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

Fayette County is 2nd in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Income per capita

Fayette County is 3rd in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Home median value

Fayette County is 3rd in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Income per household

Fayette County is 3rd in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Size in square miles

Fayette County is 4th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Home ownership rate

Fayette County is 5th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in People per household

Fayette County is 8th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Fayette County is 15th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Fayette County is 17th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Fayette County is 17th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Size Demographics
	Fayette County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Current population (2012)	38,659	40th	6,456,243	313,914,040
Size in square miles	704.8	3rd	41,234.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	54.5	63rd	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Fayette County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents younger than 5	6.1%	24th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.4%	41st	23.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.8%	53rd	14.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Fayette County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	84.1%	15th	83.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	20.4%	17th	23.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Fayette County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Race - White	70.3%	88th	79.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	27.9%	8th	17.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	71st	0.4%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	42nd	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	48th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.9%	91st	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	45th	4.8%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	68.1%	88th	75.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Fayette County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Female residents	50.5%	71st	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.9%	41st	4.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Fayette County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Housing units	15,874	43rd	2,829,025	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	4.9%	79th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	13,825	43rd	2,457,997	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	82.6%	4th	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$176,600	3rd	$137,200	$186,200
People per household	2.7	5th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	187	17th	20,147	829,658

Income Demographics
	Fayette County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Income per capita	$28,606	2nd	$24,197	$27,915
Income per household	$57,437	3rd	$43,989	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.7%	91st	16.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Fayette County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Non-farm private establishments	548	44th	129,489	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	6,314	50th	2,300,542	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,779	33rd	545,348	27,092,908
Retail sales	$126,612	65th	$77,547,291	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$3,402	85th	$12,563	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$12,553	61st	$10,626,759	$613,795,732