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

Jackson County is 8th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - White

Jackson County is 10th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Jackson County is 15th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Income below poverty line

Jackson County is 15th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Jackson County is 18th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Size Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Current population (2012)	11,441	86th	6,456,243	313,914,040
Size in square miles	308.3	71st	41,234.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	37.7	83rd	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents younger than 5	4.5%	89th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.5%	90th	23.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	19.4%	15th	14.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	69.5%	91st	83.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	9.3%	82nd	23.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Race - White	97.9%	8th	79.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.4%	89th	17.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	18th	0.4%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.1%	92nd	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	92nd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	84th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	79th	4.8%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.4%	10th	75.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Female residents	50.0%	85th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.8%	83rd	4.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Housing units	5,896	83rd	2,829,025	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	5.2%	77th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	4,710	83rd	2,457,997	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	75.1%	50th	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$96,900	59th	$137,200	$186,200
People per household	2.4	68th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	88th	20,147	829,658

Income Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Income per capita	$17,811	77th	$24,197	$27,915
Income per household	$32,846	76th	$43,989	$52,762
Income below poverty line	22.9%	15th	16.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Non-farm private establishments	82	90th	129,489	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	721	89th	2,300,542	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,136	81st	545,348	27,092,908
Retail sales	$27,779	89th	$77,547,291	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$2,560	92nd	$12,563	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$2,577	88th	$10,626,759	$613,795,732