Weakley County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 18.6%
(16.6% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 45.3% for Black residents, 0.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for American Indian residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This town: | 2.2 people | | Tennessee: | 2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This town: | 64.1% | | Whole state: | 69.6% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This town: | 3.6% | | Whole state: | 4.2% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Sharon, TN
Sharon compared to Tennessee state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Black race population percentage above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in above state average.
- House age above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Banks with branches in Sharon (2011 data):
- First State Bank: Sharon Branch at 142 East Main Street, branch established on 2003/01/27. Info updated 2006/11/03: Bank assets: $1,646.2 mil, Deposits: $1,393.0 mil, headquarters in Union City, TN, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 32 total offices, Holding Company: Community First Bancshares, Inc.
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (73%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Weakley County Tennessee:
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Religion statistics for Sharon (based on Weakley County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 63.36%
| Here |  | 63.4% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Churches of Christ | Cumberland Presbyterian Church | LDS (Mormon) Church |
| Adherents | 69.3% | 12.3% | 9.7% | 2.1% | 1.4% |
| Congregations | 40.0% | 20.0% | 15.7% | 7.8% | 0.9% |
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| Name | Assemblies of God | Catholic Church | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | Other |
| Adherents | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 0.9% |
| Congregations | 3.5% | 0.9% | 1.7% | 0.9% | 8.7% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 5 | Weakley County: | 1.51 / 10,000 pop. | | Tennessee: | 1.99 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1 | This county: | 0.30 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 0.17 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 18 | Weakley County: | 5.43 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 5.16 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 22 | Here: | 6.63 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 6.56 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | This county: | 10.9% | | Tennessee: | 11.4% |
Adult obesity rate: | Weakley County: | 30.9% | | Tennessee: | 30.2% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 16.9% | | State: | 13.5% |
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
2 | $3,765 | $22,590 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 5 | $301 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
1 | $2,480 | $29,760 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
0 | $0 | | 3 | $819 |
| Firefighters |
0 | $0 | | 20 | $850 |
| Streets and Highways |
3 | $5,213 | $20,852 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
1 | $2,657 | $31,884 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $399 |
| Local Libraries |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $1,094 |
| Totals for Government |
7 | $14,115 | $24,197 | 31 | $3,463 |
Sharon government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $81,000 ($85.81)
- Current Operations - Financial Administration: $144,000 ($152.54)
Water Utilities: $128,000 ($135.59)
Police Protection: $112,000 ($118.64)
Solid Waste Management: $91,000 ($96.40)
Regular Highways: $73,000 ($77.33)
Fire Protection: $53,000 ($56.14)
Sewerage: $45,000 ($47.67)
Libraries: $14,000 ($14.83)
Parks & Recreation: $14,000 ($14.83)
- General - Interest on Debt: $0 ($0.00)
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $47,000 ($49.79)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $148,000 ($156.78)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $103,000 ($109.11)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $45,000 ($47.67)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $13,000 ($13.77)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $90,000 ($95.34)
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $27,000 ($28.60)
- Tax - Property: $135,000 ($143.01)
Public Utilities: $11,000 ($11.65)
Motor Vehicle License: $5,000 ($5.30)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $239,000 ($253.18)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $11,000 ($11.65)
6.42% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($26,171 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.42% | | Tennessee average: | 7.52% |
0.14% of residents moved from foreign countries ($141 average AGI)| Weakley County: | 0.14% | | Tennessee average: | 0.09% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
7.47% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,271 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.47% | | Tennessee average: | 6.67% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Sharon:
- WCRV (640 AM; 50 kW; COLLIERVILLE, TN; Owner: BOTT BROADCASTING COMPANY/TENNESSEE)
- WCMT (1410 AM; 1 kW; MARTIN, TN; Owner: THUNDERBOLT BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WSM (650 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY)
- WMUF (1000 AM; daytime; 5 kW; PARIS, TN; Owner: BENTON-WEATHERFORD B/CTING OF TN,INC)
- WGSF (1030 AM; 50 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: FLINN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WDIA (1070 AM; 50 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WMQM (1600 AM; 50 kW; LAKELAND, TN; Owner: WMQM, INC.)
