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Sullivan County, TN

162,135 Population
413.5 square miles 392.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.4 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,466 ±$2,182 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $38,538 ±$460
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$56,481 ±$3,128 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $67,631 ±$865
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

12.8% ±2.2% (20,492  ±3,504) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 14% 978,460 (±0.4% / ±30,784)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

21.7 minutes ±0.6 (1,362,785  ±51,303) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,022,190 (±0.1 / ±393,147)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

68,655 ±2,006 Number of households
  • Tennessee: 2,889,226 ±12,211
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0.1 (159,685  ±68) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Tennessee: 2.4 6,978,483
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4% ±1.7% (1,370  ±578) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 5.3% 88,073 (±0.3% / ±5,052)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

76,689 ±46 Number of housing units
  • Tennessee: 3,195,170 ±237
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$230,500 ±$15,570 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $307,300 ±$3,458
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

9.9% ±2.3% (15,875  ±3,618.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 12.3% 867,809 (±0.4% / ±24,688.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

90.7% ±4.3% (108,972  ±5,206.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,445,327 (±0.7% / ±34,033.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
28% ±2.4% (33,683  ±2,929.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 31.7% 1,562,612 (±0.4% / ±20,107.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

1.9% (3,128  ±895) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 432,020
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

7.6% ±1.1% (10,003  ±1,414) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 7.1% 395,624 (±0.2% / ±10,518)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
10,003 Total veterans ±1,414 9,434 Male ±1,370 569 Female ±285

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