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Putnam & Overton Counties--Cookeville city PUMA, TN

121,605 Population
1,234.1 square miles 98.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±0.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$31,272 ±$1,868 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $40,729 ±$499
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$55,813 ±$5,331 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $71,997 ±$638
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

19.6% ±3.1% (22,995  ±3,589) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.5% 951,389 (±0.4% / ±29,075)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.8 minutes ±0.7 (1,111,645  ±43,463) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

50,348 ±1,685 Number of households
  • Tennessee: 2,928,765 ±12,443
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (117,420  ±1,654) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Tennessee: 2.4 7,076,024
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

7.2% ±3.4% (1,939  ±930) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Tennessee: 5% 85,751 (±0.3% / ±5,121)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

55,701 ±698 Number of housing units
  • Tennessee: 3,243,954 ±269
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$283,200 ±$27,763 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $332,600 ±$2,448
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.4% ±2.2% (12,513  ±2,687.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 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

88.5% ±5% (72,483  ±4,318.5) 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% ±3% (21,254  ±2,476) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 32.4% 1,619,754 (±0.4% / ±20,980.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

6.2% ±0.6% (6,950  ±702.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-quarters 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)

2.6% ±1.4% (3,154  ±1,641) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 6.5% 472,751
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.2% ±1.2% (6,031  ±1,126) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 7.1% 400,477 (±0.2% / ±11,394)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,031 Total veterans ±1,126 5,302 Male ±1,007 729 Female ±422

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