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Houston County Tennessee
Population, 2020 Census 8283 6,910,840
Population, 2010 Census 8,426 6,346,105
Persons under 5 years, 2021 5.20% 6.00%
Persons under 18 years, 2021 21.10% 22.10%
Persons 65 years and over, 2021 20.80% 16.70%
Female persons, 2021 50.7% 51.20%
White alone, percent, 2021 93.8% 78.40%
Black or African American alone, 2021 3.00% 17.10%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, 2021 0.50% 0.50%
Asian alone, 2021 0.50% 2.00%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, 2021 0.10% 0.10%
Two or More Races, 2021 2.20% 2.00%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2021 2.50% 5.70%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, 2021 91.70% 73.50%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2016-2020 80.00% 88.20%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2016-2020 13.4% 28.20%
Veterans, 2016-2020 804 428,519
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2016-2020 36.6 25.4
Housing units, 2021 3,949 3,087,963
Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2016-2020 79.50% 66.50%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2016-2020 $126,300 $177,600
Households, 2016-2020 2,919 2,639,455
Persons per household, 2016-2020 2.73 2.51
Total employment, 2020 998 2,760,605
Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2020 dollars), 2016-2020 $23,836 $30,869
Persons below poverty level 15.60% 13.60%
Geography Quick Facts
Land area in square miles, 2010 200.29 41,234.90
Persons per square mile, 2010 42.1 153.9
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories