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State Senate District 8, TN

217,024 Population
1,683.4 square miles 128.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,440 ±$1,272 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,843 ±$1,842 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.6% ±1.1% (31,047  ±2,240) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.6 minutes ±0.3 (2,574,620  ±66,437) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

86,686 ±1,167 Number of households
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0 (212,983  ±1,423) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.2% ±0.9% (2,421  ±419) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

107,804 ±667 Number of housing units
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$231,700 ±$6,737 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.5% ±0.9% (20,463  ±1,819.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.2% ±1.7% (136,204  ±2,826.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.6% ±0.9% (30,670  ±1,407.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about half 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

4% ±0.3% (8,653  ±722) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.5% ±0.4% (13,040  ±743) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
13,040 Total veterans ±743 12,157 Male ±730 883 Female ±183

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