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Geography
QuickFacts |
Tennessee |
USA |
Land area in square miles, 2010
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41,234.90 |
3,531,905.43 |
Persons per square mile, 2010
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153.9 |
87.4 |
Mean travel time to work (minutes),
workers age 16+, 2008-2012
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24.1 |
25.4 |
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012
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68.4% |
65.5% |
Median value of owner-occupied housing
units, 2008-2012 |
$138,700 |
$181,400 |
Per capita money income in past 12
months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012
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$24,294 |
$28,051 |
Median household income, 2008-2012
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$44,140 |
$53,046 |
Persons below poverty level, percent,
2008-2012 |
17.3% |
14.9% |
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People QuickFacts | Tennessee |
USA |
Population, 2013 estimate
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6,495,978 |
316,128,839 |
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012
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23.1% |
23.5% |
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012
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14.2% |
13.7% |
Female persons, percent, 2012
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51.2% |
50.8% |
White alone, percent, 2012 (a)
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79.3% |
77.9% |
Black or African American alone,
percent, 2012 (a) |
17.0% |
13.1% |
American Indian and Alaska Native alone,
percent, 2012 (a) |
0.4% |
1.2% |
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a)
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1.6% |
5.1% |
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b)
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4.8% |
16.9% |
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino,
percent, 2012 |
75.1% |
63.0% |
Living in same house 1 year & over,
percent, 2008-2012 |
84.4% |
84.8% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent
of persons age 25+, 2008-2012
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83.9% |
85.7% |
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of
persons age 25+, 2008-2012
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23.5% |
28.5% |
Veterans, 2008-2012
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493,980 |
21,853,912 |
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