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People QuickFacts | Tennessee | USA
Population, 2012 estimate | 6,456,243 | 313,914,040
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 6,346,113 | 308,747,508
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 1.7% | 1.7%
Population, 2010 | 6,346,105 | 308,745,538
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 6.3% | 6.4%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 23.1% | 23.5%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 14.2% | 13.7%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 51.2% | 50.8%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 79.3% | 77.9%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 17.0% | 13.1%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.4% | 1.2%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 1.6% | 5.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | 0.2%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.6% | 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 4.8% | 16.9%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 75.1% | 63.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 84.1% | 84.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 4.5% | 12.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 6.4% | 20.3%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 83.2% | 85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 23.0% | 28.2%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 501,665 | 22,215,303
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 24 | 25.4
Housing units, 2011 | 2,829,025 | 132,312,404
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 69.0% | 66.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 18.1% | 25.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $137,200 | $186,200
Households, 2007-2011 | 2,457,997 | 114,761,359
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.5 | 2.6
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $24,197 | $27,915
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $43,989 | $52,762
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 16.9% | 14.3%
Business QuickFacts | Tennessee | USA
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 129,489 | 7,354,043
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 2,300,542 | 113,425,965
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 1.6% | 1.3%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 473,451 | 22,491,080
Total number of firms, 2007 | 545,348 | 27,092,908
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 8.4% | 7.1%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 0.5% | 0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.0% | 5.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.1% | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.6% | 8.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 25.9% | 28.8%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 140,447,760 | 5,319,456,312
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 80,116,528 | 4,174,286,516
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 77,547,291 | 3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $12,563 | $12,990
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 10,626,759 | 613,795,732
Building permits, 2012 | 20,147 | 829,658
Geography QuickFacts | Tennessee | USA
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 41,234.90 | 3,531,905.43
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 153.9 | 87.4
FIPS Code | 47
(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