People QuickFacts Weakley County Tennessee
Population, 2011 estimate     34,980 6,403,353
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base     35,021 6,346,110
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011     -0.1% 0.9%
Population, 2010     35,021 6,346,105
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011      5.4% 6.3%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011      19.7% 23.3%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011      15.5% 13.7%
Female persons, percent, 2011      51.1% 51.3%

   
White persons, percent, 2011 (a)      89.2% 79.5%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)      8.0% 16.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)      0.3% 0.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)     1.2% 1.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)      Z 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011      1.3% 1.6%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)      2.1% 4.7%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011      87.4% 75.4%

   
Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010     79.0% 83.8%
Foreign born persons, percent,  2006-2010     2.2% 4.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010     4.3% 6.2%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010     82.0% 82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010     18.4% 22.7%
Veterans, 2006-2010     2,749 505,746
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010     21 23.9

   
Housing units, 2011     15,478 2,829,025
Homeownership rate, 2006-2010     66.1% 69.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010     15.5% 18.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010     $82,100 $134,100
Households, 2006-2010     13,781 2,443,475
Persons per household, 2006-2010     2.35 2.49
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010     $18,895 $23,722
Median household income 2006-2010     $32,358 $43,314
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010     21.7% 16.5%
     
Business QuickFacts Weakley County Tennessee
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010     572 131,582
Private nonfarm employment, 2010     7,497 2,264,032
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010     -24.5 -5.3
Nonemployer establishments, 2010     1,752 465,545

   
Total number of firms, 2007     2,080 545,348
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     2.0% 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     26.5% 25.9%

   
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)     D 140,447,760
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)     D 80,116,528
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)     265,377 77,547,291
Retail sales per capita, 2007     $7,986 $12,563
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)     D 10,626,759
Building permits, 2011      35 14,977
     
Geography QuickFacts Weakley County Tennessee
Land area in square miles, 2010     580.36 41,234.90
Persons per square mile, 2010     60.3 153.9
FIPS Code     183 47
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area     Martin, 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 100 firms    
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts