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

Meigs County is 2nd in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Meigs County is 10th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Income below poverty line

Meigs County is 19th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Size Demographics
	Meigs County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Current population (2012)	11,698	84th	6,456,243	313,914,040
Size in square miles	195.1	89th	41,234.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	60.2	55th	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Meigs County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents younger than 5	4.9%	82nd	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.1%	73rd	23.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.2%	29th	14.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Meigs County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	75.0%	69th	83.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	7.9%	88th	23.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Meigs County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Race - White	96.3%	23rd	79.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.5%	74th	17.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.8%	2nd	0.4%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	79th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	81st	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	62nd	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	75th	4.8%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	95.1%	19th	75.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Meigs County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Female residents	50.3%	77th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.0%	71st	4.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Meigs County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Housing units	5,636	85th	2,829,025	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	3.1%	93rd	18.1%	25.9%
Households	4,646	85th	2,457,997	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	78.7%	21st	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$102,100	51st	$137,200	$186,200
People per household	2.5	51st	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	21	52nd	20,147	829,658

Income Demographics
	Meigs County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Income per capita	$19,118	55th	$24,197	$27,915
Income per household	$34,942	63rd	$43,989	$52,762
Income below poverty line	23.6%	10th	16.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Meigs County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Non-farm private establishments	105	86th	129,489	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,559	79th	2,300,542	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,016	84th	545,348	27,092,908
Retail sales	$29,829	88th	$77,547,291	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$2,549	93rd	$12,563	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$2,046	89th	$10,626,759	$613,795,732