Tennessee 2000
Census QuickFacts
|
People
QuickFacts |
Tennessee |
USA |
| Population, 2000
|
5,689,283 |
281,421,906 |
| Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000
|
16.7% |
13.1% |
| Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000
|
6.6% |
6.8% |
| Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000
|
24.6% |
25.7% |
| Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000
|
12.4% |
12.4% |
| White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
80.2% |
75.1% |
| Black or African American persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
16.4% |
12.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native persons,
percent, 2000 (a) |
0.3% |
0.9% |
| Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
1.0% |
3.6% |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander,
percent, 2000 (a) |
Z |
0.1% |
| Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000
(a) |
1.0% |
5.5% |
| Persons reporting two or more races, percent,
2000 |
1.1% |
2.4% |
| Female persons, percent, 2000
|
51.3% |
50.9% |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent,
2000 (b) |
2.2% |
12.5% |
| White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin,
percent, 2000 |
79.2% |
69.1% |
| High school graduates, persons 25 years and over,
1990 |
2,105,152 |
119,524,718 |
| College graduates, persons 25 years and over,
1990 |
500,991 |
32,310,253 |
| Housing units, 2000
|
2,439,443 |
115,904,641 |
| Homeownership rate, 2000
|
69.9% |
66.2% |
| Households, 2000
|
2,232,905 |
105,480,101 |
| Persons per household, 2000
|
2.48 |
2.59 |
| Households with persons under 18, percent, 2000
|
35.2% |
36.0% |
| Median household money income, 1997 model-based
estimate |
$32,047 |
$37,005 |
| Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based
estimate |
13.6% |
13.3% |
| Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based
estimate |
18.9% |
19.9% |
|
Business
QuickFacts |
Tennessee |
USA |
| Private non-farm establishments, 1999
|
131,116 |
7,008,444 |
| Private non-farm employment, 1999
|
2,338,780 |
110,705,661 |
| Private non-farm employment, percent change
1990-1999 |
25.1% |
18.4% |
| Non-employer establishments, 1998
|
325,676 |
15,708,727 |
| Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)
|
98,503,080 |
3,842,061,405 |
| Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)
|
50,813,221 |
2,460,886,012 |
| Retail sales per capita, 1997
|
$9,448 |
$9,190 |
| Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997
|
7.8% |
14.6% |
| Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997
|
24.0% |
26.0% |
| Housing units authorized by building permits,
2000 |
32,203 |
1,592,267 |
| Federal funds and grants, 2000 ($1000)
|
33,560,057 |
1,623,475,453 |
| Local government employment - full-time
equivalent, 1997 |
194,274 |
10,227,429 |
|
Geography
QuickFacts |
Tennessee |
USA |
| Land area, 2000 (square miles)
|
41,217 |
3,537,441 |
| Persons per square mile, 2000
|
138.0 |
79.6 |
|