Carter County, Tennessee (TN)

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• • 54,44796.0%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,0311.8%Hispanic or Latino
  • 7961.4%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 6491.1%Two or more races
  • 2280.4%Asian alone
  • 1490.3%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2017:

Detached houses: $163,071

Here:	$163,071
State:	$235,345

Townhouses or other attached units: $97,024

Here:	$97,024
State:	$200,852

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $131,719

Here:	$131,719
State:	$191,604

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $105,763

Here:	$105,763
State:	$225,283

Mobile homes: $60,666

Here:	$60,666
State:	$67,221

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $101,227

Here:	$101,227
State:	$96,358

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

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: $748 (0.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2017: $702 (0.6%)

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 .

Current college students: 2,710
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 83.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 16.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 648 (48.7% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 932010 or later
• 2682000 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: 19,887
• One, attached: 214
• Two: 460
• 3 or 4: 1,081
• 5 to 9: 1,278
• 10 to 19: 398
• 20 to 49: 160
• 50 or more: 151
• Mobile homes: 4,768
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 46

Housing units in Carter County with a mortgage: 7,729 (110 second mortgage, 404 home equity loan, 25 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 9,067

Religion statistics for Carter County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Carter County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• 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
• Tennessee TORNADOES, Incident Period: April 04, 1974, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-424: April 04, 1974, FEMA Id: 424, Natural disaster type: Tornado
• Tennessee Heavy Rains, Flooding, Incident Period: March 21, 1973, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-366: March 21, 1973, FEMA Id: 366, Natural disaster type: Flood, Heavy Rain

7.01% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($34,410 average adjusted gross income)

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%

from Washington County, TN	2.71% ($29,071 average AGI)
from Sullivan County, TN	0.82% ($35,688)
from Unicoi County, TN	0.30% ($29,298)
from Johnson County, TN	0.16% ($25,258)
from Avery County, NC	0.13% ($41,708)

6.56% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($32,508 average adjusted gross income)

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%

to Washington County, TN	2.92% ($32,290 average AGI)
to Sullivan County, TN	0.81% ($32,948)
to Unicoi County, TN	0.27% ($33,824)
to Johnson County, TN	0.17% ($33,364)

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 2014: 11.4

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 10.6

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Carter County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 46,414 (8,712 male householders, 7,184 female householders)

  11,602 spouses, 13,648 children (12,183 natural, 533 adopted, 943 stepchildren), 1,684 grandchildren, 681 brothers or sisters, 1,009 parents, 871 other relatives, 1,044 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 9,419 (3,829 male householders (3,416 living alone)), 4,458 female householders (3,927 living alone)), 1,126 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 1,677

Size of family households: 8,712 2-persons, 3,410 3-persons, 2,332 4-persons, 1,039 5-persons, 331 6-persons, 116 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 7,341 1-person, 821 2-persons, 120 3-persons.

5,989 married couples with children.
3,147 single-parent households (990 men, 2,157 women).

98.5% of residents of Carter speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 44% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English 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:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 18.44 millions of gallons per day (41% from ground, 59% from surface)

• Year house built in Carter County, Tennessee
• 3032014 or later
• 6592010 to 2013
• 3,1622000 to 2009
• 4,7141990 to 1999
• 3,7961980 to 1989
• 4,4331970 to 1979
• 3,2071960 to 1969
• 2,5261950 to 1959
• 2,2091940 to 1949
• 3,0661939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Carter County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Carter County, Tennessee
• 701 room
• 282 rooms
• 4193 rooms
• 1,9854 rooms
• 3,9135 rooms
• 3,9416 rooms
• 3,0537 rooms
• 1,4518 rooms
• 1,7559+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Carter County, Tennessee
• 1091 room
• 1652 rooms
• 1,0723 rooms
• 1,9284 rooms
• 2,1235 rooms
• 1,1166 rooms
• 4347 rooms
• 2798 rooms
• 1989+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Carter County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Carter County, Tennessee
• 80no bedroom
• 2931 bedroom
• 4,5602 bedrooms
• 9,0493 bedrooms
• 2,0454 bedrooms
• 5495+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Carter County, Tennessee
• 123no bedroom
• 1,4661 bedroom
• 2,6952 bedrooms
• 2,6843 bedrooms
• 4284 bedrooms
• 455+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Carter County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 480no vehicle
• 4,1801 vehicle
• 6,6392 vehicles
• 3,5793 vehicles
• 1,2414 vehicles
• 5575+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Carter County in renter-occupied apartments
• 898no vehicle
• 3,2651 vehicle
• 2,5132 vehicles
• 5533 vehicles
• 1834 vehicles
• 325+ vehicles

86.5% of Carter County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Tennessee.

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

• This state: 37,897
• Other state: 18,583
• Northeast: 2,183
• Midwest: 3,700
• South: 11,304
• West: 1,355

Private vs. public school enrollment:

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

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+)"