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People QuickFacts |
Meigs County |
Tennessee |
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Population, 2010 |
11,753 | 6,346,105 |
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Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010 |
6.0% | 11.5% |
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Population, 2000 |
11,084 | 5,689,276 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2009 |
5.5% | 6.8% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2009 |
23.4% | 23.7% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2009 |
14.7% | 13.4% |
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Female persons, percent, 2009 |
50.5% | 51.3% |
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White persons, percent, 2010 (a) |
96.5% | 77.6% |
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Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) |
1.0% | 16.7% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) |
0.5% | 0.3% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) |
0.2% | 1.4% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) |
0.0% | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 |
1.3% | 1.7% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) |
1.5% | 4.6% |
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White persons not Hispanic, persons, 2010 |
95.8% | 75.6% |
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Living in same house 1 year ago, pct 1 yr old & over, 2005-2009 |
85.7% | 83.3% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2005-2009 |
0.9% | 4.1% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2005-2009 |
0.8% | 5.9% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2005-2009 |
73.8% | 81.8% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2005-2009 |
9.6% | 22.4% |
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Veterans, 2005-2009 |
1,156 | 508,005 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2005-2009 |
27.2 | 23.7 |
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Housing units, 2009 |
5,837 | 2,780,857 |
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Homeownership rate, 2005-2009 |
76.8% | 69.7% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2005-2009 |
4.2% | 18.2% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2005-2009 |
$106,700 | $128,500 |
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Households, 2005-2009 |
4,656 | 2,412,567 |
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Persons per household, 2005-2009 |
2.47 | 2.49 |
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Per capita money income in past 12 months (2009 dollars) 2005-2009 |
$18,952 | $23,557 |
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Median household income, 2009 |
$35,809 | $41,715 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009 |
20.4% | 17.2% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Meigs County |
Tennessee |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2008 |
94 | 136,5851 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2008 |
1,234 | 2,492,7461 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2008 |
-14.1% | 4.3%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2008 |
725 | 453,314 |
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Total number of firms, 2007 |
1,016 | 545,469 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
F | 8.4% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2007 |
F | 0.5% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 1.6% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2007 |
F | 0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
F | 1.6% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
S | 25.9% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) |
253,005 | 140,447,760 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) |
D | 80,116,528 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) |
29,829 | 77,547,291 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 |
$2,549 | $12,563 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) |
2,046 | 10,626,759 |
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Building permits, 2009 |
40 | 15,005 |
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Federal spending, 2008 |
88,671 | 58,672,2761 |