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

Macon County is 5th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Macon County is 7th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Macon County is 9th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Income below poverty line

Macon County is 9th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Macon County is 11th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in People per household

Macon County is 13th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - White

Macon County is 17th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Foreign born residents

Macon County is 18th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Size Demographics
	Macon County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Current population (2012)	22,498	61st	6,456,243	313,914,040
Size in square miles	307.1	72nd	41,234.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	72.4	46th	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Macon County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents younger than 5	7.0%	7th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.9%	9th	23.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.9%	74th	14.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Macon County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	75.3%	67th	83.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	8.3%	86th	23.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Macon County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Race - White	97.5%	13th	79.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.6%	82nd	17.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.7%	5th	0.4%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	59th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	84th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.9%	90th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	18th	4.8%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	93.5%	33rd	75.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Macon County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Female residents	50.9%	48th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.0%	17th	4.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Macon County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Housing units	9,913	63rd	2,829,025	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	8.0%	48th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	8,186	63rd	2,457,997	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	74.6%	54th	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$92,300	68th	$137,200	$186,200
People per household	2.7	11th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	15	58th	20,147	829,658

Income Demographics
	Macon County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Income per capita	$17,409	78th	$24,197	$27,915
Income per household	$34,747	65th	$43,989	$52,762
Income below poverty line	23.9%	9th	16.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Macon County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Non-farm private establishments	328	59th	129,489	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	3,297	67th	2,300,542	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	0	94th	545,348	27,092,908
Retail sales	$167,327	57th	$77,547,291	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$7,713	56th	$12,563	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$11,896	64th	$10,626,759	$613,795,732