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Perry County, TN

8,697 Population
414.8 square miles 21 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,109 ±$2,085 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,972 ±$10,067 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.1% ±5.4% (1,540  ±459) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

32.8 minutes ±4.5 (104,730  ±18,614) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,610 ±264 Number of households
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (8,547  ±5) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.7% ±7.1% (180  ±119) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,866 ±17 Number of housing units
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$126,900 ±$19,192 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.9% ±3.5% (850  ±298.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.4% ±7.3% (5,504  ±456) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.2% ±2.9% (882  ±179.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.1% (185  ±114) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.6% ±3.1% (648  ±210) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
648 Total veterans ±210 578 Male ±155 70 Female ±91

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