Table 5: Educational Attainment for Shelby County and Neighborhood Population 18-24 years-old Neighborhood Shelby County Percent of Total 2000 2009 2000 2009 4,485 4,411 561 694 62 19 0% 1% Total Population 18 to 24 years: Less than 9th grade 9th to 12th grade, no diploma High school graduate (includes equivalency) Some college, no degree Associate degree Bachelor's degree Graduate or professional degree Percent Change -2% 24% 226% 2000 644,380 86,324 2,794 2009 Percent of Total 2000 2009 Percent Change 2,168 0.4% 0.3% 3% 1% -22% 664,892 86,761 221 161 5% 4% -27% 22,632 16,176 4% 2% -29% 202 96 0 23 325 7% 3% 0% 0% 61% 47% -100% 25,211 26,783 2,257 6,140 30,444 0 5% 2% 0% 1% 7,358 4% 4% 0% 1% 5% 4% 0% 1% 21% 7% -31% 20% 0 0 0% 0% 0% 507 497 0.1% 0% -2% 141 5 28,568 1,550 Source: 2000 U.S. Census Summary File 3, 2005-2009 American Community Survey UNIVERSE: population over 18 Table 1: Total Population and Age Breakdown for Neighborhood and Shelby County Neighborhood Population Age (in years) 0-4 5-9 11-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75+ 2000 2009 6,444 6,981 553 619 489 501 358 560 487 435 475 352 385 256 264 194 150 366 692 887 675 506 504 600 533 480 260 279 323 326 280 151 146 339 Shelby County Percent of Total 2000 2009 Percent Change 2000 8% 9% 10% 8% 8% 6% 9% 8% 7% 7% 5% 6% 4% 4% 3% 2% 6% 10% 13% 10% 7% 7% 9% 8% 7% 4% 4% 5% 5% 4% 2% 2% 5% 25% 43% 38% 1% 41% 7% 9% 10% -45% -21% -16% 27% 6% -22% -3% -7% 2009 Percent of Total 2000 2009 897,472 918,186 68,226 72,930 71,900 64,878 61,482 68,696 65,413 73,381 73,038 66,467 54,021 38,568 29,128 25,428 22,250 41,666 71,745 66,685 71,474 68,450 61,701 66,852 63,918 65,211 65,132 68,078 64,460 53,450 39,719 26,907 21,101 43,303 Source: 2000 U.S. Census Summary File 3, 2005-2009 American Community Survey Percent Change 2% 8% 8% 8% 7% 7% 8% 7% 8% 8% 7% 6% 4% 3% 3% 2% 5% 8% 7% 8% 7% 7% 7% 7% 7% 7% 7% 7% 6% 4% 3% 2% 5% 5% -9% -1% 6% 0% -3% -2% -11% -11% 2% 19% 39% 36% 6% -5% 4% Only 2 percent of households in the study area receive public assistance as it pertains to Shelby County, while only 1 percent of Shelby County’s population as a whole received government aid. Public Assistance Shelby County Study Area % of Population With Public Assistance Income No Public Assistance 12,181 331,914 274 3,599 2% 1% …The largest growth in the area came in the 50-54 year old demographic growing by 6 percent of the total, where in Shelby County it only increased by one percent of the total. Table 1: Age Shelby County Age: 2000 % of Total 2009 Victor-Kerr/Ridgeway % of Total 2000 % of Total 2009 % of Total 0 to 4 years 68226 8 71745 8 528 8 209 3 5 to 9 years 72930 8 66685 7 681 10 472 8 10 to 14 years 71900 8 71474 8 518 7 9 15 to 19 years 64878 7 68450 7 572 8 540 464 8 20 to 24 years 61482 7 61701 7 613 9 175 3 25 to 29 years 68696 8 66852 7 297 4 378 6 30 to 34 years 65413 7 63918 7 383 5 282 5 35 to 39 years 73381 8 65211 7 484 7 309 5 40 to 44 years 73038 8 65132 7 488 7 327 5 45 to 49 years 66467 7 68078 7 480 7 321 5 50 to 54 years 54021 6 64460 7 358 5 637 11 55 to 59 years 38568 4 53450 6 265 4 325 5 60 to 64 years 29128 3 39719 4 226 3 230 65 to 69 years 25428 3 26907 3 295 4 160 4 3 70 to 74 years 22250 2 21101 2 278 4 180 3 75 to 79 years 19905 2 17823 2 260 4 189 3 The minority population is even greater than Table 2 shows, because the Hispanic population is included under White in the census race categories. Table 2.1 displays the significant increase in the Hispanic population from 6% in 2000, which was still greater than the county percentage, to 23% in 2009. Table 2.1. Hispanic Population 2000 2009 Shelby County Percent of Total 22,322 2% 41,744 5% Sources: 2000 Census Summary File 3, 2005-2009 American Community Survey Census Tract 87 & 88 Percent of Total 686 6% 2,646 23%