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

Carter County is 16th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Carter County is 18th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - White

Carter County is 19th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Income below poverty line

Carter County is 20th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Size Demographics
	Carter County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Current population (2012)	57,355	23rd	6,456,243	313,914,040
Size in square miles	341.2	64th	41,234.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	168.3	20th	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Carter County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents younger than 5	5.2%	76th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.9%	85th	23.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.5%	21st	14.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Carter County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	78.6%	46th	83.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	15.7%	28th	23.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Carter County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Race - White	96.9%	18th	79.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.4%	75th	17.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	95th	0.4%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	73rd	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	55th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.1%	80th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	76th	4.8%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	95.4%	16th	75.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Carter County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Female residents	51.1%	38th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.9%	75th	4.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Carter County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Housing units	27,821	21st	2,829,025	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	12.4%	23rd	18.1%	25.9%
Households	24,190	21st	2,457,997	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	72.9%	61st	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$96,900	58th	$137,200	$186,200
People per household	2.3	89th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	61	36th	20,147	829,658

Income Demographics
	Carter County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Income per capita	$18,269	68th	$24,197	$27,915
Income per household	$32,148	80th	$43,989	$52,762
Income below poverty line	22.0%	19th	16.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Carter County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Non-farm private establishments	710	33rd	129,489	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	8,719	36th	2,300,542	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,938	28th	545,348	27,092,908
Retail sales	$461,274	28th	$77,547,291	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$7,826	54th	$12,563	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$41,911	31st	$10,626,759	$613,795,732