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

Dickson County is 15th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - Two or More

Dickson County is 15th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Dickson County is 17th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Dickson County is 19th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Income per household

Dickson County is 20th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Size Demographics
	Dickson County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Current population (2012)	50,381	30th	6,456,243	313,914,040
Size in square miles	489.9	40th	41,234.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	101.4	31st	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Dickson County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents younger than 5	6.1%	23rd	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.3%	15th	23.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.0%	80th	14.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Dickson County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	81.6%	26th	83.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	15.5%	31st	23.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Dickson County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Race - White	92.9%	55th	79.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	4.3%	39th	17.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	29th	0.4%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	27th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	50th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.7%	15th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	32nd	4.8%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	90.2%	54th	75.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Dickson County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Female residents	50.9%	49th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.0%	39th	4.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Dickson County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Housing units	20,955	33rd	2,829,025	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	11.1%	28th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	18,809	32nd	2,457,997	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	73.3%	59th	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$132,000	22nd	$137,200	$186,200
People per household	2.6	21st	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	146	20th	20,147	829,658

Income Demographics
	Dickson County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Income per capita	$21,306	30th	$24,197	$27,915
Income per household	$44,201	19th	$43,989	$52,762
Income below poverty line	15.1%	77th	16.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Dickson County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Non-farm private establishments	897	25th	129,489	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	12,072	27th	2,300,542	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	5,198	23rd	545,348	27,092,908
Retail sales	$605,859	23rd	$77,547,291	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,779	17th	$12,563	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$60,508	24th	$10,626,759	$613,795,732