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People QuickFacts | Fayette County | Tennessee
Population, 2012 estimate | 38,659 | 6,456,243
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 38,413 | 6,346,113
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 0.6% | 1.7%
Population, 2010 | 38,413 | 6,346,105
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 6.1% | 6.3%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 22.4% | 23.1%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 16.8% | 14.2%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 50.5% | 51.2%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 70.3% | 79.3%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 27.9% | 17.0%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.3% | 0.4%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.5% | 1.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 0.9% | 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 2.5% | 4.8%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 68.1% | 75.1%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 92.2% | 84.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 1.9% | 4.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 3.8% | 6.4%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 84.1% | 83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 20.4% | 23.0%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 2,820 | 501,665
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 32.5 | 24
Housing units, 2011 | 15,874 | 2,829,025
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 82.6% | 69.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 4.9% | 18.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $176,600 | $137,200
Households, 2007-2011 | 13,825 | 2,457,997
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.72 | 2.5
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $28,606 | $24,197
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $57,437 | $43,989
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 11.7% | 16.9%
Business QuickFacts | Fayette County | Tennessee
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 548 | 129,489
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 6,314 | 2,300,542
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 3.6% | 1.6%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 3,229 | 473,451
Total number of firms, 2007 | 3,779 | 545,348
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 15.3% | 8.4%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 2.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 1.6%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 23.0% | 25.9%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 889,776 | 140,447,760
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 74,398 | 80,116,528
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 126,612 | 77,547,291
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $3,402 | $12,563
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 12,553 | 10,626,759
Building permits, 2012 | 187 | 20,147
Geography QuickFacts | Fayette County | Tennessee
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 704.79 | 41,234.90
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 54.5 | 153.9
FIPS Code | 47 | 47
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts