Carter County, Tennessee (TN)
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 8,534
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 17,585
Renter-occupied apartments: 7,050 (it was 5,901 in 2000)
% of renters here: | 25% |
State: | 32% |
Land area: 341 sq. mi.
Water area: 6.6 sq. mi.
Population density: 168 people per square mile (high).
Industries providing employment: Educational, health and social services (28.8%), Manufacturing (13.1%), Retail trade (12.7%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 77%
- Government: 14%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 8%
- Unpaid family work: 0%
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- 54,08694.6%White Non-Hispanic Alone
- 1,1272.0%Hispanic or Latino
- 9721.7%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
- 4640.8%Two or more races
- 2700.5%Asian alone
- 2420.4%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
- 260.05%Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander alone
Median resident age: | 45.8 years |
Tennessee median age: | 39.0 years |
Males: 28,046 | ![]() |
Females: 29,394 | ![]() |

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Carter County: | 2.0 people |
Tennessee: | 2 people |
Estimated median household income in 2019: $40,057 ($27,371 in 1999)
This county: | $40,057 |
Tennessee: | $56,071 |
Median contract rent in 2019 for apartments: $504 (lower quartile is $386, upper quartile is $629)
This county: | $504 |
State: | $716 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2019: $140,711 (it was $68,300 in 2000)
Carter: | $140,711 |
Tennessee: | $191,900 |
Mean price in 2019:
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $945Detached houses: $181,046
Here: $181,046 State: $260,661 Townhouses or other attached units: $110,630
Here: $110,630 State: $241,796 In 3-to-4-unit structures: $149,164
Here: $149,164 State: $189,639 In 5-or-more-unit structures: $116,281
Here: $116,281 State: $254,887 Mobile homes: $70,580
Here: $70,580 State: $90,685 Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $119,956
Here: $119,956 State: $73,780
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $314
Institutionalized population: 910
Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 1
- Rapes: 4
- Robberies: 3
- Assaults: 52
- Burglaries: 239
- Thefts: 395
- Auto thefts: 57
Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 1
- Rapes: 3
- Robberies: 3
- Assaults: 65
- Burglaries: 288
- Thefts: 465
- Auto thefts: 62
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 1997: 37 buildings, average cost: $75,800
- 1998: 26 buildings, average cost: $56,200
- 1999: 21 buildings, average cost: $89,700
- 2000: 17 buildings, average cost: $114,700
- 2001: 29 buildings, average cost: $82,200
- 2002: 30 buildings, average cost: $98,600
- 2003: 20 buildings, average cost: $122,400
- 2004: 246 buildings, average cost: $74,000
- 2005: 252 buildings, average cost: $86,400
- 2006: 167 buildings, average cost: $129,400
- 2007: 198 buildings, average cost: $116,800
- 2008: 123 buildings, average cost: $133,600
- 2009: 102 buildings, average cost: $119,700
- 2010: 125 buildings, average cost: $95,000
- 2011: 75 buildings, average cost: $141,900
- 2012: 41 buildings, average cost: $109,300
- 2013: 79 buildings, average cost: $94,400
- 2014: 51 buildings, average cost: $122,300
- 2015: 100 buildings, average cost: $129,600
- 2016: 154 buildings, average cost: $95,700
- 2017: 109 buildings, average cost: $137,400
- 2018: 123 buildings, average cost: $137,400
- 2019: 125 buildings, average cost: $137,400
Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $788 (0.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $730 (0.6%)
Carter County: | 20.1% |
Tennessee: | 13.9% |
Median age of residents in 2019: 45.8 years old
(Males: 44.3 years old, Females: 47.6 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 46.3 years old, Black residents: 37.5 years old, American Indian residents: 51.4 years old, Asian residents: 35.8 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 22.9 years old, Other race residents: 14.9 years old)
Area name: Johnson City, TN MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Carter County is $404 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $501 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $622 a month.
Cities in this county include: Elizabethton, Stony Creek, Tiger Valley, Biltmore, Pine Crest, Central, Laurel Fork, Hunter, Roan Mountain, Watauga.
Neighboring counties: Gates County, North Carolina , Surry County, North Carolina
, Watauga County, North Carolina
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Here: | 5.3% |
Tennessee: | 5.0% |
Current college students: 2,710
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 83.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 18.4%
Number of foreign born residents: 880 (39.0% naturalized citizens)
Carter County: | 1.5% |
Whole state: | 5.5% |
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population
- 3072010 or later
- 2542000 to 2009
- 861990 to 1999
- 591980 to 1989
- 301970 to 1979
- 136Before 1970
Mean travel time to work (commute): 24.1 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 43.5%
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 20,084
- One, attached: 230
- Two: 604
- 3 or 4: 1,037
- 5 to 9: 1,079
- 10 to 19: 366
- 20 to 49: 151
- 50 or more: 190
- Mobile homes: 4,682
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 42
Housing units in Carter County with a mortgage: 7,769 (96 second mortgage, 397 home equity loan, 12 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 9,586
Here: | 43.8% with mortgage |
State: | 58.2% with mortgage |
Religion statistics for Carter County
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Evangelical Protestant | 24,745 | 100 |
Mainline Protestant | 1,817 | 13 |
Catholic | 210 | 1 |
Black Protestant | 118 | 1 |
Other | 1 | 1 |
None | 30,533 | - |
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Carter County: | 1.35 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 1.99 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 0.68 / 10,000 pop. |
Tennessee: | 0.65 / 10,000 pop. |
Carter County: | 4.90 / 10,000 pop. |
Tennessee: | 5.16 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 4.23 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 6.56 / 10,000 pop. |
Carter County: | 11.9% |
Tennessee: | 11.4% |
Carter County: | 32.0% |
State: | 30.2% |
Here: | 11.2% |
State: | 13.5% |
Agriculture in Carter County:
Average size of farms: 65 acresAverage value of agricultural products sold per farm: $12,908
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $256.70
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 15.93%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 64.82%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $14,768
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 27.14%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 2.00%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $74,886
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 94.59%
Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 27.72
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 5.29%
Corn for grain: 188 harvested acres
Vegetables: 9 harvested acres
Earthquake activity:
Carter County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Tennessee state average. It is 19% greater than the overall U.S. average.On 8/9/2020 at 12:07:37, a magnitude 5.1 (5.1 MW, Depth: 4.7 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 62.0 miles away from Carter County center
On 8/23/2011 at 17:51:04, a magnitude 5.8 (5.8 MW, Depth: 3.7 mi) earthquake occurred 259.3 miles away from the county center
On 7/27/1980 at 18:52:21, a magnitude 5.2 (5.1 MB, 4.7 MS, 5.0 UK, 5.2 UK) earthquake occurred 162.8 miles away from the county center
On 11/30/1973 at 07:48:41, a magnitude 4.7 (4.7 MB, 4.6 ML, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 105.3 miles away from the county center
On 8/2/1974 at 08:52:09, a magnitude 4.9 (4.3 MB, 4.9 LG) earthquake occurred 169.5 miles away from Carter County center
On 11/23/2006 at 10:42:57, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB) earthquake occurred 59.7 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Most recent natural disasters:
- Tennessee Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4514, Natural disaster type: Other
- Tennessee Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides, Incident Period: February 19, 2019 - March 30, 2019, FEMA Id: 4427, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
- 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 and Flooding, Incident Period: September 16, 2004 to September 20, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1568: October 07, 2004, FEMA Id: 1568, Natural disaster type: Storm, 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 and Flooding, Incident Period: July 27, 2001 to August 22, 2001, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1387: August 15, 2001, FEMA Id: 1387, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
- Tennessee Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: January 06, 1998 to February 12, 1998, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1197: January 13, 1998, FEMA Id: 1197, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
- Tennessee Severe Snowfall, Winter Storm, Incident Period: March 13, 1993 to March 17, 1993, Emergency Declared EM-3095: March 14, 1993, FEMA Id: 3095, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Snowfall
- Tennessee SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING, Incident Period: May 06, 1984 to May 11, 1984, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-708: May 25, 1984, FEMA Id: 708, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
- Tennessee SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING, Incident Period: November 12, 1977, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-544: November 12, 1977, FEMA Id: 544, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
- 2 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.
The number of natural disasters in Carter County (12) is smaller than the US average (15).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 8
Emergencies Declared: 2
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 8, Storms: 7, Heavy Rain: 1, Hurricane: 1, Landslide: 1, Mudslide: 1, Snowfall: 1, Tornado: 1, Winter Storm: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 10,938 (80.5%)
- Carpooled: 966 (7.1%)
- Bus: 10 (0.1%)
- Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 314 (2.3%)
- Walked: 279 (2.1%)
- Worked at home: 1,187 (8.7%)
- Health care and social assistance (31%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Retail trade (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Manufacturing (6%)
- Other services, except public administration (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Health care and social assistance (35%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Retail trade (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Manufacturing (6%)
- Other services, except public administration (6%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Production occupations (14%)
- Construction and extraction occupations (11%)
- Management occupations (8%)
- Sales and related occupations (8%)
- Transportation occupations (7%)
- Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (7%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (6%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (18%)
- Sales and related occupations (11%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (9%)
- Healthcare support occupations (8%)
- Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Management occupations (7%)
- Mexico (26%)
- Philippines (15%)
- Ghana (6%)
- United Kingdom, excluding England and Scotland (5%)
- Egypt (4%)
- Chile (4%)
- Vietnam (4%)
- American (31%)
- English (12%)
- Irish (8%)
- German (7%)
- Scotch-Irish (3%)
- European (3%)
- Scottish (2%)
People in group quarters in Carter County, Tennessee in 2000:
- 526 people in nursing homes
- 505 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 204 people in state prisons
- 134 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 30 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 15 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 13 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 10 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 8 people in halfway houses
- 7 people in homes for the mentally retarded
People in group quarters in Carter County, Tennessee in 2010:
- 578 people in college/university student housing
- 528 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
- 188 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities
- 174 people in state prisons
- 20 people in group homes for juveniles (non-correctional)
- 3 people in other noninstitutional facilities
7.01% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($34,410 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 7.01% |
Tennessee average: | 7.15% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.53% relocated from other counties in Tennessee ($19,622 average AGI)
2.48% relocated from other states ($14,788 average AGI)
Carter County: 2.48% Tennessee average: 3.48%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2010 and 2011:
from Washington County, TN | ![]() |
from Sullivan County, TN | ![]() |
from Unicoi County, TN | ![]() |
from Johnson County, TN | ![]() |
from Avery County, NC | ![]() |
6.56% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($32,508 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 6.56% |
Tennessee average: | 6.65% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.78% relocated to other counties in Tennessee ($24,261 average AGI)
1.78% relocated to other states ($8,247 average AGI)
Carter County: 1.78% Tennessee average: 2.95%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2010 and 2011:
to Washington County, TN | ![]() |
to Sullivan County, TN | ![]() |
to Unicoi County, TN | ![]() |
to Johnson County, TN | ![]() |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 12.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 10.6
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 4.9%
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 11,814 (8,561 aged, 3,253 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 1,447 (12%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Carter County, Tennessee in 1999 - 2019:
- Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (1,106)
- Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (963)
- Atherosclerotic heart disease (887)
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified (773)
- Pneumonia, unspecified (490)
- Unspecified dementia (463)
- Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (439)
- Alzheimer disease, unspecified (402)
- Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, so described (174)
- Congestive heart failure (158)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 5,269
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 206
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 38,856
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,074
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,096
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 2
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 23
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 56
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 7
Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 116.1. This is less than state average.
- Firearm - 88.9
- Other - 27.2
Household type by relationship:
Households: 57,440- Male householders: 12,328 (3,563 living alone), Female householders: 11,976 (4,137 living alone)
11,444 spouses (11,338 opposite-sex spouses), 1,475 unmarried partners, (1,334 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 12,793 children (11,713 natural, 367 adopted, 711 stepchildren), 1,908 grandchildren, 588 brothers or sisters, 1,093 parents, 58 foster children, 1,144 other relatives, 993 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 1,664
Size of family households: 8,392 2-persons, 3,365 3-persons, 1,840 4-persons, 1,151 5-persons, 503 6-persons, 171 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 7,702 1-person, 1,126 2-persons, 57 3-persons.
6,094 married couples with children.
2,402 single-parent households (778 men, 1,624 women).
97.8% of residents of Carter speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (93% speak English very well, 2% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (69% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (36% speak English very well, 50% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $303,259,000 ($5,173 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $9,772,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $149,091,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $64,483,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $2,001,000
Federal grants: $77,033,000
Federal procurement contracts: $2,435,000 ($130,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $8,216,000 ($3,051,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $131,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $6,492,000
Federal Government insurance: $43,863,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 3,111Here: | 53 per 1000 residents |
State: | 69 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 3,500
Here: | 59 per 1000 residents |
State: | 50 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +116
Here: | +2 per 1000 residents |
State: | +8 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +2,465
Here: | +42 per 1000 residents |
State: | +18 per 1000 residents |
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 18.44 millions of gallons per day (41% from ground, 59% from surface)
Here: | 5.9 |
State: | 6.4 |
Here: | 4.5 |
State: | 4.4 |
- Year house built in Carter County, Tennessee
- 7482014 or later
- 5282010 to 2013
- 3,1372000 to 2009
- 5,1951990 to 1999
- 3,6871980 to 1989
- 4,3171970 to 1979
- 3,0911960 to 1969
- 2,5951950 to 1959
- 2,1101940 to 1949
- 2,8851939 or earlier
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Carter County, Tennessee
- 951 room
- 982 rooms
- 3403 rooms
- 1,9364 rooms
- 4,3905 rooms
- 4,0726 rooms
- 3,0597 rooms
- 1,5298 rooms
- 1,6799+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Carter County, Tennessee
- 1281 room
- 2372 rooms
- 1,0733 rooms
- 1,8574 rooms
- 1,8735 rooms
- 9756 rooms
- 4327 rooms
- 2688 rooms
- 1879+ rooms
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Carter County, Tennessee
- 126no bedroom
- 3851 bedroom
- 4,5242 bedrooms
- 9,1663 bedrooms
- 2,4974 bedrooms
- 3825+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Carter County, Tennessee
- 126no bedroom
- 1,3951 bedroom
- 2,8152 bedrooms
- 2,3353 bedrooms
- 2864 bedrooms
- 1125+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Carter County in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 807no vehicle
- 4,3091 vehicle
- 6,3932 vehicles
- 3,5943 vehicles
- 1,4674 vehicles
- 7035+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Carter County in renter-occupied apartments
- 985no vehicle
- 3,1111 vehicle
- 2,2162 vehicles
- 5113 vehicles
- 1744 vehicles
- 505+ vehicles
86.8% of Carter County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in Tennessee.
Carter County: | 86.8% |
State average: | 85.5% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 37,322
- Other state: 18,839
- Northeast: 2,474
- Midwest: 3,314
- South: 11,554
- West: 1,518
- 70.2%Electricity
- 11.5%Utility gas
- 7.6%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 5.4%Wood
- 4.9%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 0.2%No fuel used
- 0.2%Other fuel
- 84.1%Electricity
- 6.9%Utility gas
- 3.2%Wood
- 2.4%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 2.2%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 1.1%No fuel used
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Here: | 10.0% |
Tennessee: | 13.6% |
Here: | 11.5% |
Tennessee: | 13.9% |
Here: | 36.6% |
Tennessee: | 23.1% |
Carter County government finances - Expenditure in 2017:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $45,000
- Charges - Other: $3,132,000
Elementary and Secondary Education - Other: $3,064,000
Solid Waste Management: $781,000
Elementary and Secondary Education School Lunch: $375,000
Parks and Recreation: $2,000
- Construction - Elementary and Secondary Education: $2,372,000
Housing and Community Development: $635,000
General - Other: $344,000
Police Protection: $321,000
Regular Highways: $6,000
- Current Operations - Elementary and Secondary Education: $50,752,000
Police Protection: $3,940,000
Regular Highways: $3,460,000
Correctional Institutions: $3,114,000
General - Other: $2,350,000
Financial Administration: $1,629,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $1,491,000
Central Staff Services: $1,111,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,053,000
Health - Other: $695,000
General Public Buildings: $676,000
Local Fire Protection: $370,000
Corrections - Other: $193,000
Natural Resources - Other: $136,000
Housing and Community Development: $65,000
Public Welfare - Other: $55,000
Libraries: $43,000
Parks and Recreation: $19,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $5,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Education: $1,046,000
Other: $283,000
Natural Resources: $38,000
Highways: $24,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $742,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - General - Other: $4,426,000
Other - Health - Other: $126,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $515,000
Education: $164,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $27,970,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $25,974,000
Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $2,258,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $2,117,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $1,996,000
Retired Nonguaranteed - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $141,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $1,565,000
Fines and Forfeits: $672,000
Rents: $121,000
Sale of Property: $75,000
Interest Earnings: $16,000
Donations From Private Sources: $5,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Elementary and Secondary Education: $1,166,000
Regular Highways: $461,000
General - Other: $293,000
Police Protection: $174,000
Solid Waste Management: $140,000
General Public Building: $72,000
Correctional Institutions: $13,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $11,000
Financial Administration: $2,000
Natural Resources - Other: $1,000
Central Staff Services: $1,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $15,093,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $7,154,000
- State Intergovernmental - Education: $39,028,000
Highways: $2,349,000
Other: $611,000
General Local Government Support: $447,000
Health and Hospitals: $353,000
- Tax - Property: $14,568,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $8,495,000
Other Selective Sales: $441,000
Occupation and Business License - Other: $294,000
Public Utility License: $288,000
Alcoholic Beverage Sales: $208,000
Other License: $70,000
Alcoholic Beverage License: $1,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $29,186,000
Carter County government finances - Revenue in 2017:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $45,000
- Charges - Other: $3,132,000
Elementary and Secondary Education - Other: $3,064,000
Solid Waste Management: $781,000
Elementary and Secondary Education School Lunch: $375,000
Parks and Recreation: $2,000
- Construction - Elementary and Secondary Education: $2,372,000
Housing and Community Development: $635,000
General - Other: $344,000
Police Protection: $321,000
Regular Highways: $6,000
- Current Operations - Elementary and Secondary Education: $50,752,000
Police Protection: $3,940,000
Regular Highways: $3,460,000
Correctional Institutions: $3,114,000
General - Other: $2,350,000
Financial Administration: $1,629,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $1,491,000
Central Staff Services: $1,111,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,053,000
Health - Other: $695,000
General Public Buildings: $676,000
Local Fire Protection: $370,000
Corrections - Other: $193,000
Natural Resources - Other: $136,000
Housing and Community Development: $65,000
Public Welfare - Other: $55,000
Libraries: $43,000
Parks and Recreation: $19,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $5,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Education: $1,046,000
Other: $283,000
Natural Resources: $38,000
Highways: $24,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $742,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - General - Other: $4,426,000
Other - Health - Other: $126,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $515,000
Education: $164,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $27,970,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $25,974,000
Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $2,258,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $2,117,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $1,996,000
Retired Nonguaranteed - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $141,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $1,565,000
Fines and Forfeits: $672,000
Rents: $121,000
Sale of Property: $75,000
Interest Earnings: $16,000
Donations From Private Sources: $5,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Elementary and Secondary Education: $1,166,000
Regular Highways: $461,000
General - Other: $293,000
Police Protection: $174,000
Solid Waste Management: $140,000
General Public Building: $72,000
Correctional Institutions: $13,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $11,000
Financial Administration: $2,000
Natural Resources - Other: $1,000
Central Staff Services: $1,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $15,093,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $7,154,000
- State Intergovernmental - Education: $39,028,000
Highways: $2,349,000
Other: $611,000
General Local Government Support: $447,000
Health and Hospitals: $353,000
- Tax - Property: $14,568,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $8,495,000
Other Selective Sales: $441,000
Occupation and Business License - Other: $294,000
Public Utility License: $288,000
Alcoholic Beverage Sales: $208,000
Other License: $70,000
Alcoholic Beverage License: $1,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $29,186,000
Carter County government finances - Debt in 2017:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $45,000
- Charges - Other: $3,132,000
Elementary and Secondary Education - Other: $3,064,000
Solid Waste Management: $781,000
Elementary and Secondary Education School Lunch: $375,000
Parks and Recreation: $2,000
- Construction - Elementary and Secondary Education: $2,372,000
Housing and Community Development: $635,000
General - Other: $344,000
Police Protection: $321,000
Regular Highways: $6,000
- Current Operations - Elementary and Secondary Education: $50,752,000
Police Protection: $3,940,000
Regular Highways: $3,460,000
Correctional Institutions: $3,114,000
General - Other: $2,350,000
Financial Administration: $1,629,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $1,491,000
Central Staff Services: $1,111,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,053,000
Health - Other: $695,000
General Public Buildings: $676,000
Local Fire Protection: $370,000
Corrections - Other: $193,000
Natural Resources - Other: $136,000
Housing and Community Development: $65,000
Public Welfare - Other: $55,000
Libraries: $43,000
Parks and Recreation: $19,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $5,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Education: $1,046,000
Other: $283,000
Natural Resources: $38,000
Highways: $24,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $742,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - General - Other: $4,426,000
Other - Health - Other: $126,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $515,000
Education: $164,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $27,970,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $25,974,000
Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $2,258,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $2,117,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $1,996,000
Retired Nonguaranteed - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $141,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $1,565,000
Fines and Forfeits: $672,000
Rents: $121,000
Sale of Property: $75,000
Interest Earnings: $16,000
Donations From Private Sources: $5,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Elementary and Secondary Education: $1,166,000
