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Tennessee Population
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People QuickFacts |
Tennessee |
| Population, 2005 estimate
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5,962,959 |
| Population, percent change,
April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 |
4.8% |
| Population, 2000
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5,689,283 |
| Population, percent change,
1990 to 2000 |
16.7% |
| Persons under 5 years old,
percent, 2004 |
6.5% |
| Persons under 18 years old,
percent, 2004 |
23.6% |
| Persons 65 years old and over,
percent, 2004 |
12.5% |
| Female persons, percent, 2004
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51.1% |
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| White persons, percent, 2004
(a) |
80.7% |
| Black persons, percent, 2004
(a) |
16.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska
Native persons, percent, 2004 (a) |
0.3% |
| Asian persons, percent, 2004
(a) |
1.2% |
| Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander, percent, 2004 (a) |
0.0% |
| Persons reporting two or more
races, percent, 2004 |
0.9% |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino
origin, percent, 2004 (b) |
2.8% |
| White persons, not Hispanic,
percent, 2004 |
78.1% |
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| Living in same house in 1995
and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 |
53.9% |
| Foreign born persons,
percent, 2000 |
2.8% |
| Language other than English
spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000
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4.8% |
| High school graduates,
percent of persons age 25+, 2000
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75.9% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher,
pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
19.6% |
| Persons with a disability,
age 5+, 2000 |
1,149,693 |
| Mean travel time to work
(minutes), workers age 16+, 2000
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24.5 |
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| Housing units, 2004
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2,595,060 |
| Homeownership rate, 2000
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69.9% |
| Housing units in multi-unit
structures, percent, 2000 |
18.7% |
| Median value of
owner-occupied housing units, 2000
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$93,000 |
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| Households, 2000
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2,232,905 |
| Persons per household, 2000
|
2.48 |
| Per capita money income, 1999
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$19,393 |
| Median household income, 2003
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$37,925 |
| Persons below poverty,
percent, 2003 |
13.5% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Tennessee |
| Private nonfarm
establishments, 2003 |
130,0571 |
| Private nonfarm employment,
2003 |
2,299,2751 |
| Private nonfarm employment,
percent change 2000-2003 |
-3.8%1 |
| Nonemployer establishments,
2003 |
387,545 |
| Manufacturers shipments, 2002
($1000) |
109,293,454 |
| Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)
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60,136,403 |
| Retail sales per capita, 2002
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$10,382 |
| Minority-owned firms, percent
of total, 1997 |
7.8% |
| Women-owned firms, percent of
total, 1997 |
24.0% |
| Housing units authorized by
building permits, 2004 |
44,791 |
| Federal spending, 2004
($1000) |
45,440,5431 |
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Geography QuickFacts |
Tennessee |
| Land area, 2000 (square miles)
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41,217 |
| Persons per square mile, 2000
|
138.0 |
| FIPS Code
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47 |
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