Monroe County, Tennessee (TN)

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• • 42,40790.7%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2,1684.6%Hispanic or Latino
  • 9352.0%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 7601.6%Two or more races
  • 3150.7%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 1960.4%Asian alone

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 7
• Robberies: 4
• Assaults: 149
• Burglaries: 220
• Thefts: 444
• Auto thefts: 71

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

• Murders: 6
• Rapes: 11
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 180
• Burglaries: 227
• Thefts: 472
• Auto thefts: 75

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: $796 (0.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $707 (0.5%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Monroe County is $364 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $462 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $553 a month.

Cities in this county include: Sweetwater, Madisonville, Vonore, Tellico Plains.

Neighboring counties: Craighead County, Arkansas , Decatur County , Haskell County, Oklahoma , Henderson County, North Carolina , Warren County .

Current college students: 1,196
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 82.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 14.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,184 (68.3% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1922010 or later
• 4402000 to 2009
• 1821990 to 1999
• 761980 to 1989
• 151970 to 1979
• 80Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 26.0 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 64.6%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 14,781
• One, attached: 119
• Two: 307
• 3 or 4: 352
• 5 to 9: 292
• 10 to 19: 160
• 20 or more: 117
• Mobile homes: 5,143
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 191

Housing units in Monroe County with a mortgage: 6,504 (103 second mortgage, 195 home equity loan, 14 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 7,710

Religion statistics for Monroe County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Monroe County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Tennessee Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: April 12, 2020 - April 13, 2020, FEMA Id: 4541, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Tennessee Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4514, Natural disaster type: Other
• 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: February 29, 2012 to March 02, 2012, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4060: March 16, 2012, FEMA Id: 4060, 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 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
• 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 Heavy Rain, Flash Flooding, Incident Period: March 25, 1994 to April 03, 1994, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1022: April 14, 1994, FEMA Id: 1022, Natural disaster type: Flash Flood, Heavy Rain
• 3 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.65% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($43,604 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.18% relocated from other counties in Tennessee ($25,274 average AGI)
2.47% relocated from other states ($18,331 average AGI)

Monroe County:	2.47%
Tennessee average:	3.48%

from McMinn County, TN	1.04% ($33,056 average AGI)
from Loudon County, TN	0.84% ($44,679)
from Blount County, TN	0.62% ($43,031)
from Knox County, TN	0.48% ($47,189)
from Bradley County, TN	0.17% ($23,407)
from Roane County, TN	0.17% ($33,846)

6.24% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($39,411 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.55% relocated to other counties in Tennessee ($28,496 average AGI)
1.69% relocated to other states ($10,914 average AGI)

Monroe County:	1.69%
Tennessee average:	2.95%

to McMinn County, TN	1.33% ($28,816 average AGI)
to Loudon County, TN	0.96% ($45,122)
to Blount County, TN	0.69% ($42,598)
to Knox County, TN	0.50% ($49,872)
to Roane County, TN	0.17% ($33,231)
to Hamilton County, TN	0.14% ($47,636)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.0

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 11.7

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.3
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 9.4

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Monroe 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: 9,489 (2,133 living alone), Female householders: 8,889 (2,643 living alone)

• 10,206 spouses (10,124 opposite-sex spouses), 1,213 unmarried partners, (1,176 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 11,461 children (9,959 natural, 380 adopted, 1,126 stepchildren), 1,794 grandchildren, 418 brothers or sisters, 661 parents, 45 foster children, 832 other relatives, 1,339 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 562

Size of family households: 6,494 2-persons, 2,921 3-persons, 2,020 4-persons, 776 5-persons, 645 6-persons, 137 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,776 1-person, 406 2-persons, 89 3-persons, 24 4-persons, 55 5-persons.

5,809 married couples with children.
2,101 single-parent households (832 men, 1,269 women).

96.6% of residents of Monroe speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (99% speak English very well, 1% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $223,775,000 ($5,319 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $5,150,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $113,029,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $45,216,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $671,000
Federal grants: $56,531,000
Federal procurement contracts: $2,589,000 ($21,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $5,738,000 ($609,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $636,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $4,834,000
Federal Government insurance: $3,727,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 5.58 millions of gallons per day (10% from ground, 90% from surface)

• Year house built in Monroe County, Tennessee
• 1,0352014 or later
• 6792010 to 2013
• 4,3372000 to 2009
• 4,8551990 to 1999
• 3,3361980 to 1989
• 3,3841970 to 1979
• 1,4801960 to 1969
• 9591950 to 1959
• 7121940 to 1949
• 7731939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Monroe County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Monroe County, Tennessee
• 961 room
• 932 rooms
• 5483 rooms
• 1,9704 rooms
• 3,2155 rooms
• 2,7016 rooms
• 2,1867 rooms
• 1,5968 rooms
• 1,7239+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Monroe County, Tennessee
• 621 room
• 1452 rooms
• 5803 rooms
• 1,2334 rooms
• 9655 rooms
• 9316 rooms
• 1927 rooms
• 1068 rooms
• 399+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Monroe County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Monroe County, Tennessee
• 105no bedroom
• 2451 bedroom
• 3,0492 bedrooms
• 7,3813 bedrooms
• 2,5554 bedrooms
• 7475+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Monroe County, Tennessee
• 61no bedroom
• 4881 bedroom
• 1,8552 bedrooms
• 1,4833 bedrooms
• 2934 bedrooms
• 585+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Monroe County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 300no vehicle
• 2,9151 vehicle
• 5,4042 vehicles
• 3,1593 vehicles
• 1,5384 vehicles
• 9365+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Monroe County in renter-occupied apartments
• 273no vehicle
• 2,0111 vehicle
• 1,5092 vehicles
• 2823 vehicles
• 1904 vehicles
• 25+ vehicles

84.5% of Monroe 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, 46% lived in Tennessee.

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

• This state: 29,627
• Other state: 15,753
• Northeast: 2,211
• Midwest: 4,581
• South: 7,894
• West: 1,021

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,649
• Number of aged recipients: 237
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,412
• Number of recipients under 18: 146
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,059
• Number of recipients older than 64: 444
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 792
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 651