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

Rutherford County is 2nd in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - Asian

Rutherford County is 3rd in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Rutherford County is 3rd in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - Two or More

Rutherford County is 4th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Foreign born residents

Rutherford County is 4th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Rutherford County is 5th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Current population (2012)

Rutherford County is 5th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Households

Rutherford County is 5th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Housing units

Rutherford County is 5th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Income per household

Rutherford County is 5th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Size Demographics
	Rutherford County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Current population (2012)	274,454	5th	6,456,243	313,914,040
Size in square miles	619.4	8th	41,234.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	424	5th	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Rutherford County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents younger than 5	7.0%	6th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.7%	6th	23.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	8.9%	94th	14.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Rutherford County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.8%	4th	83.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	27.0%	7th	23.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Rutherford County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Race - White	81.0%	83rd	79.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	13.1%	15th	17.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	20th	0.4%	1.2%
Race - Asian	3.2%	2nd	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	12th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.2%	3rd	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	9th	4.8%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	74.9%	85th	75.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Rutherford County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Female residents	50.7%	64th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	6.6%	4th	4.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Rutherford County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Housing units	103,913	5th	2,829,025	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	19.6%	9th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	94,173	5th	2,457,997	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	69.0%	80th	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$159,600	8th	$137,200	$186,200
People per household	2.7	10th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,959	3rd	20,147	829,658

Income Demographics
	Rutherford County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Income per capita	$24,879	10th	$24,197	$27,915
Income per household	$54,433	5th	$43,989	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.7%	89th	16.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Rutherford County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Non-farm private establishments	4,476	6th	129,489	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	82,596	6th	2,300,542	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	20,939	6th	545,348	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,804,294	6th	$77,547,291	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,588	22nd	$12,563	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$386,963	6th	$10,626,759	$613,795,732