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

Dyer County is 11th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Female residents

Dyer County is 11th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Dyer County is 11th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Dyer County is 13th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Dyer County is 13th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Dyer County is 17th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Size Demographics
	Dyer County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Current population (2012)	38,255	41st	6,456,243	313,914,040
Size in square miles	512.3	35th	41,234.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	74.8	43rd	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Dyer County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents younger than 5	6.6%	11th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.5%	13th	23.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.4%	67th	14.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Dyer County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	80.6%	34th	83.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	15.8%	27th	23.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Dyer County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Race - White	82.8%	82nd	79.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	14.7%	13th	17.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	72nd	0.4%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	37th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	49th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	26th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	38th	4.8%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	80.4%	79th	75.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Dyer County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Female residents	51.7%	11th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.3%	59th	4.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Dyer County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Housing units	16,651	41st	2,829,025	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	14.6%	17th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	15,283	39th	2,457,997	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	64.7%	89th	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$93,700	63rd	$137,200	$186,200
People per household	2.5	59th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	56	41st	20,147	829,658

Income Demographics
	Dyer County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Income per capita	$20,367	41st	$24,197	$27,915
Income per household	$38,909	40th	$43,989	$52,762
Income below poverty line	19.2%	41st	16.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Dyer County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Non-farm private establishments	781	28th	129,489	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	12,837	25th	2,300,542	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,139	40th	545,348	27,092,908
Retail sales	$514,056	27th	$77,547,291	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,643	11th	$12,563	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$42,802	30th	$10,626,759	$613,795,732