Perry County, TN Census Data

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Tennessee



Perry County, Tennessee

People QuickFactsPerry CountyTennessee
Population, 2005 estimate 7,5745,962,959
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -0.7%4.8%
Population, 2000 7,6315,689,283
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 5.9%6.5%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 22.8%23.3%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 16.4%12.6%
Female persons, percent, 2005 50.4%51.0%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a)96.0%80.7%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)2.8%16.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.2%0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.1%1.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)0.4%0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 0.5%1.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)1.1%3.0%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 95.2%77.9%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 66.4%53.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 0.5%2.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 2.4%4.8%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 63.8%75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 7.1%19.6%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 1,7291,149,693
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 27.924.5
Housing units, 2005 4,2862,637,441
Homeownership rate, 2000 86.0%69.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 2.3%18.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $62,600$93,000
Households, 2000 3,0232,232,905
Persons per household, 2000 2.482.48
Median household income, 2003 $28,851$37,925
Per capita money income, 1999 $16,969$19,393
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 14.2%13.5%
Business QuickFactsPerry CountyTennessee
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 107131,6911
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 1,7632,347,3351
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 -36.7%-1.8%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 610404,593
Total number of firms, 2002 643454,366
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA5.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.8%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA1.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 NANA
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.9%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA26.0%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 189,454109,293,454
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) D97,792,030
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 23,36060,136,403
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $3,096$10,382
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 1,1628,024,900
Building permits, 2005 046,615
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 55,13645,440,5431
Geography QuickFactsPerry CountyTennessee
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 41441,217
Persons per square mile, 2000 18.4138.0
FIPS Code 13547
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None

1: Includes data not distributed by county.


(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


Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:06:17 EST
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