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

Blount County is 7th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Home median value

Blount County is 7th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Blount County is 11th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Current population (2012)

Blount County is 11th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Households

Blount County is 11th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Income per household

Blount County is 11th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Blount County is 12th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Housing units

Blount County is 12th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Blount County is 12th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Retail sales

Blount County is 12th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Size Demographics
	Blount County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Current population (2012)	124,177	11th	6,456,243	313,914,040
Size in square miles	558.7	23rd	41,234.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	220.2	14th	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Blount County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents younger than 5	5.3%	67th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.5%	61st	23.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.3%	46th	14.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Blount County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	85.9%	7th	83.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	20.5%	15th	23.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Blount County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Race - White	94.4%	46th	79.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.9%	50th	17.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	59th	0.4%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.8%	23rd	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	57th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	38th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	36th	4.8%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	91.8%	46th	75.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Blount County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Female residents	51.6%	16th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.7%	29th	4.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Blount County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Housing units	55,624	12th	2,829,025	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	10.5%	31st	18.1%	25.9%
Households	48,464	11th	2,457,997	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	74.8%	52nd	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$162,300	7th	$137,200	$186,200
People per household	2.5	52nd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	335	13th	20,147	829,658

Income Demographics
	Blount County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Income per capita	$24,096	15th	$24,197	$27,915
Income per household	$47,298	11th	$43,989	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.3%	90th	16.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Blount County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Non-farm private establishments	2,239	14th	129,489	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	38,247	12th	2,300,542	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	10,063	12th	545,348	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,551,134	12th	$77,547,291	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,945	14th	$12,563	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$208,506	11th	$10,626,759	$613,795,732