Monroe County Facts

Census Statistics

	Monroe County	Tennessee
Population, 2003 estimate	41,051	5,841,748
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	5.4%	2.7%
Population, 2000	38,961	5,689,283
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	27.6%	16.7%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.4%	6.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	24.7%	24.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	13.2%	12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.7%	51.3%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	94.9%	80.2%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	2.3%	16.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.4%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.4%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.9%	1.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.3%	1.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	1.8%	2.2%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	94.1%	79.2%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	58.0%	53.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	1.2%	2.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	2.8%	4.8%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	66.7%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	10.1%	19.6%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	9,314	1,149,693
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	26.0	24.5?
Housing units, 2002	17,757	2,519,825
Homeownership rate, 2000	78.3%	69.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	7.9%	18.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$79,400	$93,000?
Households, 2000	15,329	2,232,905
Persons per household, 2000	2.51	2.48
Median household income, 1999	$30,337	$36,360
Per capita money income, 1999	$14,951	$19,393
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	15.5%	13.5%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	678	129,659
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	11,280	2,378,510
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-6.3%	-0.5%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	2,337	339,361
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	834,896	98,503,080
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	234,533	50,813,221
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$6,908	$9,448
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	7.8%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	24.1%	24.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	166	34,273
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	192,696	39,275,543
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	635	41,217
Persons per square mile, 2000	61.4	138.0
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	123	47

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