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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

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, 2000 Census of Population and Housing, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, County Business Patterns, 1997 Economic Census, Minority- and Women-Owned Business, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report, 1997 Census of Governments

  Last Revised: Thursday, 07-Feb-2002 14:19:06 ES


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