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

Cocke County is 4th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Income below poverty line

Cocke County is 13th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Female residents

Cocke County is 18th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Cocke County is 19th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Size Demographics
	Cocke County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Current population (2012)	35,571	42nd	6,456,243	313,914,040
Size in square miles	434.6	50th	41,234.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	82.1	40th	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Cocke County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents younger than 5	5.2%	75th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.1%	72nd	23.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.0%	35th	14.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Cocke County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	72.8%	81st	83.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	8.1%	87th	23.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Cocke County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Race - White	95.5%	35th	79.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.0%	67th	17.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	19th	0.4%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	57th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	18th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.5%	36th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	60th	4.8%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	94.0%	27th	75.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Cocke County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Female residents	51.6%	13th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.6%	50th	4.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Cocke County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Housing units	17,562	39th	2,829,025	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	9.2%	36th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	14,955	40th	2,457,997	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	71.4%	71st	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$98,000	56th	$137,200	$186,200
People per household	2.4	81st	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	93rd	20,147	829,658

Income Demographics
	Cocke County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Income per capita	$17,014	84th	$24,197	$27,915
Income per household	$28,563	92nd	$43,989	$52,762
Income below poverty line	26.9%	4th	16.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Cocke County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Non-farm private establishments	482	50th	129,489	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	5,942	52nd	2,300,542	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,791	43rd	545,348	27,092,908
Retail sales	$326,897	42nd	$77,547,291	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$9,236	41st	$12,563	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$44,255	29th	$10,626,759	$613,795,732