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Tennessee state QuickFacts

	Tennessee	United States
Total population	5,689,283	281,421,906
State	Tennessee

Tennessee state Population

	Tennessee	%, Tennessee	United States
Male	2,770,275	48.69%	49.06%
Female	2,919,008	51.31%	50.94%
Median age (years)	35.9		35.3

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	Tennessee	%, Tennessee	United States
18 years and over	4,290,762	75.42%	74.31%
21 years and over	4,046,450	71.12%	69.97%
62 years and over	842,141	14.8%	14.66%
65 years and over	703,311	12.36%	12.43%

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	Tennessee	%, Tennessee	United States
White	4,563,310	80.21%	75.14%
Black or African American	932,809	16.4%	12.32%
Asian	56,662	1.0%	3.64%
Some other race	73,393	1.29%	5.46%
Two or more races	63,109	1.11%	2.43%

Tennessee state Housing

	Tennessee	%, Tennessee	United States
Total households	2,232,905		105,480,101
Family households (families)	1,547,835	69.32%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	685,070	30.68%	31.94%

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	Tennessee	%, Tennessee	United States
Total housing units	2,439,443		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	206,538	8.47%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	2,232,905	91.53%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	1,561,363	64.0%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	671,542	27.53%	30.77%

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	Tennessee	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	156,935	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	517,407	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	271,857	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	126,104	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	84,945	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	35,806	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	10,187	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	2,690	0.57%
Median (dollars)	93,000	119,600

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	Tennessee	%, Tennessee	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	461,201	20.65%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	646,281	28.94%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	358,656	16.06%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	329,092	14.74%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	218,733	9.8%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	218,942	9.81%	9.65%

Tennessee state Education

	Tennessee	%, Tennessee	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	1,415,105		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	90,016	6.36%	6.47%
Kindergarten	78,278	5.53%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	650,037	45.94%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	309,224	21.85%	21.38%
College or graduate school	287,550	20.32%	22.81%

Tennessee state Economy

	Tennessee	%, Tennessee	United States
Population 16 years and over	4,445,909		217,168,077
In labor force	2,822,908	63.49%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	2,805,234	63.1%	63.39%
- - Employed	2,651,638	59.64%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	153,596	3.45%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	5.5		5.8
- Armed Forces	17,674	0.4%	0.53%
Not in labor force	1,623,001	36.51%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	2,315,733	52.09%	51.66%
In labor force	1,309,051	29.44%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	1,306,579	29.39%	29.65%
- - Employed	1,229,669	27.66%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	425,940	9.58%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	255,731		12,787,501

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	Tennessee	%, Tennessee	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	2,234,229		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	267,405	11.97%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	161,773	7.24%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	326,134	14.6%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	319,921	14.32%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	388,095	17.37%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	405,364	18.14%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	179,559	8.04%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	116,779	5.23%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	31,095	1.39%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	38,104	1.71%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	36,360		41,994

	Tennessee	%, Tennessee	United States
With earnings	1,781,457	40.07%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	49,056		56,604
With Social Security income	592,983	13.34%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,655		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	116,317	2.62%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,823		6,320
With public assistance income	77,153	1.74%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	1,984		3,032
With retirement income	361,535	8.13%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	16,360		17,376

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