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Decatur County, TN

11,663 Population
333.9 square miles 34.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.5 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$24,771 ±$3,017 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $30,869 ±$179
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$40,389 ±$3,659 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $54,833 ±$285
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

18.7% ±4% (2,134  ±463) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tennessee: 14.6% 965,213 (±0.2% / ±13,412)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

24.3 minutes ±2.3 (97,915  ±11,261) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Tennessee: 25.4 73,924,345 (±0.1 / ±405,850)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

4,637 ±258 Number of households
  • Tennessee: 2,639,455 ±6,788
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.5 ±0.1 (11,432  ±130) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,614,088 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

6.7% ±3% (146  ±67) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tennessee: 5.1% 81,129 (±0.2% / ±2,494)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

6,929 ±61 Number of housing units
  • Tennessee: 2,996,127 ±429
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$97,800 ±$6,734 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Tennessee: $177,600 ±$917
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

6.2% ±1.6% (711  ±185.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 14.2% 953,896 (±0.2% / ±12,438.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

84.7% ±5.3% (7,171  ±451.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 88.2% 4,102,114 (±0.4% / ±16,100.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
14.3% ±2.2% (1,212  ±187.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 28.2% 1,308,972 (±0.2% / ±9,870.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

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

0.3% ±0.4% (36  ±44) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 5.1% 347,386 (±0.1% / ±5,644)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

7% ±1.4% (644  ±129) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 8.2% 428,519 (±0.1% / ±4,622)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
644 Total veterans ±129 622 Male ±128 22 Female ±16

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