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

Cheatham County is 6th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Income per household

Cheatham County is 9th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in People per household

Cheatham County is 10th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Home median value

Cheatham County is 11th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Home ownership rate

Cheatham County is 12th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Income per capita

Cheatham County is 17th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Cheatham County is 19th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Size Demographics
	Cheatham County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Current population (2012)	39,271	39th	6,456,243	313,914,040
Size in square miles	302.4	74th	41,234.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	129.3	26th	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Cheatham County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents younger than 5	5.9%	33rd	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.2%	17th	23.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.0%	90th	14.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Cheatham County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	82.5%	22nd	83.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	18.8%	19th	23.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Cheatham County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Race - White	96.2%	26th	79.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.7%	70th	17.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	58th	0.4%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	51st	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	22nd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.3%	53rd	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	43rd	4.8%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	93.9%	29th	75.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Cheatham County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Female residents	50.1%	82nd	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.3%	31st	4.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Cheatham County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Housing units	15,910	42nd	2,829,025	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	7.0%	59th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	14,355	41st	2,457,997	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	81.0%	11th	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$157,200	10th	$137,200	$186,200
People per household	2.7	9th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	49	44th	20,147	829,658

Income Demographics
	Cheatham County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Income per capita	$24,733	12th	$24,197	$27,915
Income per household	$53,337	6th	$43,989	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.4%	92nd	16.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Cheatham County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Non-farm private establishments	517	46th	129,489	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	5,837	53rd	2,300,542	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,820	31st	545,348	27,092,908
Retail sales	$238,792	51st	$77,547,291	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$6,100	66th	$12,563	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$23,255	47th	$10,626,759	$613,795,732