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

Sullivan County is 6th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Households

Sullivan County is 6th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Housing units

Sullivan County is 7th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Sullivan County is 7th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Sullivan County is 7th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Sullivan County is 7th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Retail sales

Sullivan County is 8th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Sullivan County is 8th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Sullivan County is 9th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Current population (2012)

Sullivan County is 12th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Female residents

Size Demographics
	Sullivan County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Current population (2012)	156,786	9th	6,456,243	313,914,040
Size in square miles	413.4	56th	41,234.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	379.4	7th	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Sullivan County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents younger than 5	5.1%	78th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.1%	82nd	23.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	19.5%	13th	14.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Sullivan County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	82.7%	20th	83.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	20.4%	16th	23.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Sullivan County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Race - White	95.4%	36th	79.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.3%	56th	17.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	87th	0.4%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	30th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	68th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.3%	56th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	77th	4.8%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	94.1%	25th	75.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Sullivan County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Female residents	51.6%	12th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.6%	49th	4.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Sullivan County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Housing units	73,868	6th	2,829,025	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	13.5%	18th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	66,554	6th	2,457,997	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	74.8%	53rd	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$115,700	30th	$137,200	$186,200
People per household	2.3	88th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	289	15th	20,147	829,658

Income Demographics
	Sullivan County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Income per capita	$23,536	17th	$24,197	$27,915
Income per household	$40,572	32nd	$43,989	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.5%	68th	16.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Sullivan County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Non-farm private establishments	3,339	7th	129,489	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	64,241	7th	2,300,542	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	12,859	8th	545,348	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,026,276	7th	$77,547,291	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,200	12th	$12,563	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$255,074	8th	$10,626,759	$613,795,732