Roane County Facts

Census Statistics

	Roane County	Tennessee
Population, 2003 estimate	52,424	5,841,748
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	1.0%	2.7%
Population, 2000	51,910	5,689,283
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	9.9%	16.7%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	5.9%	6.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	22.3%	24.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	16.1%	12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.6%	51.3%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	95.2%	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)	0.4%	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	1.2%	1.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	0.7%	2.2%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	94.8%	79.2%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	62.3%	53.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	1.2%	2.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	2.0%	4.8%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	74.8%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	14.8%	19.6%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	12,720	1,149,693
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	26.0	24.5?
Housing units, 2002	23,806	2,519,825
Homeownership rate, 2000	77.6%	69.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	10.6%	18.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$86,500	$93,000?
Households, 2000	21,200	2,232,905
Persons per household, 2000	2.42	2.48
Median household income, 1999	$33,226	$36,360
Per capita money income, 1999	$18,456	$19,393
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	13.9%	13.5%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	720	129,659
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	8,765	2,378,510
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	4.5%	-0.5%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	2,633	339,361
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	255,975	98,503,080
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	308,939	50,813,221
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$6,194	$9,448
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	4.0%	7.8%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	22.6%	24.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	42	34,273
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	366,329	39,275,543
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	361	41,217
Persons per square mile, 2000	143.8	138.0
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	145	47

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