Van Buren County, Tennessee Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Van Buren County is 1st in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Home ownership rate

Van Buren County is 5th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Van Buren County is 6th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - White

Van Buren County is 15th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in People per household

Van Buren County is 17th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Size Demographics
	Van Buren County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Current population (2012)	5,628	94th	6,456,243	313,914,040
Size in square miles	273.4	80th	41,234.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	20.3	94th	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Van Buren County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents younger than 5	4.3%	92nd	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.8%	87th	23.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	19.2%	17th	14.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Van Buren County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	75.1%	68th	83.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	8.5%	85th	23.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Van Buren County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Race - White	98.0%	6th	79.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.6%	81st	17.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	83rd	0.4%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	86th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	65th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	88th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	91st	4.8%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	97.0%	5th	75.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Van Buren County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Female residents	50.6%	68th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.2%	95th	4.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Van Buren County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Housing units	2,673	94th	2,829,025	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	4.0%	87th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	2,066	95th	2,457,997	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	85.3%	1st	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$75,800	91st	$137,200	$186,200
People per household	2.6	15th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	83rd	20,147	829,658

Income Demographics
	Van Buren County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Income per capita	$17,872	74th	$24,197	$27,915
Income per household	$31,155	87th	$43,989	$52,762
Income below poverty line	21.8%	21st	16.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Van Buren County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Non-farm private establishments	44	95th	129,489	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	527	92nd	2,300,542	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	528	90th	545,348	27,092,908
Retail sales	$9,185	95th	$77,547,291	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$1,692	95th	$12,563	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$0	94th	$10,626,759	$613,795,732