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Sullivan County, TN

162,703 Population
413.5 square miles 393.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.1 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,585 ±$2,319 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $40,729 ±$499
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$66,310 ±$5,301 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $71,997 ±$638
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

17.1% ±3.2% (27,346  ±5,115) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 13.5% 951,389 (±0.4% / ±29,075)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.9 minutes ±0.8 (1,358,080  ±61,219) 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

71,326 ±1,513 Number of households
  • Tennessee: 2,928,765 ±12,443
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (160,143  ±116) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.4 7,076,024
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.9% ±2.4% (1,999  ±804) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5% 85,751 (±0.3% / ±5,121)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

77,107 ±67 Number of housing units
  • Tennessee: 3,243,954 ±269
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$260,500 ±$13,783 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $332,600 ±$2,448
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.1% ±2% (17,896  ±3,170.9) 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

91.1% ±4% (109,805  ±4,908.7) 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)
26.8% ±2.2% (32,317  ±2,705.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 32.4% 1,619,754 (±0.4% / ±20,980.2)
  • about three-quarters 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

2.2% (3,513  ±1,002) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Tennessee: 6.5% 472,751
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

8.1% ±1.3% (10,657  ±1,660) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 7.1% 400,477 (±0.2% / ±11,394)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
10,657 Total veterans ±1,660 10,143 Male ±1,611 514 Female ±302

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