- WKDA (1200 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: RADIO NASHVILLE, INC.)
- WNQM (1300 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: WNQM. INC.)
- WAMB (1160 AM; 50 kW; DONELSON, TN; Owner: GREAT SOUTHERN BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WENK (1240 AM; 1 kW; UNION CITY, TN; Owner: WENK OF UNION CITY, INC.)
- WLAC (1510 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WDXI (1310 AM; 5 kW; JACKSON, TN; Owner: LIBERTY RADIO II, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Sharon:
- WCDZ (95.1 FM; DRESDEN, TN; Owner: THUNDERBOLT BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WCMT-FM (101.7 FM; MARTIN, TN; Owner: THUNDERBOLT BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WYNU (92.3 FM; MILAN, TN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WWYN (106.9 FM; MCKENZIE, TN; Owner: RAINBOW MEDIA, INC.)
- WTNE-FM (97.7 FM; TRENTON, TN; Owner: GIBSON COUNTY BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WTKB-FM (93.7 FM; ATWOOD, TN; Owner: GIBSON COUNTY BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WWKF (99.3 FM; FULTON, KY; Owner: WENK OF UNION CITY, INC.)
- WYVY (104.9 FM; UNION CITY, TN; Owner: TWIN STATES BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WLSQ-FM (94.3 FM; DYER, TN; Owner: F. DARRELL BOYD)
- WAJJ (89.3 FM; MCKENZIE, TN; Owner: HEARTLAND MINSTRIES, INC.)
- WASL (100.1 FM; DYERSBURG, TN; Owner: DR PEPPER PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING CO.)
- WFGE (103.7 FM; MURRAY, KY; Owner: FOREVER COMMUNICATIONS INC)
- WAKQ (105.5 FM; PARIS, TN; Owner: WENK BROADCAST GROUP, INC.)
- WLSZ (105.3 FM; HUMBOLDT, TN; Owner: BOYD ENTERPRISES, INC.)
- WUTM (90.3 FM; MARTIN, TN; Owner: THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE)
TV broadcast stations around Sharon:
- W02BT (Channel 2; SHARON, TN; Owner: DAYSTAR MINISTRIES)
- WUWT-CA (Channel 9; UNION CITY, TN; Owner: JOSEPH H. HARPOLE, SR.)
- WBBJ-TV (Channel 7; JACKSON, TN; Owner: TENNESSEE BROADCASTING PARTNERS)
- WJKT (Channel 16; JACKSON, TN; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- W26CJ (Channel 26; JACKSON, TN; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- WJTE-LP (Channel 19; JACKSON, TN; Owner: TIGER EYE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WKMU (Channel 21; MURRAY, KY; Owner: KENTUCKY AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
Sharon fatal accident list:
Apr 7, 1992 01:50 PM, Sr89, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1
Mar 22, 1976 06:30 PM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 4
Total length: 20 meters (66ft)
Total average daily traffic: 13,860
Total average daily truck traffic: 1,232
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 6 - John C Rohdy, Sharon Industrial Rd (Lat: 36.236694 Lon: -88.839583), Type: Tower, Structure height: 76.2 m, Overall height: 80.7 m
Registrant: Telecorp Pcs L.L.C, Suite 300 57 Germantown Ct., Memphis, TN 38015, Phone: (901) 277-3033, Email:
- John C Rohdy, Sharon Industrial Rd (Lat: 36.236694 Lon: -88.839583), Type: Tower, Structure height: 76.2 m, Overall height: 80.7 m
Registrant: Telecorp Pcs L.L.C, Suite 300 57 Germantown Ct., Memphis, TN 38015, Phone: (901) 277-3033, Email:
- EDWARD G ROACH, Sharon Industrial Rd (Lat: 36.236694 Lon: -88.839583), Type: Tower, Structure height: 76.2 m, Overall height: 80.7 m, Licensee ID: L00296049
