Moore County, Tennessee QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Moore County Tennessee
?  Population, 2000 5,7405,689,283
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 22.2%16.7%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 5.8%6.6%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 23.3%24.6%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 15.5%12.4%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 95.8%80.2%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 2.7%16.4%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2%0.3%
?  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1%1.0%
?  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) 0.0%Z
?  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.5%1.0%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 0.6%1.1%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 50.5%51.3%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 0.8%2.2%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 95.6%79.2%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 2,0612,105,152
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 363500,991
?  Housing units, 2000 2,5152,439,443
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 83.7%69.9%
?  Households, 2000 2,2112,232,905
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.552.48
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 34.5%35.2%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $36,958$32,047
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 9.7%13.6%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 14.8%18.9%

Business QuickFacts Moore County Tennessee
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 53131,110
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 7842,299,348
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 21.4%23.0%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 141316,604
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) NA98,503,080
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 5,58250,813,221
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $1,077$9,448
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 NA19,382
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 NA101,134
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 5037,034
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 15,01630,866,836
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 177194,274

Geography QuickFacts Moore County Tennessee
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 12941,217
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 44.5138.0
?  Metropolitan Area None 

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

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X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown