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Putnam County, TN

84,894 Population
401.1 square miles 211.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,420 ±$2,445 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $40,729 ±$499
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$60,552 ±$7,658 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $71,997 ±$638
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

21.1% ±3.7% (17,154  ±3,006) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.5% 951,389 (±0.4% / ±29,075)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.1 minutes ±0.8 (742,005  ±37,029) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

34,098 ±1,390 Number of households
  • Tennessee: 2,928,765 ±12,443
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (81,068  ±56) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.4 7,076,024
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

9% ±4.6% (1,798  ±913) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 5% 85,751 (±0.3% / ±5,121)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

37,663 ±31 Number of housing units
  • Tennessee: 3,243,954 ±269
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$337,100 ±$21,161 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Tennessee: $332,600 ±$2,448
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.1% ±2.9% (9,280  ±2,382) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 12.2% 870,662 (±0.4% / ±27,185.9)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.6% ±6.7% (49,473  ±3,746.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.6% 4,525,310 (±0.7% / ±34,588.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
31.2% ±3.9% (17,005  ±2,168) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 32.4% 1,619,754 (±0.4% / ±20,980.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

3.5% (2,981  ±1,633) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 6.5% 472,751
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.1% ±1.3% (4,126  ±879) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 7.1% 400,477 (±0.2% / ±11,394)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,126 Total veterans ±879 3,497 Male ±737 629 Female ±401

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