Bedford County Facts

Census Statistics

	Bedford County	Tennessee
Population, 2003 estimate	40,253	5,841,748
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	7.1%	2.7%
Population, 2000	37,586	5,689,283
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	23.6%	16.7%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	7.4%	6.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	25.8%	24.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	12.7%	12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.4%	51.3%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	86.8%	80.2%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	8.5%	16.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.1%	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	2.7%	1.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.2%	1.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	7.5%	2.2%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	82.6%	79.2%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	51.4%	53.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	6.4%	2.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	8.4%	4.8%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	69.7%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	11.1%	19.6%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	8,019	1,149,693
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	24.1	24.5?
Housing units, 2002	15,394	2,519,825
Homeownership rate, 2000	73.5%	69.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	7.6%	18.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$79,000	$93,000?
Households, 2000	13,905	2,232,905
Persons per household, 2000	2.67	2.48
Median household income, 1999	$36,729	$36,360
Per capita money income, 1999	$16,698	$19,393
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	13.1%	13.5%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	755	129,659
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	12,849	2,378,510
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-5.5%	-0.5%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	2,145	339,361
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	1,302,683	98,503,080
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	207,358	50,813,221
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$6,068	$9,448
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	5.0%	7.8%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	18.5%	24.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	95	34,273
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	149,464	39,275,543
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	474	41,217
Persons per square mile, 2000	79.4	138.0
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	003	47

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