People QuickFacts Dyer County Tennessee
Population, 2013 estimate     38,213 6,403,353
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base     38,337 6,346,113
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013     -0.3% 2.4%
Population, 2010     38,335 6,346,105
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013      6.5% 6.2%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013      24.3% 23.0%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013      16.0% 14.7%
Female persons, percent, 2013      51.6% 51.2%

   
White persons, percent, 2013 (a)      82.8% 79.1%
Black persons, percent, 2013 (a)      14.6% 17.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2013 (a)      0.4% 0.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2013 (a)     0.6% 1.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)      Z 0.1%
Two or more races, percent, 2013      1.6% 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b)      3.0% 4.9%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013      80.4% 74.9%

   
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012     82.1% 84.4%
Foreign born persons, percent,  2008-2012     1.4% 4.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012    2.7% 6.6%
High school graduates or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012     81.9% 83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2008-2012     17.7% 23.5%
Veterans, 2008-2012     3,119 493,980
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012     18.1 24.1

   
Housing units, 2013     16,711 2,840,914
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012     64.1% 68.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012     14.7% 18.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012     $96.500 $138,700
Households, 2008-2012    14,953 2,468,841
Persons per household, 2008-2012  2.52 2.51
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars) 2008-2012    $20,444 $24,294
Median household income 2008-2012    $38,167 $44,140
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012     19.2% 17.3%
     
Business QuickFacts Dyer County Tennessee
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012     798 130,592
Private nonfarm employment, 2012     12,915 2,344,047
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012     0.6% 1.9%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012     2,497 471,026

   
Total number of firms, 2007     3,139 545,348
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007     S 8.4%
American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007     S 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     S 1.6%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007     24.4% 25.9%

   
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)     1,646,993 140,447,760
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)     252,485 80,116,528
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)     514,056 77,547,291
Retail sales per capita, 2007     $13,643 $12,563
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)     42,802 10,626,759
Building permits, 2012      56 20,147
     
Geography QuickFacts Dyer County Tennessee
Land area in square miles, 2010     512.33 41,234.90
Persons per square mile, 2010     74.8 153.9
FIPS Code     45 47
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area     Dyersburg, TN Micro Area  

   
(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 25 firms    

Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, American Community Survey, Census of Population and Housing, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits

Last Revised: Tuesday, 08-Jul-2014 06:45:58 EDT