People QuickFacts Benton County Tennessee
Population, 2011 estimate     16,430 6,403,353
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base     16,489 6,346,110
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011     -0.4% 0.9%
Population, 2010     16,489 6,346,105
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011      5.3% 6.3%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011      20.2% 23.3%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011      20.4% 13.7%
Female persons, percent, 2011      50.9% 51.3%

   
White persons, percent, 2011 (a)      95.7% 79.5%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)      2.2% 16.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)      0.5% 0.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)     0.4% 1.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)      Z 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011      1.2% 1.6%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)      2.0% 4.7%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011      93.9% 75.4%

   
Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010     86.2% 83.8%
Foreign born persons, percent,  2006-2010     1.3% 4.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010     1.6% 6.2%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010     76.6% 82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010     12.6% 22.7%
Veterans, 2006-2010     1,977 505,746
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010     23.5 23.9

   
Housing units, 2011     8,962 2,829,025
Homeownership rate, 2006-2010     83.2% 69.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010     3.3% 18.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010     $77,900 $134,100
Households, 2006-2010     6,980 2,443,475
Persons per household, 2006-2010     2.34 2.49
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010     $19,114 $23,722
Median household income 2006-2010     $33,953 $43,314
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010     17.6% 16.5%
     
Business QuickFacts Benton County Tennessee
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010     302 131,582
Private nonfarm employment, 2010     3,224 2,264,032
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010     -8.6 -5.3
Nonemployer establishments, 2010     1,123 465,545

   
Total number of firms, 2007     1,519 545,348
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007     S 8.4%
American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007     F 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007     F 2.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007     F 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007     F 1.6%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007     S 25.9%

   
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)     82,258 140,447,760
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)     35,221 80,116,528
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)     136,843 77,547,291
Retail sales per capita, 2007     $8,472 $12,563
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)     13,340 10,626,759
Building permits, 2011      50 14,977
     
Geography QuickFacts Benton County Tennessee
Land area in square miles, 2010     394.14 41,234.90
Persons per square mile, 2010     41.8 153.9
FIPS Code     5 47
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical 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    
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts