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Bledsoe County, TN

14,905 Population
406.6 square miles 36.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.9 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$23,547 ±$2,173 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $37,866 ±$248
  • about half the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$49,655 ±$5,962 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $67,097 ±$360
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

25% ±5.1% (3,427  ±701) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 940,092 (±0.2% / ±13,987)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

36.1 minutes ±2 (186,675  ±26,543) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,022,190 (±0.1 / ±393,147)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

4,812 ±171 Number of households
  • Tennessee: 2,768,743 ±7,134
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.9 ±0.1 (13,720  ±65) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,837,352
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

7.5% ±5% (187  ±127) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 85,197 (±0.2% / ±2,585)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

5,895 ±32 Number of housing units
  • Tennessee: 3,095,472 ±769
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$165,400 ±$20,262 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $256,800 ±$1,438
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

12.3% ±3.3% (1,825  ±496.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 13.3% 919,678 (±0.2% / ±13,430.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

79.6% ±5.3% (9,242  ±672.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 89.6% 4,306,036 (±0.4% / ±17,365.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
8.8% ±1.7% (1,023  ±199.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Tennessee: 30.4% 1,460,501 (±0.2% / ±10,274.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.9% (285  ±91) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Tennessee: 5.9% 411,840
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

7.3% ±1.5% (913  ±188) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 7.5% 406,307 (±0.1% / ±4,679)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
913 Total veterans ±188 883 Male ±190 30 Female ±33

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