DeKalb County, Tennessee QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts DeKalb County Tennessee
?  Population, 2000 17,4235,689,283
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 21.3%16.7%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 6.1%6.6%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 23.3%24.6%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 14.3%12.4%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 95.6%80.2%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 1.4%16.4%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3%0.3%
?  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1%1.0%
?  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) ZZ
?  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 1.6%1.0%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 0.9%1.1%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 50.6%51.3%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 3.6%2.2%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 93.8%79.2%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 4,8092,105,152
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 803500,991
?  Housing units, 2000 8,4092,439,443
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 74.9%69.9%
?  Households, 2000 6,9842,232,905
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.452.48
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 33.6%35.2%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $28,036$32,047
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 16.0%13.6%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 23.3%18.9%

Business QuickFacts DeKalb County Tennessee
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 317131,110
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 5,0042,299,348
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 21.6%23.0%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 1,052316,604
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 333,89298,503,080
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 67,25150,813,221
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $4,269$9,448
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 NA19,382
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 349101,134
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 437,034
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 82,15030,866,836
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 611194,274

Geography QuickFacts DeKalb County Tennessee
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 30541,217
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 57.1138.0
?  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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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