Bledsoe County, Tennessee (TN)

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• • 13,022105.3%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 5904.8%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 4703.8%Two or more races
  • 3272.6%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1401.1%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 460.4%Asian alone
  • 270.2%Some other race alone

Mean price in 2017:

Detached houses: $202,398

Here:	$202,398
State:	$235,345

Townhouses or other attached units: $120,861

Here:	$120,861
State:	$200,852

Mobile homes: $108,572

Here:	$108,572
State:	$67,221

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $23,076

Here:	$23,076
State:	$96,358

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 27
• Burglaries: 36
• Thefts: 67
• Auto thefts: 9

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2017: $688 (0.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2017: $597 (0.4%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Bledsoe County is $377 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $460 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $604 a month.

Cities in this county include: Sequatchie Valley, Cumberland Plateau, Pikeville.

Neighboring counties: Beaufort County, North Carolina , DeKalb County , Dickson County , Dare County, North Carolina , Hardeman County .

Current college students: 228
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 73.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 13.0%

Number of foreign born residents: 389 (9.1% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 2332010 or later
• 392000 to 2009
• 1041990 to 1999
• 201980 to 1989
• 61970 to 1979
• 12Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 33.0 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 47.5%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 4,015
• One, attached: 4
• Two: 19
• 3 or 4: 82
• 5 to 9: 132
• 10 to 19: 6
• 20 to 49: 10
• 50 or more: 38
• Mobile homes: 1,480
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 60

Housing units in Bledsoe County with a mortgage: 1,325 (2 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,250

Religion statistics for Bledsoe County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Bledsoe County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Tennessee Severe Winter Storm and Flooding, Incident Period: February 15, 2015 to February 23, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4211: April 02, 2015, FEMA Id: 4211, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Flood
• Tennessee Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: June 05, 2014 to June 10, 2014, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4189: August 13, 2014, FEMA Id: 4189, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Tennessee Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Associated Flooding, Incident Period: April 25, 2011 to April 28, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1974: May 01, 2011, FEMA Id: 1974, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Tennessee Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3217: September 05, 2005, FEMA Id: 3217, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Tennessee Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding, Incident Period: May 04, 2003 to May 30, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1464: May 08, 2003, FEMA Id: 1464, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Tennessee Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: February 14, 2003 to February 26, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1456: March 20, 2003, FEMA Id: 1456, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Tennessee Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding, Incident Period: November 09, 2002 to November 12, 2002, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1441: November 13, 2002, FEMA Id: 1441, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Tennessee Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: January 23, 2002 to March 20, 2002, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1408: April 05, 2002, FEMA Id: 1408, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Tennessee Chattanooga Complex Fire, Incident Period: November 03, 2001, Fire Management Assistance Declared: November 03, 2001, FEMA Id: 2387, Natural disaster type: Fire
• Tennessee Winter Storm, Incident Period: December 23, 1998 to December 29, 1998, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1260: January 15, 1999, FEMA Id: 1260, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• 6 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.61% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($34,586 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.10% relocated from other counties in Tennessee ($24,209 average AGI)
1.51% relocated from other states ($10,378 average AGI)

Bledsoe County:	1.51%
Tennessee average:	3.48%

from Rhea County, TN	1.25% ($22,340 average AGI)
from Hamilton County, TN	0.98% ($39,703)
from Sequatchie County, TN	0.82% ($36,935)

5.74% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($34,154 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.83% relocated to other counties in Tennessee ($27,472 average AGI)
0.91% relocated to other states ($6,682 average AGI)

Bledsoe County:	0.91%
Tennessee average:	2.95%

to Rhea County, TN	1.23% ($26,043 average AGI)
to Sequatchie County, TN	0.94% ($33,143)
to Hamilton County, TN	0.67% ($47,880)
to Cumberland County, TN	0.54% ($29,000)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.2

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 8.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 9.7

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 4.4

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Bledsoe County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 11,693 (1,775 male householders, 1,732 female householders)

  2,853 spouses, 3,544 children (3,118 natural, 173 adopted, 258 stepchildren), 494 grandchildren, 140 brothers or sisters, 109 parents, 722 other relatives, 316 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 1,777 (619 male householders (543 living alone)), 606 female householders (502 living alone)), 553 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 1,183

Size of family households: 2,039 2-persons, 497 3-persons, 561 4-persons, 341 5-persons, 30 6-persons, 56 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,044 1-person, 159 2-persons, 12 3-persons, 4 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons.

1,324 married couples with children.
463 single-parent households (88 men, 375 women).

95.5% of residents of Bledsoe speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (26% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 64% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (95% speak English very well, 5% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $63,371,000 ($4,957 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $933,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $23,139,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $16,326,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $275,000
Federal grants: $22,278,000
Federal procurement contracts: $248,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $1,104,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $291,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $637,000
Federal Government insurance: $1,584,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.03 millions of gallons per day (38% from ground, 62% from surface)

• Year house built in Bledsoe County, Tennessee
• 1352014 or later
• 1462010 to 2013
• 1,1482000 to 2009
• 1,6721990 to 1999
• 8631980 to 1989
• 7261970 to 1979
• 4171960 to 1969
• 2531950 to 1959
• 1331940 to 1949
• 3331939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Bledsoe County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Bledsoe County, Tennessee
• 201 room
• 402 rooms
• 873 rooms
• 4564 rooms
• 5655 rooms
• 7516 rooms
• 6467 rooms
• 4938 rooms
• 4959+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Bledsoe County, Tennessee
• 871 room
• 192 rooms
• 843 rooms
• 2954 rooms
• 3465 rooms
• 1816 rooms
• 727 rooms
• 678 rooms
• 299+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Bledsoe County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Bledsoe County, Tennessee
• 30no bedroom
• 1491 bedroom
• 7232 bedrooms
• 1,9203 bedrooms
• 5684 bedrooms
• 1385+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Bledsoe County, Tennessee
• 100no bedroom
• 661 bedroom
• 4852 bedrooms
• 3933 bedrooms
• 1394 bedrooms
• 05+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Bledsoe County, Tennessee in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Bledsoe County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 127no vehicle
• 6491 vehicle
• 1,3702 vehicles
• 1,0603 vehicles
• 2334 vehicles
• 1165+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Bledsoe County in renter-occupied apartments
• 113no vehicle
• 4821 vehicle
• 3812 vehicles
• 1393 vehicles
• 474 vehicles
• 295+ vehicles

89.4% of Bledsoe County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 22% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in Tennessee.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 10,223
• Other state: 4,004
• Northeast: 372
• Midwest: 1,406
• South: 1,927
• West: 292

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 442
• Number of aged recipients: 65
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 377
• Number of recipients under 18: 29
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 282
• Number of recipients older than 64: 131
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 195
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 186