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

Hamilton County is 3rd in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Hamilton County is 4th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Current population (2012)

Hamilton County is 4th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Households

Hamilton County is 4th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Housing units

Hamilton County is 4th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Hamilton County is 4th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Hamilton County is 4th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Hamilton County is 4th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Hamilton County is 4th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Retail sales

Hamilton County is 4th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Size Demographics
	Hamilton County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Current population (2012)	345,545	4th	6,456,243	313,914,040
Size in square miles	542.4	27th	41,234.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	620.3	4th	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Hamilton County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents younger than 5	6.1%	26th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.4%	62nd	23.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.2%	68th	14.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Hamilton County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	85.8%	8th	83.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	27.4%	6th	23.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Hamilton County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Race - White	75.7%	86th	79.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	20.1%	9th	17.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	12th	0.4%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.9%	7th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	33rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	28th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	16th	4.8%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	71.8%	86th	75.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Hamilton County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Female residents	51.8%	8th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.9%	11th	4.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Hamilton County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Housing units	151,937	4th	2,829,025	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	24.3%	3rd	18.1%	25.9%
Households	134,030	4th	2,457,997	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	65.7%	87th	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$151,000	13th	$137,200	$186,200
People per household	2.4	66th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,082	7th	20,147	829,658

Income Demographics
	Hamilton County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Income per capita	$26,924	8th	$24,197	$27,915
Income per household	$45,826	17th	$43,989	$52,762
Income below poverty line	15.9%	74th	16.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Hamilton County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Non-farm private establishments	8,506	4th	129,489	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	172,601	4th	2,300,542	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	31,733	4th	545,348	27,092,908
Retail sales	$4,865,677	4th	$77,547,291	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$14,695	10th	$12,563	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$663,283	4th	$10,626,759	$613,795,732