Regular Highways: $461,000
General - Other: $293,000
Police Protection: $174,000
Solid Waste Management: $140,000
General Public Building: $72,000
Correctional Institutions: $13,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $11,000
Financial Administration: $2,000
Natural Resources - Other: $1,000
Central Staff Services: $1,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $15,093,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $7,154,000
- State Intergovernmental - Education: $39,028,000
Highways: $2,349,000
Other: $611,000
General Local Government Support: $447,000
Health and Hospitals: $353,000
- Tax - Property: $14,568,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $8,495,000
Other Selective Sales: $441,000
Occupation and Business License - Other: $294,000
Public Utility License: $288,000
Alcoholic Beverage Sales: $208,000
Other License: $70,000
Alcoholic Beverage License: $1,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $29,186,000
Carter County government finances - Cash and Securities in 2017:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $45,000
- Charges - Other: $3,132,000
Elementary and Secondary Education - Other: $3,064,000
Solid Waste Management: $781,000
Elementary and Secondary Education School Lunch: $375,000
Parks and Recreation: $2,000
- Construction - Elementary and Secondary Education: $2,372,000
Housing and Community Development: $635,000
General - Other: $344,000
Police Protection: $321,000
Regular Highways: $6,000
- Current Operations - Elementary and Secondary Education: $50,752,000
Police Protection: $3,940,000
Regular Highways: $3,460,000
Correctional Institutions: $3,114,000
General - Other: $2,350,000
Financial Administration: $1,629,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $1,491,000
Central Staff Services: $1,111,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,053,000
Health - Other: $695,000
General Public Buildings: $676,000
Local Fire Protection: $370,000
Corrections - Other: $193,000
Natural Resources - Other: $136,000
Housing and Community Development: $65,000
Public Welfare - Other: $55,000
Libraries: $43,000
Parks and Recreation: $19,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $5,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Education: $1,046,000
Other: $283,000
Natural Resources: $38,000
Highways: $24,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $742,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - General - Other: $4,426,000
Other - Health - Other: $126,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $515,000
Education: $164,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $27,970,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $25,974,000
Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $2,258,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $2,117,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $1,996,000
Retired Nonguaranteed - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $141,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $1,565,000
Fines and Forfeits: $672,000
Rents: $121,000
Sale of Property: $75,000
Interest Earnings: $16,000
Donations From Private Sources: $5,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Elementary and Secondary Education: $1,166,000
Regular Highways: $461,000
General - Other: $293,000
Police Protection: $174,000
Solid Waste Management: $140,000
General Public Building: $72,000
Correctional Institutions: $13,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $11,000
Financial Administration: $2,000
Natural Resources - Other: $1,000
Central Staff Services: $1,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $15,093,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $7,154,000
- State Intergovernmental - Education: $39,028,000
Highways: $2,349,000
Other: $611,000
General Local Government Support: $447,000
Health and Hospitals: $353,000
- Tax - Property: $14,568,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $8,495,000
Other Selective Sales: $441,000
Occupation and Business License - Other: $294,000
Public Utility License: $288,000
Alcoholic Beverage Sales: $208,000
Other License: $70,000
Alcoholic Beverage License: $1,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $29,186,000
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:
- Total number of recipients: 2,136
- Number of aged recipients: 210
- Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,926
- Number of recipients under 18: 214
- Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,454
- Number of recipients older than 64: 468
- Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 862
- Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 989
