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Congressional District 8, TN

774,995 Population
9,226.4 square miles 84 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$42,078 ±$1,734 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Tennessee: $40,729 ±$499
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$70,081 ±$2,098 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Tennessee: $71,997 ±$638
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

13.2% ±1.2% (99,389  ±8,915) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 13.5% 951,389 (±0.4% / ±29,075)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.6 minutes ±0.4 (7,813,175  ±248,400) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 26.5 80,430,170 (±0.2 / ±874,887)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

309,744 ±3,793 Number of households
  • Tennessee: 2,928,765 ±12,443
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0 (751,530  ±8,370) 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

3.8% ±0.7% (6,279  ±1,126) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 5% 85,751 (±0.3% / ±5,121)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

340,975 ±3,153 Number of housing units
  • Tennessee: 3,243,954 ±269
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$262,600 ±$7,653 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

10.3% ±0.9% (79,362  ±6,707.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 12.2% 870,662 (±0.4% / ±27,185.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.4% ±1.7% (488,305  ±10,604.3) 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)
31.6% ±1.2% (170,832  ±6,676.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 32.4% 1,619,754 (±0.4% / ±20,980.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

5.3% ±0.7% (38,457  ±5,239.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 8.6% 574,403 (±0.1% / ±8,048.4)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

4.1% ±0.5% (31,979  ±4,206) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 6.5% 472,751
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.9% ±0.6% (41,862  ±3,375) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 7.1% 400,477 (±0.2% / ±11,394)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
41,862 Total veterans ±3,375 37,704 Male ±3,170 4,158 Female ±1,054

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