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District 2, Meigs County, TN

3,147 Population
44.7 square miles 70.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±5.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Meigs County: 45.4 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,300 ±$4,781 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Meigs County: $31,614 ±$3,082
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,027 ±$9,439 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Meigs County: $61,375 ±$5,163
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.3% ±3.4% (199  ±113) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Meigs County: 14.3% † 1,889 (±2.8% / ±372)
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

37.1 minutes ±18 (36,410  ±12,110) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Meigs County: 34.4 160,040 (±2.7 / ±20,104)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,054 ±175 Number of households
  • Meigs County: 5,235 ±263
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.3 (3,147  ±621) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Meigs County: 2.5 13,192 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.5% ±6.6% (52  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Meigs County: 5.1% † 141 (±3.2% / ±90)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,200 ±198 Number of housing units
  • Meigs County: 6,275 ±22
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$166,600 ±$15,165 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Meigs County: $180,000 ±$15,928
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.4% ±6.3% (388  ±210.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Meigs County: 13.9% † 1,828 (±2.9% / ±378.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

79.1% ±19.7% (1,718  ±287.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Meigs County: 85.3% 8,244 (±5.6% / ±549)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
11.2% ±4.9% (243  ±114.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Meigs County: 13.5% † 1,305 (±2.4% / ±228.7)
  • about one-third of the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about one-third 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

3.8% ±2.5% (119  ±82) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Meigs County: 2% 269
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.9% ±4.3% (285  ±117) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Meigs County: 8% † 852 (±1.7% / ±184)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
285 Total veterans ±117 246 Male ±107 39 Female ±53

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