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

Union County is 7th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Union County is 11th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Union County is 11th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - White

Union County is 16th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Home ownership rate

Union County is 16th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Union County is 20th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Income below poverty line

Size Demographics
	Union County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Current population (2012)	19,127	65th	6,456,243	313,914,040
Size in square miles	223.6	86th	41,234.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	85.5	36th	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Union County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents younger than 5	6.3%	16th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.5%	29th	23.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.4%	65th	14.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Union County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	70.0%	88th	83.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	6.6%	93rd	23.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Union County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Race - White	97.8%	11th	79.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.2%	94th	17.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	39th	0.4%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	81st	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	11th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.3%	47th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	85th	4.8%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.7%	7th	75.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Union County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Female residents	50.1%	81st	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.9%	80th	4.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Union County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Housing units	8,943	69th	2,829,025	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	5.9%	68th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	7,334	68th	2,457,997	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.6%	16th	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$92,200	69th	$137,200	$186,200
People per household	2.6	27th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	67	34th	20,147	829,658

Income Demographics
	Union County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Income per capita	$16,423	87th	$24,197	$27,915
Income per household	$31,535	84th	$43,989	$52,762
Income below poverty line	21.8%	20th	16.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Union County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Non-farm private establishments	196	78th	129,489	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,582	78th	2,300,542	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,489	67th	545,348	27,092,908
Retail sales	$60,543	81st	$77,547,291	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$3,198	87th	$12,563	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$5,737	81st	$10,626,759	$613,795,732