Macon County, Tennessee (TN)

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• • 22,146108.6%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,3156.5%Hispanic or Latino
  • 4372.1%Two or more races
  • 1200.6%Asian alone
  • 1170.6%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 440.2%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 360.2%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 1
• Robberies: 3
• Assaults: 34
• Burglaries: 47
• Thefts: 138
• Auto thefts: 30

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 5
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 79
• Burglaries: 55
• Thefts: 173
• Auto thefts: 27

Health of residents in Macon County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2019:

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $733 (0.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $714 (0.6%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Macon County is $364 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $460 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $548 a month.

Cities in this county include: Siloam, Lafayette, Red Boiling Springs.

Neighboring counties: Avery County, North Carolina , Burke County, North Carolina , Santa Fe County, New Mexico , Marion County, Arkansas , Montgomery County, Virginia , Patrick County, Virginia , Union County , Suffolk city, Virginia .

Current college students: 378
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 79.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 10.8%

Number of foreign born residents: 630 (20.3% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1202010 or later
• 2702000 to 2009
• 1481990 to 1999
• 651980 to 1989
• 341970 to 1979
• 19Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 31.1 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 56.1%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 7,174
• One, attached: 29
• Two: 235
• 3 or 4: 150
• 5 to 9: 102
• 10 to 19: 48
• 20 to 49: 103
• 50 or more: 8
• Mobile homes: 2,567
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 11

Housing units in Macon County with a mortgage: 3,335 (15 second mortgage, 154 home equity loan, 12 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,687

Religion statistics for Macon County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Macon County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Tennessee Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4514, Natural disaster type: Other
• Tennessee Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: August 17, 2010 to August 21, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1937: September 15, 2010, FEMA Id: 1937, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 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, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: February 05, 2008 to February 06, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1745: February 07, 2008, FEMA Id: 1745, 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 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 Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding, Incident Period: April 16, 1998 to May 18, 1998, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1215: April 20, 1998, FEMA Id: 1215, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Tennessee Ice Storm, Severe Winter Storm, Flash Flooding, Incident Period: February 09, 1994 to February 11, 1994, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1010: February 28, 1994, FEMA Id: 1010, Natural disaster type: Ice Storm, Winter Storm, Flash 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
• 4 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.77% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($30,904 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.94% relocated from other counties in Tennessee ($22,268 average AGI)
1.83% relocated from other states ($8,634 average AGI)

Macon County:	1.83%
Tennessee average:	3.48%

from Sumner County, TN	2.09% ($29,287 average AGI)
from Trousdale County, TN	0.63% ($35,224)
from Davidson County, TN	0.43% ($37,500)
from Wilson County, TN	0.41% ($27,281)
from Smith County, TN	0.28% ($42,455)

5.36% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($29,679 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.96% relocated to other counties in Tennessee ($22,152 average AGI)
1.40% relocated to other states ($7,527 average AGI)

Macon County:	1.40%
Tennessee average:	2.95%

to Sumner County, TN	1.70% ($28,198 average AGI)
to Trousdale County, TN	0.41% ($36,000)
to Davidson County, TN	0.32% ($38,360)
to Wilson County, TN	0.29% ($42,909)
to Clay County, TN	0.27% ($24,476)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.1

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 11.5

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 7.8

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Macon County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 4,709 (1,228 living alone), Female householders: 4,662 (1,361 living alone)

• 5,091 spouses (5,075 opposite-sex spouses), 585 unmarried partners, (560 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 6,617 children (6,058 natural, 95 adopted, 461 stepchildren), 835 grandchildren, 209 brothers or sisters, 207 parents, 2 foster children, 596 other relatives, 346 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 389

Size of family households: 2,901 2-persons, 1,251 3-persons, 1,083 4-persons, 713 5-persons, 245 6-persons, 75 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,589 1-person, 467 2-persons, 22 3-persons.

3,690 married couples with children.
1,212 single-parent households (654 men, 558 women).

95.7% of residents of Macon speak English at home.
3.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (43% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 15% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $106,078,000 ($4,957 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $2,495,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $40,906,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $27,649,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $5,828,000
Federal grants: $27,948,000
Federal procurement contracts: $500,000 ($19,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $3,246,000 ($1,284,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $481,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $4,280,000
Federal Government insurance: $13,620,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.52 millions of gallons per day (89% from ground, 11% from surface)

• Year house built in Macon County, Tennessee
• 6482014 or later
• 2412010 to 2013
• 1,8512000 to 2009
• 2,5581990 to 1999
• 1,0931980 to 1989
• 1,6171970 to 1979
• 8811960 to 1969
• 5721950 to 1959
• 4651940 to 1949
• 6301939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Macon County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Macon County, Tennessee
• 211 room
• 02 rooms
• 1973 rooms
• 4494 rooms
• 1,6815 rooms
• 1,9396 rooms
• 1,1307 rooms
• 7948 rooms
• 7549+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Macon County, Tennessee
• 161 room
• 602 rooms
• 3483 rooms
• 5734 rooms
• 5245 rooms
• 5886 rooms
• 1757 rooms
• 938 rooms
• 159+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Macon County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Macon County, Tennessee
• 30no bedroom
• 1271 bedroom
• 1,0522 bedrooms
• 4,3173 bedrooms
• 1,2424 bedrooms
• 1865+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Macon County, Tennessee
• 16no bedroom
• 1741 bedroom
• 1,2162 bedrooms
• 8333 bedrooms
• 1334 bedrooms
• 05+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Macon County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 217no vehicle
• 1,3461 vehicle
• 2,6692 vehicles
• 1,4893 vehicles
• 7744 vehicles
• 5735+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Macon County in renter-occupied apartments
• 121no vehicle
• 1,1671 vehicle
• 7482 vehicles
• 3293 vehicles
• 244 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

85.7% of Macon County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Tennessee.

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

• This state: 17,561
• Other state: 5,915
• Northeast: 736
• Midwest: 1,553
• South: 3,182
• West: 433

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 739
• Number of aged recipients: 100
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 639
• Number of recipients under 18: 67
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 456
• Number of recipients older than 64: 216
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 363
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 310