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

Obion County is 7th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Female residents

Obion County is 9th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Obion County is 16th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Obion County is 17th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Size Demographics
	Obion County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Current population (2012)	31,340	48th	6,456,243	313,914,040
Size in square miles	544.7	26th	41,234.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	58.4	59th	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Obion County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents younger than 5	5.7%	45th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.6%	38th	23.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.0%	33rd	14.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Obion County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	80.4%	36th	83.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	12.4%	53rd	23.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Obion County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Race - White	87.6%	76th	79.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	10.7%	17th	17.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	93rd	0.4%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	60th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	9th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.1%	69th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	31st	4.8%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	84.6%	75th	75.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Obion County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Female residents	52.0%	7th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.6%	30th	4.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Obion County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Housing units	14,614	47th	2,829,025	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	13.0%	21st	18.1%	25.9%
Households	12,669	47th	2,457,997	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	70.3%	77th	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$88,600	75th	$137,200	$186,200
People per household	2.5	54th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	7	66th	20,147	829,658

Income Demographics
	Obion County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Income per capita	$21,274	32nd	$24,197	$27,915
Income per household	$39,671	36th	$43,989	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.2%	71st	16.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Obion County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Non-farm private establishments	695	37th	129,489	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	11,364	30th	2,300,542	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,133	41st	545,348	27,092,908
Retail sales	$403,505	35th	$77,547,291	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,779	16th	$12,563	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$0	92nd	$10,626,759	$613,795,732