Giles County Facts

Census Statistics

	Giles County	Tennessee
Population, 2003 estimate	29,390	5,841,748
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-0.2%	2.7%
Population, 2000	29,447	5,689,283
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	14.4%	16.7%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.2%	6.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	24.5%	24.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	14.5%	12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.4%	51.3%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	86.4%	80.2%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	11.8%	16.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	1.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.9%	1.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	0.9%	2.2%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	85.9%	79.2%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	62.6%	53.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	0.9%	2.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	2.6%	4.8%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	72.5%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	10.6%	19.6%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	5,991	1,149,693
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	25.1	24.5?
Housing units, 2002	13,399	2,519,825
Homeownership rate, 2000	75.3%	69.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	9.4%	18.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$72,900	$93,000?
Households, 2000	11,713	2,232,905
Persons per household, 2000	2.47	2.48
Median household income, 1999	$34,824	$36,360
Per capita money income, 1999	$17,543	$19,393
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	11.7%	13.5%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	573	129,659
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	8,524	2,378,510
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-11.6%	-0.5%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	1,546	339,361
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	679,715	98,503,080
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	201,671	50,813,221
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$7,069	$9,448
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	6.4%	7.8%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	28.2%	24.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	10	34,273
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	162,471	39,275,543
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	611	41,217
Persons per square mile, 2000	48.2	138.0
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	055	47

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