Census information about Sequatchie County

People QuickFacts	Sequatchie County	Tennessee
Population, 2000	11,370	5,689,283
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	28.3%	16.7%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.9%	6.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	24.6%	24.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	12.3%	12.4%
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	98.7%	80.2%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	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)	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	1.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.5%	1.1%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.4%	51.3%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	0.8%	2.2%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	98.0%	79.2%
High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990	2,910	2,105,152
College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990	431	500,991
Housing units, 2000	4,916	2,439,443
Homeownership rate, 2000	76.4%	69.9%
Households, 2000	4,463	2,232,905
Persons per household, 2000	2.52	2.48
Households with persons under 18, percent, 2000	36.7%	35.2%
Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate	$27,542	$32,047
Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate	16.5%	13.6%
Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate	22.4%	18.9%

Business QuickFacts	Sequatchie County	Tennessee
Private nonfarm establishments, 1999	176	131,116
Private nonfarm employment, 1999	2,224	2,338,780
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999	22.1%	25.1%
Nonemployer establishments, 1998	564	325,676
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	223,792	98,503,080
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	56,068	50,813,221
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$5,539	$9,448
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	7.8%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	15.5%	24.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000	23	32,203
Federal funds and grants, 2000 ($1000)	65,381	33,560,057
Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997	343	194,274

Geography QuickFacts	Sequatchie County	Tennessee
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	266	41,217
Persons per square mile, 2000	42.7	138.0
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.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
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
F: Fewer than 100 firms

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Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, 2000 Census of Population and Housing, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, County Business Patterns, 1997 Economic Census, Minority- and Women-Owned Business, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report, 1997 Census of Governments

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