Language Spoken At Home in Graves County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 34,713 | 100% |
English only | 32,357 | 93.2% |
Language other than English | 2,356 | 6.8% |
Speak English less than very well | 1,054 | 3.0% |
Spanish | 1,732 | 5.0% |
Speak English less than very well | 776 | 2.2% |
Other Indo-European languages | 499 | 1.4% |
Speak English less than very well | 244 | 0.7% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 28 | 0.1% |
Speak English less than very well | 19 | 0.1% |
Other languages | 97 | 0.3% |
Speak English less than very well | 15 | 0.0% |
Ancestry in Graves County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 37,200 | 100% |
American | 6,502 | 17.5% |
Arab | 95 | 0.3% |
Czech | 70 | 0.2% |
Danish | 0 | 0.0% |
Dutch | 423 | 1.1% |
English | 3,189 | 8.6% |
French (except Basque) | 470 | 1.3% |
French Canadian | 15 | 0.0% |
German | 3,750 | 10.1% |
Greek | 71 | 0.2% |
Hungarian | 7 | 0.0% |
Irish | 4,635 | 12.5% |
Italian | 278 | 0.7% |
Lithuanian | 0 | 0.0% |
Norwegian | 72 | 0.2% |
Polish | 159 | 0.4% |
Portuguese | 20 | 0.1% |
Russian | 12 | 0.0% |
Scotch-Irish | 517 | 1.4% |
Scottish | 548 | 1.5% |
Slovak | 0 | 0.0% |
Subsaharan African | 1 | 0.0% |
Swedish | 155 | 0.4% |
Swiss | 27 | 0.1% |
Ukrainian | 25 | 0.1% |
Welsh | 190 | 0.5% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 67 | 0.2% |
Households By Type in Graves County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 14,699 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 10,275 | 69.9% |
With own children under 18 years | 4,246 | 28.9% |
Married-couple family | 8,345 | 56.8% |
With own children under 18 years | 3,175 | 21.6% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 420 | 2.9% |
With own children under 18 years | 273 | 1.9% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 1,510 | 10.3% |
With own children under 18 years | 798 | 5.4% |
Nonfamily households | 4,424 | 30.1% |
Householder living alone | 4,134 | 28.1% |
65 years and over | 1,795 | 12.2% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 4,757 | 32.4% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 4,278 | 29.1% |
Average household size | 2 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in Graves County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 36,522 | 100% |
Householder | 14,699 | 40.2% |
Spouse | 8,323 | 22.8% |
Child | 10,537 | 28.9% |
Other relatives | 1,718 | 4.7% |
Nonrelatives | 1,245 | 3.4% |
Unmarried partner | 395 | 1.1% |
Marital Status in Graves County
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 14,283 | 100% |
Never married | 3,466 | 24.3% |
Now married, except separated | 8,740 | 61.2% |
Separated | 192 | 1.3% |
Widowed | 457 | 3.2% |
Divorced | 1,428 | 10.0% |
Females 15 years and over | 15,323 | 100% |
Never married | 2,674 | 17.5% |
Now married, except separated | 8,452 | 55.2% |
Separated | 349 | 2.3% |
Widowed | 1,830 | 11.9% |
Divorced | 2,018 | 13.2% |
Fertility in Graves County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 480 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 146 | 30.4% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 39 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 58 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 47 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 108 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 22 | 0% |
Grandparents in Graves County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 727 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 307 | 42.2% |
Less than 1 year | 91 | 12.5% |
1 or 2 years | 2 | 0.3% |
3 or 4 years | 101 | 13.9% |
5 or more years | 113 | 15.5% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 307 | 100% |
Who are female | 213 | 69.4% |
Who are married | 207 | 67.4% |
School Enrollment in Graves County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 8,905 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 654 | 7.3% |
Kindergarten | 489 | 5.5% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 4,059 | 45.6% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 2,119 | 23.8% |
College or graduate school | 1,584 | 17.8% |
Educational Attainment in Graves County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 25,197 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 1,957 | 7.8% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 3,000 | 11.9% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 9,390 | 37.3% |
Some college, no degree | 5,070 | 20.1% |
Associate's degree | 1,864 | 7.4% |
Bachelor's degree | 2,608 | 10.4% |
Graduate or professional degree | 1,308 | 5.2% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 80.3% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 15.5% |
Veteran Status in Graves County
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 28,083 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 2,721 | 9.7% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Graves County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 36,738 | 100% |
With a disability | 6,109 | 16.6% |
Under 18 years | 9,055 | 100% |
With a disability | 645 | 7.1% |
18 to 64 years | 21,841 | 100% |
With a disability | 3,362 | 15.4% |
65 years and over | 5,842 | 100% |
With a disability | 2,102 | 36.0% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Graves County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 36,749 | 100% |
Same house | 32,995 | 89.8% |
Different house in the U.S. | 3,589 | 9.8% |
Same county | 2,550 | 6.9% |
Different county | 1,039 | 2.8% |
Same state | 566 | 1.5% |
Different state | 473 | 1.3% |
Abroad | 165 | 0.4% |
Place Of Birth in Graves County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 37,200 | 100% |
Native | 35,783 | 96.2% |
Born in United States | 35,580 | 95.6% |
State of residence | 26,287 | 70.7% |
Different state | 9,293 | 25.0% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 203 | 0.5% |
Foreign born | 1,417 | 3.8% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Graves County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 1,417 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 340 | 24.0% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 1,077 | 76.0% |
Year of Entry in Graves County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 1,620 | 100% |
Native | 203 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 11 | 5.4% |
Entered before 2010 | 192 | 94.6% |
Foreign born | 1,417 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 76 | 5.4% |
Entered before 2010 | 1,341 | 94.6% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Graves County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 1,417 | 100% |
Europe | 24 | 1.7% |
Asia | 142 | 10.0% |
Africa | 100 | 7.1% |
Oceania | 9 | 0.6% |
Latin America | 1,119 | 79.0% |
Northern America | 23 | 1.6% |