Census Reporter

Decatur County, TN

11,683 Population
333.9 square miles 35 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.8 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.7 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,337 ±$3,115 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $28,511 ±$148
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $32,621 ±$91
$40,233 ±$3,310 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $50,972 ±$250
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $60,293 ±$140

19.5% ±3.2% (2,228  ±365) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 16.1% 1,046,508 (±0.2% / ±14,988)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 44,257,979 (±0.1% / ±285,269)

25.9 minutes ±2 (105,845  ±11,443) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25 71,675,365 (±0.1 / ±357,752)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,812,750,665 (±0.1 / ±8,669,516)

Families

4,623 ±226 Number of households
  • Tennessee: 2,567,061 ±6,524
  • United States: 119,730,128 ±232,429
2.5 ±0.1 (11,457  ±142) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,496,195 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 314,810,420 (±0)

5% ±2.8% (109  ±62) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 5.1% 80,578 (±0.1% / ±2,190)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,995,512 (±0% / ±23,123)

Housing

6,911 ±66 Number of housing units
  • Tennessee: 2,930,530 ±823
  • United States: 136,384,292 ±6,639

$94,700 ±$4,812 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $158,600 ±$532
  • about half the amount in United States: $204,900 ±$173

6.8% ±1.6% (781  ±181.8) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 14.8% 972,564 (±0.2% / ±12,554.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.5% 46,136,121 (±0.1% / ±152,246.9)

Social

83.5% ±4.6% (6,969  ±389.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 87% 3,940,436 (±0.3% / ±13,531.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 87.7% 191,498,014 (±0.1% / ±242,772.9)
12.8% ±2.2% (1,064  ±181.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 26.6% 1,206,051 (±0.2% / ±7,340.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 31.5% 68,867,051 (±0.1% / ±145,216)

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

0.6% ±0.4% (72  ±41) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 5% 334,062 (±0.1% / ±5,109)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.5% 43,539,499 (±0% / ±131,250)

8.1% ±1.3% (741  ±120) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 8.5% 435,040 (±0.1% / ±4,840)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 7.5% 18,611,432 (±0% / ±41,547)
741 Total veterans ±120 704 Male ±119 37 Female ±25

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