Language Spoken At Home in Carter County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 54,440 | 100% |
English only | 53,262 | 97.8% |
Language other than English | 1,178 | 2.2% |
Speak English less than very well | 169 | 0.3% |
Spanish | 563 | 1.0% |
Speak English less than very well | 93 | 0.2% |
Other Indo-European languages | 420 | 0.8% |
Speak English less than very well | 54 | 0.1% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 140 | 0.3% |
Speak English less than very well | 22 | 0.0% |
Other languages | 55 | 0.1% |
Speak English less than very well | 0 | 0.0% |
Ancestry in Carter County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 57,531 | 100% |
American | 12,409 | 21.6% |
Arab | 9 | 0.0% |
Czech | 30 | 0.1% |
Danish | 74 | 0.1% |
Dutch | 661 | 1.1% |
English | 5,388 | 9.4% |
French (except Basque) | 866 | 1.5% |
French Canadian | 81 | 0.1% |
German | 6,946 | 12.1% |
Greek | 148 | 0.3% |
Hungarian | 107 | 0.2% |
Irish | 7,150 | 12.4% |
Italian | 807 | 1.4% |
Lithuanian | 4 | 0.0% |
Norwegian | 105 | 0.2% |
Polish | 408 | 0.7% |
Portuguese | 83 | 0.1% |
Russian | 36 | 0.1% |
Scotch-Irish | 2,235 | 3.9% |
Scottish | 1,536 | 2.7% |
Slovak | 0 | 0.0% |
Subsaharan African | 84 | 0.1% |
Swedish | 290 | 0.5% |
Swiss | 80 | 0.1% |
Ukrainian | 73 | 0.1% |
Welsh | 377 | 0.7% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 14 | 0.0% |
Households By Type in Carter County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 23,998 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 16,163 | 67.4% |
With own children under 18 years | 6,232 | 26.0% |
Married-couple family | 12,354 | 51.5% |
With own children under 18 years | 4,271 | 17.8% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 857 | 3.6% |
With own children under 18 years | 467 | 1.9% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 2,952 | 12.3% |
With own children under 18 years | 1,494 | 6.2% |
Nonfamily households | 7,835 | 32.6% |
Householder living alone | 6,825 | 28.4% |
65 years and over | 3,083 | 12.8% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 7,080 | 29.5% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 7,275 | 30.3% |
Average household size | 2 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in Carter County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 55,904 | 100% |
Householder | 23,998 | 42.9% |
Spouse | 12,257 | 21.9% |
Child | 14,450 | 25.8% |
Other relatives | 2,817 | 5.0% |
Nonrelatives | 2,382 | 4.3% |
Unmarried partner | 1,385 | 2.5% |
Marital Status in Carter County
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 23,276 | 100% |
Never married | 5,870 | 25.2% |
Now married, except separated | 13,176 | 56.6% |
Separated | 356 | 1.5% |
Widowed | 756 | 3.2% |
Divorced | 3,118 | 13.4% |
Females 15 years and over | 24,714 | 100% |
Never married | 4,900 | 19.8% |
Now married, except separated | 12,526 | 50.7% |
Separated | 609 | 2.5% |
Widowed | 2,938 | 11.9% |
Divorced | 3,741 | 15.1% |
Fertility in Carter County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 577 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 190 | 32.9% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 29 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 44 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 34 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 92 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 7 | 0% |
Grandparents in Carter County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 1,368 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 810 | 59.2% |
Less than 1 year | 190 | 13.9% |
1 or 2 years | 175 | 12.8% |
3 or 4 years | 141 | 10.3% |
5 or more years | 304 | 22.2% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 810 | 100% |
Who are female | 456 | 56.3% |
Who are married | 638 | 78.8% |
School Enrollment in Carter County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 12,509 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 514 | 4.1% |
Kindergarten | 598 | 4.8% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 5,052 | 40.4% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 2,693 | 21.5% |
College or graduate school | 3,652 | 29.2% |
Educational Attainment in Carter County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 40,545 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 3,585 | 8.8% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 4,931 | 12.2% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 15,460 | 38.1% |
Some college, no degree | 7,887 | 19.5% |
Associate's degree | 2,379 | 5.9% |
Bachelor's degree | 4,119 | 10.2% |
Graduate or professional degree | 2,184 | 5.4% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 79.0% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 15.5% |
Veteran Status in Carter County
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 45,924 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 5,258 | 11.4% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Carter County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 56,511 | 100% |
With a disability | 12,681 | 22.4% |
Under 18 years | 11,541 | 100% |
With a disability | 709 | 6.1% |
18 to 64 years | 35,397 | 100% |
With a disability | 7,376 | 20.8% |
65 years and over | 9,573 | 100% |
With a disability | 4,596 | 48.0% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Carter County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 56,965 | 100% |
Same house | 49,387 | 86.7% |
Different house in the U.S. | 7,474 | 13.1% |
Same county | 4,326 | 7.6% |
Different county | 3,148 | 5.5% |
Same state | 2,461 | 4.3% |
Different state | 687 | 1.2% |
Abroad | 104 | 0.2% |
Place Of Birth in Carter County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 57,531 | 100% |
Native | 57,050 | 99.2% |
Born in United States | 56,871 | 98.9% |
State of residence | 40,181 | 69.8% |
Different state | 16,690 | 29.0% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 179 | 0.3% |
Foreign born | 481 | 0.8% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Carter County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 481 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 226 | 47.0% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 255 | 53.0% |
Year of Entry in Carter County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 660 | 100% |
Native | 179 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 0 | 0.0% |
Entered before 2010 | 179 | 100.0% |
Foreign born | 481 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 30 | 6.2% |
Entered before 2010 | 451 | 93.8% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Carter County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 481 | 100% |
Europe | 101 | 21.0% |
Asia | 192 | 39.9% |
Africa | 23 | 4.8% |
Oceania | 0 | 0.0% |
Latin America | 144 | 29.9% |
Northern America | 21 | 4.4% |