % [37th of 51]
Percent of People Who are Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Alone 0.1 % [12th of 51]
Percent of People Who are Some Other Race Alone 1.1 % [36th of 51]
Percent of People Who are Two or More Races 1 % [46th of 51]
Percent of People Who are Two or More Races Excluding Some Other Race 0.9 % [47th of 51]
Percent of People Who are White Alone 80 % [28th of 51]
Percent of People Who are White Alone, Not Hispanic or Latino 78.2 % [25th of 51]
Percent of People Who Lived in a Different House 1 Year Ago 16.4 % [18th of 51]
Percent of People Who Lived in a Different House Within the Same State 1 Year Ago 13.6 % [18th of 51]
Percent of People Who Lived in a Different State 1 Year Ago 2.9 % [24th of 51]
Percent of People Who Speak a Language Other Than English At Home 5.5 % [41st of 51]
Percent of People Who Speak English Less Than "Very Well" 2.7 % [36th of 51]
Percent of People Who Speak Spanish at Home 3 % [35th of 51]
Percent of residents over the age of 65 12.5% [29th of 51]
Percent of the Native Population Born in their State of Residence 66.3 % [27th of 51]
Percent of total population 2.01% [17th of 56]
Population 5,962,959 [16th of 56]
Population > Change in numbers, 2000-2005 273,697 [15th of 52]
Population > Percent change, 2000-2005 4.8% [21st of 52]
Population density 138 [19th of 50]
Population density > Per km² 53.29 humans/km² [20th of 51]
Population density > Per sq. mi 138 humans/sq. mi [20th of 51]
Religion > No religion > Percent 9% [43rd of 48]
Roman Catholicism > Largest Denomination Baptist
Roman Catholicism > Largest Sect Baptist
Roman Catholicism > No. of Dioceses/Archdioceses 3 [26th of 50]
Roman Catholicism > Number 187,378 [39th of 50]
Roman Catholicism > Percentage of Catholics 7 [45th of 48]
Sex Ratio 94.5 [39th of 51]
Spanish > Spanish-speaking population 171,646 [27th of 52]
Total Asian-Americans/Pacific Islanders 69,622 [27th of 51]
Total Black Population 946,781 [18th of 51]
    Total Black Population (per capita) 15.878 per 100 people [11th of 51]
Total Hispanic Population 221,128 [24th of 51]
Total Native Americans 12,398 [31st of 51]
Total Two or More Races 58,378 [23rd of 51]
Visitors to the United States > Percent of US total in 1998 1% [24th of 41]
Visitors to the United States > Percent of US total in 2003 0.9% [24th of 35]
Visitors to the United States > Total in 1998 237,000 [24th of 41]
    Visitors to the United States > Total in 1998 (per capita) 0.397 per 10 people [31st of 41]
Visitors to the United States > Total in 2003 162,000 [24th of 35]
    Visitors to the United States > Total in 2003 (per capita) 0.272 per 10 people [29th of 35]
Women (Per 1,000) Who Had a Birth in the Past 12 Months 51 [39th of 51]

SOURCES: American Community Survey 2004 ; Wikipedia: Christianity in the United States; Wikipedia: Defense of marriage amendment; StateMaster Research Team; US Citizenship and Immigration Services, field report, 2000.; American Community Survey 2004; US Census Bureau; Wikipedia: List of U.S. states by population; US Census Bureau, July 1, 2005.; US Census Bureau, 2006; Wikipedia: List of U.S. states by population density; Wikipedia: List of U.S. states by percentage of population claiming no religion; Wikipedia: Roman Catholicism in the United States ; Wikipedia: Roman Catholicism in the United States; Wikipedia: Spanish in the United States; statehealthfacts.org ; statehealthfacts.org; statehealthfacts.org ; statehealthfacts.org; statehealthfacts.org ; U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, Office of Tourism Industries, Overseas Visitors to Select U.S. States and Territories, Washington, DC

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