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

Wilson County is 2nd in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Home median value

Wilson County is 2nd in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Income per household

Wilson County is 5th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Income per capita

Wilson County is 5th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Wilson County is 8th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Wilson County is 8th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Wilson County is 9th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - Asian

Wilson County is 9th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Wilson County is 10th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Home ownership rate

Wilson County is 12th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Current population (2012)

Size Demographics
	Wilson County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Current population (2012)	118,961	12th	6,456,243	313,914,040
Size in square miles	570.8	19th	41,234.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	199.7	16th	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Wilson County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents younger than 5	6.0%	29th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.3%	16th	23.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.5%	86th	14.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Wilson County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.8%	5th	83.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	24.7%	8th	23.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Wilson County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Race - White	90.1%	66th	79.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	6.6%	31st	17.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	34th	0.4%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.3%	9th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	32nd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.5%	37th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	27th	4.8%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	87.0%	66th	75.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Wilson County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Female residents	51.0%	40th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.5%	20th	4.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Wilson County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Housing units	46,168	13th	2,829,025	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	9.2%	35th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	42,183	12th	2,457,997	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	81.0%	10th	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$190,900	2nd	$137,200	$186,200
People per household	2.6	16th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	792	8th	20,147	829,658

Income Demographics
	Wilson County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Income per capita	$28,110	5th	$24,197	$27,915
Income per household	$61,400	2nd	$43,989	$52,762
Income below poverty line	8.5%	94th	16.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Wilson County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Non-farm private establishments	2,329	13th	129,489	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	29,635	16th	2,300,542	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	12,204	9th	545,348	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,164,992	15th	$77,547,291	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$10,935	28th	$12,563	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$147,321	14th	$10,626,759	$613,795,732