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Decatur County, TN

11,483 Population
333.9 square miles 34.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.8 ±0.7 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: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$27,578 ±$3,411 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $36,040 ±$208
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$48,466 ±$6,128 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $64,035 ±$350
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

19.2% ±4.1% (2,168  ±464) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Tennessee: 14% 943,583 (±0.2% / ±13,561)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

23.8 minutes ±2.2 (97,405  ±11,564) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 25.5 73,963,710 (±0.1 / ±458,627)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

4,363 ±205 Number of households
  • Tennessee: 2,713,635 ±7,405
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.6 ±0.1 (11,267  ±5) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,771,183
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

6.4% ±3.1% (143  ±69) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 83,606 (±0.2% / ±2,538)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

6,584 ±25 Number of housing units
  • Tennessee: 3,050,850 ±896
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$128,600 ±$13,198 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Tennessee: $232,100 ±$1,046
  • about half the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

6.7% ±1.9% (759  ±,219.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 946,079 (±0.2% / ±13,689.3)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

85.1% ±5.3% (7,078  ±,443.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 89.3% 4,248,561 (±0.4% / ±16,948.9)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
15.6% ±2.3% (1,301  ±194) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 29.7% 1,413,670 (±0.2% / ±9,634.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

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

0.2% (25  ±28) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 5.4% 375,702
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

6.4% ±1.3% (587  ±118) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 7.7% 414,746 (±0.1% / ±4,830)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
587 Total veterans ±118 574 Male ±115 13 Female ±13

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