Decatur County, Tennessee (TN)

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• • 10,54890.0%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 4553.9%Two or more races
  • 4373.7%Hispanic or Latino
  • 2632.2%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 120.1%Asian alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $216,143

Here:	$216,143
State:	$374,382

Townhouses or other attached units: $212,179

Here:	$212,179
State:	$354,101

Mobile homes: $71,254

Here:	$71,254
State:	$101,421

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $319,383

Here:	$319,383
State:	$142,822

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 2
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 31
• Burglaries: 52
• Thefts: 48
• Auto thefts: 17

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 7
• Robberies: 2
• Assaults: 36
• Burglaries: 50
• Thefts: 67
• Auto thefts: 19

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $754 (0.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $587 (0.4%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Decatur County is $378 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $460 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $591 a month.

Cities in this county include: Parsons, Scotts Hill, Decaturville.

Neighboring counties: Craighead County, Arkansas , Houston County , Henderson County, North Carolina , Payne County, Oklahoma , Maury County , Monroe County .

Current college students: 280
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 85.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 15.6%

Number of foreign born residents: 26 (23.8% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 02010 or later
• 52000 to 2009
• 81990 to 1999
• 301980 to 1989
• 191970 to 1979
• 28Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 97.5%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 5,107
• One, attached: 14
• Two: 80
• 3 or 4: 16
• 5 to 9: 48
• 10 to 19: 18
• 20 to 49: 14
• 50 or more: 30
• Mobile homes: 1,370
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 30

Housing units in Decatur County with a mortgage: 1,542 (12 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 12 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 6

Religion statistics for Decatur County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Decatur County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Tennessee Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: May 3, 2020 - May 4, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4550-TN: July 9, 2020, FEMA Id: 4550, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood, Wind
• Tennessee Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4514, Natural disaster type: Other
• Tennessee Severe Storm And Straight-line Winds, Incident Period: October 26, 2019, FEMA Id: 4471, Natural disaster type: Storm, Wind
• 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 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, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds, Incident Period: April 04, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1978: May 09, 2011, FEMA Id: 1978, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Tennessee Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes, Incident Period: April 30, 2010 to May 18, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1909: May 04, 2010, FEMA Id: 1909, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Tennessee Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: July 15, 2009 to July 17, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1856: August 21, 2009, FEMA Id: 1856, Natural disaster type: Storm, 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, 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
• 9 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

7.86% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($51,843 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.20% relocated from other counties in Tennessee ($31,978 average AGI)
2.66% relocated from other states ($19,866 average AGI)

Decatur County:	2.66%
Tennessee average:	4.34%

from Henderson County, TN	1.48% ($36,373 average AGI)
from Madison County, TN	0.58% ($42,217)

5.92% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($38,766 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.10% relocated to other counties in Tennessee ($33,372 average AGI)
0.82% relocated to other states ($5,394 average AGI)

Decatur County:	0.82%
Tennessee average:	3.20%

to Henderson County, TN

1.90% ($39,284 average AGI)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.8
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.1

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 14.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 15.3

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 11.0

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Decatur County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 2,100 (575 living alone), Female householders: 2,478 (633 living alone)

• 2,614 spouses (2,594 opposite-sex spouses), 168 unmarried partners, (166 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 2,993 children (2,786 natural, 83 adopted, 125 stepchildren), 413 grandchildren, 179 brothers or sisters, 100 parents, 0 foster children, 171 other relatives, 261 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 208

Size of family households: 1,781 2-persons, 424 3-persons, 443 4-persons, 219 5-persons, 229 6-persons, 82 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,208 1-person, 163 2-persons, 10 3-persons.

1,627 married couples with children.
194 single-parent households (75 men, 119 women).

98.8% of residents of Decatur speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (58% speak English very well, 42% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $80,933,000 ($6,947 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,789,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $30,852,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $26,965,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $553,000
Federal grants: $19,527,000
Federal procurement contracts: $606,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $2,429,000 ($481,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,531,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $1,822,000
Federal Government insurance: $3,951,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.33 millions of gallons per day (16% from ground, 84% from surface)

• Year house built in Decatur County, Tennessee
• 342020 or later
• 4882010 to 2019
• 1,2242000 to 2009
• 1,0711990 to 1999
• 8611980 to 1989
• 1,0691970 to 1979
• 7571960 to 1969
• 4591950 to 1959
• 3791940 to 1949
• 2251939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Decatur County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Decatur County, Tennessee
• 141 room
• 362 rooms
• 33 rooms
• 3554 rooms
• 7045 rooms
• 1,0506 rooms
• 4817 rooms
• 4048 rooms
• 5229+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Decatur County, Tennessee
• 101 room
• 02 rooms
• 1113 rooms
• 1994 rooms
• 2995 rooms
• 1686 rooms
• 467 rooms
• 828 rooms
• 619+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Decatur County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Decatur County, Tennessee
• 16no bedroom
• 631 bedroom
• 7162 bedrooms
• 2,1213 bedrooms
• 5844 bedrooms
• 745+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Decatur County, Tennessee
• 10no bedroom
• 1281 bedroom
• 3852 bedrooms
• 3533 bedrooms
• 04 bedrooms
• 1045+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Decatur County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 108no vehicle
• 8011 vehicle
• 1,4552 vehicles
• 7383 vehicles
• 3604 vehicles
• 1225+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Decatur County in renter-occupied apartments
• 63no vehicle
• 3301 vehicle
• 4552 vehicles
• 1083 vehicles
• 04 vehicles
• 365+ vehicles

94.2% of Decatur County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 27% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Tennessee.

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

• This state: 8,626
• Other state: 2,863
• Northeast: 287
• Midwest: 851
• South: 1,310
• West: 415

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 389
• Number of aged recipients: 57
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 332
• Number of recipients under 18: 27
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 251
• Number of recipients older than 64: 111
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 178
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 143