Fentress County, Tennessee Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Fentress County is 2nd in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - White

Fentress County is 4th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Fentress County is 7th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Income below poverty line

Fentress County is 18th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Size Demographics
	Fentress County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Current population (2012)	17,940	72nd	6,456,243	313,914,040
Size in square miles	498.6	38th	41,234.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	36	84th	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Fentress County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents younger than 5	5.2%	74th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.3%	43rd	23.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.9%	18th	14.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Fentress County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	70.4%	86th	83.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	10.0%	77th	23.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Fentress County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Race - White	98.3%	2nd	79.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.3%	91st	17.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	70th	0.4%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	67th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	47th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.8%	94th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	89th	4.8%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	97.2%	4th	75.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Fentress County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Female residents	50.9%	51st	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.3%	93rd	4.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Fentress County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Housing units	9,091	65th	2,829,025	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	5.4%	74th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	7,448	66th	2,457,997	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	78.2%	22nd	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$95,300	61st	$137,200	$186,200
People per household	2.4	74th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	86th	20,147	829,658

Income Demographics
	Fentress County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Income per capita	$17,404	79th	$24,197	$27,915
Income per household	$29,245	90th	$43,989	$52,762
Income below poverty line	25.2%	7th	16.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Fentress County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Non-farm private establishments	242	71st	129,489	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	3,349	66th	2,300,542	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,235	53rd	545,348	27,092,908
Retail sales	$140,548	62nd	$77,547,291	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,075	51st	$12,563	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$8,176	71st	$10,626,759	$613,795,732