Athens, Tennessee Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Athens is 8th in Tennessee out of 107 other cities in Race - Two or More

Athens is 18th in Tennessee out of 92 other cities in Retail sales per capita

Athens, Tennessee Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Athens	Rank	Tennessee	US
Current population (2012)	13,489	41st	6,456,243	313,914,040
Size in square miles	14.0	50th	41,234.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	962.7	49th	153.9	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Athens	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents younger than 5	6.7%	49th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.7%	62nd	23.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.3%	35th	14.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Athens	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	79.4%	72nd	83.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	22.4%	43rd	23.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Athens	Rank	Tennessee	US
Race - White	84.5%	57th	79.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	8.1%	45th	17.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	44th	0.4%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.6%	30th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	68th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.0%	8th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	34th	4.8%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	82.2%	57th	75.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Athens	Rank	Tennessee	US
Female residents	53.5%	23rd	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.5%	54th	4.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Athens	Rank	Tennessee	US
Housing units	6,370	40th	2,829,025	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	26.6%	29th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	5,758	39th	2,457,997	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	61.6%	54th	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$104,100	79th	$137,200	$186,200
People per household	2.3	82nd	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Athens	Rank	Tennessee	US
Income per capita	$19,195	80th	$24,197	$27,915
Income per household	$32,769	78th	$43,989	$52,762
Income below poverty line	25.3%	22nd	16.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Athens	Rank	Tennessee	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,493	41st	545,348	27,092,908
Retail sales	$461,355	30th	$77,547,291	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$32,778	18th	$12,563	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$46,215	30th	$10,626,759	$613,795,732

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