Bedford County, Tennessee Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Bedford County is 1st in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Bedford County is 2nd in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Foreign born residents

Bedford County is 2nd in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Bedford County is 2nd in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Bedford County is 3rd in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in People per household

Bedford County is 3rd in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Bedford County is 8th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Bedford County is 16th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - Asian

Bedford County is 17th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - Two or More

Size Demographics
	Bedford County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Current population (2012)	45,573	33rd	6,456,243	313,914,040
Size in square miles	473.6	44th	41,234.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	95.1	34th	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Bedford County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents younger than 5	7.3%	2nd	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	26.7%	3rd	23.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.9%	83rd	14.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Bedford County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	75.6%	64th	83.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	12.7%	50th	23.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Bedford County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Race - White	88.2%	73rd	79.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	8.3%	23rd	17.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.7%	8th	0.4%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.1%	16th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.2%	2nd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.7%	17th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	1st	4.8%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	78.4%	81st	75.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Bedford County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Female residents	50.5%	76th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	7.5%	2nd	4.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Bedford County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Housing units	18,637	36th	2,829,025	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	8.5%	43rd	18.1%	25.9%
Households	16,053	34th	2,457,997	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	70.9%	74th	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$114,200	35th	$137,200	$186,200
People per household	2.8	3rd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	66	35th	20,147	829,658

Income Demographics
	Bedford County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Income per capita	$18,813	61st	$24,197	$27,915
Income per household	$39,480	38th	$43,989	$52,762
Income below poverty line	19.6%	39th	16.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Bedford County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Non-farm private establishments	751	29th	129,489	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	11,921	28th	2,300,542	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,958	27th	545,348	27,092,908
Retail sales	$340,609	41st	$77,547,291	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$7,649	58th	$12,563	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$35,265	35th	$10,626,759	$613,795,732