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People QuickFacts | Rhea County | Tennessee
Population, 2012 estimate | 32,247 | 6,456,243
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 31,809 | 6,346,113
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 1.4% | 1.7%
Population, 2010 | 31,809 | 6,346,105
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 5.7% | 6.3%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 23.1% | 23.1%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 16.5% | 14.2%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 50.7% | 51.2%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 95.3% | 79.3%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 2.2% | 17.0%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.5% | 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 | 1.5% | 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 4.0% | 4.8%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 91.7% | 75.1%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 80.2% | 84.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 2.3% | 4.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 3.3% | 6.4%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 75.9% | 83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 10.8% | 23.0%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 2,126 | 501,665
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 25.5 | 24
Housing units, 2011 | 14,457 | 2,829,025
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 72.0% | 69.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 7.7% | 18.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $103,800 | $137,200
Households, 2007-2011 | 11,949 | 2,457,997
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.56 | 2.5
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $17,860 | $24,197
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $36,934 | $43,989
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 20.3% | 16.9%
Business QuickFacts | Rhea County | Tennessee
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 488 | 129,489
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 8,190 | 2,300,542
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -2.3% | 1.6%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 1,685 | 473,451
Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,196 | 545,348
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 8.4%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 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 | F | 1.6%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 25.9%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 894,654 | 140,447,760
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 17,906 | 80,116,528
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 250,814 | 77,547,291
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $8,206 | $12,563
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 26,918 | 10,626,759
Building permits, 2012 | 44 | 20,147
Geography QuickFacts | Rhea County | Tennessee
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 315.38 | 41,234.90
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 100.9 | 153.9
FIPS Code | 143 | 47
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical 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