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Congressional District 8, TN

773,599 Population
9,226.4 square miles 83.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,973 ±$1,163 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Tennessee: $38,538 ±$460
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$65,691 ±$1,699 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Tennessee: $67,631 ±$865
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

15.3% ±1.1% (114,682  ±8,109) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 14% 978,460 (±0.4% / ±30,784)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

25.3 minutes ±0.8 (7,756,105  ±315,856) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Tennessee: 26.3 77,894,264 (±0.3 / ±957,098)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

304,513 ±4,838 Number of households
  • Tennessee: 2,889,226 ±12,211
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0.1 (750,844  ±9,282) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.4 6,978,483
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.3% ±1% (7,329  ±1,695) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 5.3% 88,073 (±0.3% / ±5,052)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

336,845 ±3,399 Number of housing units
  • Tennessee: 3,195,170 ±237
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$248,800 ±$7,039 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $307,300 ±$3,458
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

9.9% ±1% (75,839  ±7,485.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 12.3% 867,809 (±0.4% / ±24,688.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

90.2% ±1.8% (487,441  ±11,020.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,445,327 (±0.7% / ±34,033.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
28.8% ±1% (155,762  ±5,718.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 31.7% 1,562,612 (±0.4% / ±20,107.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

4.9% ±0.6% (35,383  ±4,279.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 8.3% 546,941 (±0.1% / ±7,667.9)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

3.6% ±0.5% (27,501  ±4,056) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 432,020
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

7% ±0.5% (42,008  ±2,871) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 7.1% 395,624 (±0.2% / ±10,518)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
42,008 Total veterans ±2,871 38,118 Male ±2,728 3,890 Female ±942

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