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009 (Based on 17 full tracts) | ||||||||||||||
A) FHA, FSA/RHS & VA Home Purchase Loans | B) Conventional Home Purchase Loans | C) Refinancings | D) Home Improvement Loans | E) Loans on Dwellings For 5+ Families | F) Non-occupant Loans on < 5 Family Dwellings (A B C & D) | G) Loans On Manufactured Home Dwelling (A B C & D) | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | |
LOANS ORIGINATED | 127 | $106,165 | 222 | $100,158 | 723 | $121,217 | 160 | $37,750 | 6 | $373,167 | 129 | $114,558 | 64 | $49,563 |
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 4 | $98,250 | 11 | $128,636 | 47 | $120,936 | 6 | $43,500 | 0 | $0 | 10 | $158,400 | 4 | $57,750 |
APPLICATIONS DENIED | 25 | $141,480 | 49 | $110,694 | 254 | $116,224 | 39 | $39,385 | 0 | $0 | 24 | $117,875 | 35 | $60,257 |
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 24 | $104,708 | 19 | $89,789 | 159 | $118,101 | 6 | $29,333 | 0 | $0 | 16 | $128,188 | 12 | $64,917 |
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 7 | $110,000 | 6 | $98,333 | 43 | $138,186 | 3 | $91,333 | 0 | $0 | 3 | $98,000 | 6 | $71,000 |
Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009 (Based on 16 full tracts) | ||||
A) Conventional Home Purchase Loans | B) Refinancings | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | |
LOANS ORIGINATED | 15 | $103,533 | 13 | $153,385 |
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 2 | $205,500 | 5 | $220,400 |
APPLICATIONS DENIED | 1 | $145,000 | 4 | $131,750 |
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 5 | $158,200 | 2 | $266,500 |
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 1 | $135,000 | 0 | $0 |
Most common first names in Carter County, TN among deceased individuals | ||
Name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
James | 817 | 72.0 years |
William | 756 | 74.3 years |
Mary | 693 | 78.1 years |
John | 638 | 74.7 years |
Robert | 543 | 71.8 years |
Charles | 408 | 70.9 years |
George | 342 | 74.8 years |
Frank | 205 | 75.1 years |
Ruth | 203 | 78.6 years |
Margaret | 201 | 75.6 years |
Most common last names in Carter County, TN among deceased individuals | ||
Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
Smith | 384 | 75.2 years |
Williams | 345 | 75.0 years |
Taylor | 323 | 74.8 years |
Miller | 313 | 75.3 years |
Campbell | 299 | 74.0 years |
Johnson | 244 | 76.1 years |
Jones | 216 | 74.1 years |
Grindstaff | 207 | 74.3 years |
Bowers | 180 | 76.4 years |
Wilson | 179 | 74.0 years |
Businesses in Carter County, TN | ||||
Name | Count | Name | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Abercrombie & Fitch | 1 | MasterBrand Cabinets | 1 | |
Ace Hardware | 1 | Maurices | 1 | |
Advance Auto Parts | 3 | Mazda | 1 | |
Aeropostale | 1 | McDonald's | 6 | |
American Eagle Outfitters | 1 | Men's Wearhouse | 1 | |
Applebee's | 2 | Motel 6 | 1 | |
Arby's | 3 | Motherhood Maternity | 1 | |
AutoZone | 2 | New Balance | 1 | |
Baskin-Robbins | 1 | Nike | 10 | |
Bath & Body Works | 1 | Nissan | 1 | |
Best Western | 1 | Office Depot | 1 | |
Blockbuster | 2 | Olive Garden | 1 | |
Burger King | 2 | Outback | 1 | |
CVS | 5 | Outback Steakhouse | 1 | |
Chevrolet | 1 | Pac Sun | 1 | |
Chick-Fil-A | 2 | Papa John's Pizza | 2 | |
Coldwater Creek | 1 | Payless | 1 | |
Comfort Inn | 1 | Penske | 1 | |
Curves | 1 | Pier 1 Imports | 1 | |
Dairy Queen | 2 | Pizza Hut | 2 | |
Domino's Pizza | 1 | Plato's Closet | 1 | |
Express | 1 | Ramada | 1 | |
Famous Footwear | 1 | Red Lobster | 1 | |
FedEx | 10 | Red Roof Inn | 1 | |
Finish Line | 1 | Rite Aid | 1 | |
Ford | 2 | Rue21 | 1 | |
Forever 21 | 1 | Ryan's Grill | 1 | |
GNC | 2 | SAS Shoes | 1 | |
GameStop | 2 | SONIC Drive-In | 1 | |
Goodwill | 1 | Sears | 2 | |
Gymboree | 1 | Spencer Gifts | 1 | |
H&R Block | 4 | Sprint Nextel | 2 | |
Hardee's | 2 | Subaru | 1 | |
Haworth | 1 | Subway | 5 | |
Hollister Co. | 1 | Super 8 | 1 | |
Honda | 1 | T-Mobile | 2 | |
Hot Topic | 1 | T.J.Maxx | 1 | |
Hyundai | 1 | Taco Bell | 2 | |
JCPenney | 1 | Talbots | 1 | |
JoS. A. Bank | 1 | Target | 1 | |
Jones New York | 2 | Toyota | 1 | |
Journeys | 1 | Toys"R"Us | 1 | |
Justice | 1 | U-Haul | 5 | |
KFC | 2 | UPS | 11 | |
Kincaid | 1 | Vans | 1 | |
Kroger | 1 | Victoria's Secret | 1 | |
La-Z-Boy | 1 | Volkswagen | 1 | |
Lane Furniture | 3 | Walgreens | 5 | |
LensCrafters | 1 | Walmart | 1 | |
Little Caesars Pizza | 3 | Wendy's | 2 | |
Long John Silver's | 4 | Wet Seal | 1 | |
Lowe's | 1 |
Carter County on our top lists:
- #38 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Romney (Republican) in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"
- #51 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
- #60 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"