Sparta, Tennessee Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Sparta is 4th in Tennessee out of 107 other cities in Residents 65 or older

Sparta is 9th in Tennessee out of 92 other cities in Retail sales per capita

Sparta is 19th in Tennessee out of 107 other cities in Income below poverty line

Sparta, Tennessee Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Sparta	Rank	Tennessee	US
Current population (2012)	5,047	97th	6,456,243	313,914,040
Size in square miles	6.7	96th	41,234.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	730.8	77th	153.9	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Sparta	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents younger than 5	5.5%	84th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.3%	98th	23.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	23.0%	4th	14.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Sparta	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	70.4%	100th	83.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	14.0%	80th	23.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Sparta	Rank	Tennessee	US
Race - White	91.0%	30th	79.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	5.6%	61st	17.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	34th	0.4%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	83rd	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	104th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.1%	39th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	88th	4.8%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	90.0%	29th	75.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Sparta	Rank	Tennessee	US
Female residents	53.0%	36th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.3%	104th	4.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Sparta	Rank	Tennessee	US
Housing units	2,293	105th	2,829,025	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	21.4%	57th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	2,130	101st	2,457,997	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	60.5%	61st	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$88,800	90th	$137,200	$186,200
People per household	2.2	94th	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Sparta	Rank	Tennessee	US
Income per capita	$19,844	72nd	$24,197	$27,915
Income per household	$26,916	101st	$43,989	$52,762
Income below poverty line	25.6%	19th	16.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Sparta	Rank	Tennessee	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	839	62nd	545,348	27,092,908
Retail sales	$179,497	60th	$77,547,291	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$36,805	9th	$12,563	$12,990

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