Tennessee
Detail from USA Census 2000

	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	5,541,334	*****	*****
Native	5,341,521	5,302,421	5,380,621
Born in United States	5,302,628	5,263,026	5,342,230
State of residence	3,488,919	3,443,955	3,533,883
Different state	1,813,709	1,753,276	1,874,142
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)	38,893	33,573	44,213
Foreign born	199,813	160,715	238,911
Naturalized citizen	56,230	48,475	63,985
Not a citizen	143,583	102,742	184,424
Entered 1990 to 2000	119,282	80,609	157,955
Entered before 1990	80,531	70,527	90,535
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	199,813	160,715	238,911
Europe	28,390	21,642	35,139
Asia	67,667	53,951	81,383
Africa	7,174	3,999	10,349
Oceania	1,576	71	3,081
Latin America	89,437	54,658	124,216
Northern America	5,569	2,985	8,153
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	5,173,247	5,160,062	5,186,432
English only	4,923,006	4,887,160	4,958,852
Language other than English	250,241	218,200	282,282
Speak English less than "very well"	100,396	80,494	120,298
Spanish	128,219	102,073	154,365
Speak English less than "very well"	54,853	35,840	73,866
Other Indo-European languages	61,432	50,436	72,428
Speak English less than "very well"	18,735	11,511	25,959
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	50,842	40,721	60,963
Speak English less than "very well"	23,513	17,304	29,722
Other languages	9,748	5,826	13,670
Speak English less than "very well"	3,295	1,167	5,424
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	5,541,334	*****	*****
Arab	8,657	5,296	12,018
Czech	7,972	4,966	10,978
Danish	6,154	3,997	8,311
Dutch	93,253	75,654	110,852
English	645,321	558,925	731,717
French (except Basque)	108,858	94,741	122,975
French Canadian	19,662	13,529	25,795
German	545,586	512,426	578,746
Greek	11,566	7,722	15,411
Hungarian	8,474	6,316	10,632
Irish	630,805	597,506	664,104
Italian	107,926	96,323	119,529
Lithuanian	3,024	1,305	4,743
Norwegian	22,545	17,808	27,282
Polish	61,674	49,527	73,821
Portuguese	1,990	482	3,498
Russian	14,758	10,486	19,030
Scotch-Irish	188,683	173,175	204,191
Scottish	132,591	118,185	146,997
Slovak	3,253	1,692	4,814
Subsaharan African	20,060	13,175	26,945
Swedish	36,690	26,264	47,116
Swiss	7,590	4,620	10,560
Ukrainian	5,266	900	9,632
United States or American	938,394	815,185	1,061,603
Welsh	24,299	20,141	28,457
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	2,096	548	3,644

The Census 2000 Supplementary Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds. School enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey will tend to be lower than similar estimates from the 2000 Census and 2000 Current Population Survey because the school enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey do not include individuals residing in group quarters, such as college dormitories. 1. An '*' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate. 2. An '**' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate. 3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate. 4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution. 5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution. 6. An '***' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate. 7. An '*****' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate. 8. An 'N' entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.