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Decatur County, TN

11,460 Population
333.9 square miles 34.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.6 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$26,075 ±$3,080 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $32,908 ±$205
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $37,638 ±$102
$43,817 ±$3,235 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $58,516 ±$363
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $69,021 ±$146

19.3% ±4.6% (2,166  ±513) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Tennessee: 14.3% 955,929 (±0.2% / ±14,385)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,661,636 (±0.1% / ±274,456)

21.6 minutes ±2 (84,890  ±10,781) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 25.5 73,977,690 (±0.1 / ±410,801)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,757,208,800 (±0.1 / ±8,102,155)

Families

4,375 ±235 Number of households
  • Tennessee: 2,664,791 ±6,361
  • United States: 124,010,990 ±196,755
2.6 ±0.1 (11,251  ±128) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,706,923 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 321,899,260

5.3% ±2.7% (119  ±61) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5.1% 82,463 (±0.1% / ±2,223)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,971,395 (±0% / ±22,692)

Housing

6,593 ±53 Number of housing units
  • Tennessee: 3,011,124 ±658
  • United States: 139,647,020 ±3,504

$105,300 ±$9,314 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Tennessee: $193,700 ±$886
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $244,900 ±$316

5% ±1.6% (561  ±176.4) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Tennessee: 14.1% 958,295 (±0.2% / ±13,888.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.4% 43,820,703 (±0% / ±133,972.5)

Social

84.4% ±5.4% (7,005  ±453.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 88.8% 4,179,318 (±0.3% / ±16,038)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 88.9% 200,101,962 (±0.1% / ±254,727.4)
15.8% ±2.5% (1,313  ±208) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 29% 1,367,211 (±0.2% / ±9,540.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 33.7% 75,808,835 (±0.1% / ±157,731.9)

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

0.2% ±0.2% (20  ±28) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 5.3% 365,400 (±0.1% / ±5,318)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.6% 44,844,808 (±0% / ±126,423)

6.5% ±1.3% (590  ±121) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 8% 423,042 (±0.1% / ±4,760)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,431,290 (±0% / ±48,418)
590 Total veterans ±121 573 Male ±117 17 Female ±16

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