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Decatur County, TN

11,686 Population
333.9 square miles 35 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.4 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.7 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$23,857 ±$2,838 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $29,859 ±$160
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $34,103 ±$104
$42,031 ±$4,307 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $53,320 ±$260
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $62,843 ±$135

17.6% ±3% (2,016  ±349) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 15.2% 996,930 (±0.2% / ±13,051)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,510,843 (±0.1% / ±279,418)

25.4 minutes ±1.8 (103,790  ±10,418) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 25.3 73,761,635 (±0.1 / ±410,300)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,901,729,885 (±0.1 / ±9,072,499)

Families

4,440 ±249 Number of households
  • Tennessee: 2,597,292 ±6,331
  • United States: 120,756,048 ±236,892
2.6 ±0.2 (11,457  ±125) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,551,609 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 316,606,796 (±0)

3.5% ±2.1% (78  ±47) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 5.1% 80,485 (±0.2% / ±2,421)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,987,092 (±0% / ±22,278)

Housing

6,910 ±52 Number of housing units
  • Tennessee: 2,963,486 ±1,011
  • United States: 137,428,986 ±6,044

$98,800 ±$5,320 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $167,200 ±$579
  • about half the amount in United States: $217,500 ±$180

5.5% ±1.6% (631  ±187.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 14.5% 962,418 (±0.2% / ±11,455.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.2% 45,656,511 (±0.1% / ±147,539.6)

Social

85.9% ±4.9% (7,200  ±416.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 87.5% 4,012,265 (±0.3% / ±13,742.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88% 194,149,815 (±0.1% / ±259,935)
14.6% ±2.3% (1,219  ±194.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 27.3% 1,254,145 (±0.2% / ±8,129.8)
  • about half the rate in United States: 32.2% 70,920,162 (±0.1% / ±154,967.5)

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

0.6% ±0.7% (64  ±77) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 5.1% 344,162 (±0.1% / ±4,960)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.6% 44,011,870 (±0% / ±142,271)

7.2% ±1% (662  ±95) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 8.3% 431,274 (±0.1% / ±3,976)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,230,322 (±0% / ±50,396)
662 Total veterans ±95 638 Male ±92 24 Female ±17

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