Registrant: Sba Properties, Inc., 5900 Broken Sound Pkwy., Nw, Boca Raton, FL 33487, Phone: (561) 995-7670, Email:
- Edward G Roach, Sharon Industrial Rd (Lat: 36.236694 Lon: -88.839583), Type: Tower, Structure height: 76.2 m, Overall height: 80.7 m
Registrant: Sba Properties, Inc., One Town Center Road, Third Floor, Boca Raton, FL 33486, Phone: (561) 995-7670, Email:
- Jerri L Janjua, 691 Sharon Rd (Lat: 36.234194 Lon: -88.811667), Type: Tower, Structure height: 76.2 m, Overall height: 79.2 m
Registrant: Verizon Wireless, 1120 Sanctuary Pkwy, #150 Gasa5reg, Alpharetta, GA 30009, Phone: (770) 797-1070, Email:
- Jerri L Janjua, 691 Sharon Rd (Lat: 36.234194 Lon: -88.811667), Type: Tower, Structure height: 76.2 m, Overall height: 79.2 m
Registrant: Verizon Wireless, 1120 Sanctuary Pkwy, #150 Gasa5reg, Alpharetta, GA 30009, Phone: (770) 797-1070, Email:
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 2 - Box 89a Sidonia (Lat: 36.243667 Lon: -88.907556), Structure height: 18 m, Call Sign: WNWD266
Assigned Frequencies: 154.145 MHz Grant Date: 03/29/1996, Expiration Date: 04/22/2001, Cancellation Date: 06/24/2001
Registrant: County Of Weakley, 201 Poplar St, Dresden, TN 38225, Phone: (901) 364-2206 - Police Dept City Hall Hollis & Main Sts (Lat: 36.233667 Lon: -88.825889), Call Sign: KXA224, Licensee ID: L00544558
Assigned Frequencies: 460.275 MHz Grant Date: 04/02/2004, Expiration Date: 05/23/2014
Registrant: City Of Sharon, City Hall, Sharon, TN 38255, Phone: (731) 456-2122
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 3 - Call Sign: KF4FKB, Licensee ID: L00172550
Grant Date: 09/08/2005, Expiration Date: 12/07/2015, Certifier: Leslie A Ary
Registrant: Leslie A Ary, 1001 Macedonia Church Rd, Sharon, TN 38255 - Call Sign: WA4KZ, Previous Call Sign: KE4YKZ, Licensee ID: L00172549
Grant Date: 08/04/2007, Expiration Date: 10/15/2017, Certifier: David M Ary
Registrant: David M Ary, 1001 Macedonia Church Rd, Sharon, TN 38255 - Call Sign: KI4UHC, Licensee ID: L01256413
Grant Date: 03/13/2007, Expiration Date: 03/13/2017, Certifier: Mike L Nooner
Registrant: Mike L Nooner, Sharon, TN 38255
FAA Registered Aircraft: 1 - Aircraft: HESTER JAMES ARTHUR RV-6 (Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 475AH , Serial Number: 20475, Year manufactured: 1992, Airworthiness Date: 03/30/1992
Registrant (Individual): James A Hester, Rt 2 Corinth Rd, Sharon, TN 38255
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents: See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Sharon, TN
| Most common first names in Sharon, TN among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| James | 50 | 75.0 years |
| Mary | 37 | 78.1 years |
| William | 37 | 77.7 years |
| Robert | 31 | 77.8 years |
| John | 30 | 78.0 years |
| George | 19 | 73.4 years |
| Charles | 13 | 75.7 years |
| Ruth | 12 | 79.2 years |
| Ruby | 11 | 80.3 years |
| Annie | 11 | 81.5 years |
| Most common last names in Sharon, TN among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Roberts | 27 | 80.1 years |
| Adams | 22 | 79.9 years |
| Wilson | 20 | 78.1 years |
| Davis | 20 | 76.1 years |
| Jones | 19 | 68.6 years |
| Gardner | 14 | 80.2 years |
| Taylor | 14 | 82.4 years |
| Thompson | 13 | 80.1 years |
| Evans | 13 | 67.5 years |
| Edwards | 12 | 76.0 years |
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