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

Grainger County is 3rd in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Home ownership rate

Grainger County is 7th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - White

Grainger County is 13th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Size Demographics
	Grainger County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Current population (2012)	22,706	60th	6,456,243	313,914,040
Size in square miles	280.6	78th	41,234.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	80.7	42nd	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Grainger County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents younger than 5	5.6%	49th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.8%	53rd	23.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.4%	45th	14.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Grainger County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	68.6%	94th	83.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	7.9%	89th	23.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Grainger County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Race - White	97.9%	7th	79.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.6%	80th	17.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	66th	0.4%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	87th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	44th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	89th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	48th	4.8%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	95.7%	13th	75.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Grainger County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Female residents	50.0%	84th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.1%	64th	4.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Grainger County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Housing units	10,971	58th	2,829,025	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	2.5%	94th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	8,940	60th	2,457,997	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	82.8%	3rd	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$91,200	70th	$137,200	$186,200
People per household	2.5	45th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	91st	20,147	829,658

Income Demographics
	Grainger County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Income per capita	$17,381	80th	$24,197	$27,915
Income per household	$31,711	83rd	$43,989	$52,762
Income below poverty line	19.8%	36th	16.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Grainger County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Non-farm private establishments	218	74th	129,489	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,971	74th	2,300,542	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,697	61st	545,348	27,092,908
Retail sales	$79,483	74th	$77,547,291	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$3,515	84th	$12,563	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$6,097	78th	$10,626,759	$613,795,732