Washington County, Tennessee (TN)

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• • 114,53088.2%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 5,1794.0%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 4,6863.6%Hispanic or Latino
  • 2,6782.1%Two or more races
  • 2,2351.7%Asian alone
  • 4290.3%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 700.05%Some other race alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $247,816

Here:	$247,816
State:	$260,661

Townhouses or other attached units: $188,663

Here:	$188,663
State:	$241,796

In 2-unit structures: $170,496

Here:	$170,496
State:	$215,388

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $147,236

Here:	$147,236
State:	$189,639

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $175,904

Here:	$175,904
State:	$254,887

Mobile homes: $51,550

Here:	$51,550
State:	$90,685

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 11
• Robberies: 10
• Assaults: 252
• Burglaries: 400
• Thefts: 605
• Auto thefts: 81

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 8
• Robberies: 9
• Assaults: 149
• Burglaries: 400
• Thefts: 618
• Auto thefts: 74

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: $1,246 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $945 (0.6%)

Area name: Johnson City, TN MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Washington 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: Johnson City, Sulphur Springs, Telford, Bethesda, Jonesborough, Oak Grove, Spurgeon, Midway, Fall Branch, Gray.

Neighboring counties: Campbell County , Davidson County , Dickson County , Fulton County, Kentucky , Newton County, Arkansas , Pawnee County, Oklahoma , Roane County , Roberts County, Texas .

Current college students: 8,627
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 89.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 31.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 4,336 (61.3% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 2,3812010 or later
• 1,6182000 to 2009
• 7621990 to 1999
• 3891980 to 1989
• 1921970 to 1979
• 352Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 20.6 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 73.8%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 38,371
• One, attached: 1,949
• Two: 1,237
• 3 or 4: 3,613
• 5 to 9: 4,879
• 10 to 19: 2,872
• 20 to 49: 1,442
• 50 or more: 1,540
• Mobile homes: 5,283

Housing units in Washington County with a mortgage: 21,664 (281 second mortgage, 1,790 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 15,171

Religion statistics for Washington County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Washington County:

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 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 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: November 12, 1977, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-544: November 12, 1977, FEMA Id: 544, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 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

8.05% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($47,911 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.71% relocated from other counties in Tennessee ($22,584 average AGI)
3.35% relocated from other states ($25,327 average AGI)

Washington County:	3.35%
Tennessee average:	3.48%

from Sullivan County, TN	1.44% ($43,859 average AGI)
from Carter County, TN	1.19% ($32,290)
from Greene County, TN	0.49% ($28,917)
from Unicoi County, TN	0.31% ($39,804)
from Knox County, TN	0.27% ($43,336)
from Hawkins County, TN	0.23% ($44,676)
from Buncombe County, NC	0.07% ($43,853)

7.47% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($45,369 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.58% relocated to other counties in Tennessee ($23,758 average AGI)
2.89% relocated to other states ($21,611 average AGI)

Washington County:	2.89%
Tennessee average:	2.95%

to Sullivan County, TN	1.46% ($41,781 average AGI)
to Carter County, TN	1.12% ($29,071)
to Greene County, TN	0.39% ($39,776)
to Knox County, TN	0.30% ($40,331)
to Unicoi County, TN	0.27% ($41,532)
to Hawkins County, TN	0.19% ($38,337)
to Davidson County, TN	0.14% ($45,923)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.0
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 10.6

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 10.8

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 9.5

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Washington County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 27,430 (8,006 living alone), Female householders: 28,387 (9,594 living alone)

• 25,870 spouses (25,636 opposite-sex spouses), 3,383 unmarried partners, (3,038 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 28,177 children (26,767 natural, 1,086 adopted, 324 stepchildren), 4,245 grandchildren, 427 brothers or sisters, 405 parents, 162 foster children, 1,897 other relatives, 3,982 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 5,010

Size of family households: 16,261 2-persons, 9,310 3-persons, 4,649 4-persons, 2,339 5-persons, 567 6-persons, 712 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 17,600 1-person, 3,783 2-persons, 596 3-persons.

11,687 married couples with children.
8,007 single-parent households (552 men, 7,455 women).

94.9% of residents of Washington speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (65% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (93% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $742,551,000 ($6,690 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $25,984,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $329,421,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $145,892,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $3,886,000
Federal grants: $140,648,000
Federal procurement contracts: $21,918,000 ($3,033,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $100,785,000 ($3,703,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $5,356,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $24,408,000
Federal Government insurance: $33,040,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 6.18 millions of gallons per day (60% from ground, 40% from surface)

• Year house built in Washington County, Tennessee
• 3,5242014 or later
• 2,3342010 to 2013
• 12,8852000 to 2009
• 11,6551990 to 1999
• 6,5451980 to 1989
• 8,4001970 to 1979
• 4,7671960 to 1969
• 4,6361950 to 1959
• 2,7791940 to 1949
• 3,6611939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Washington County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Washington County, Tennessee
• 611 room
• 332 rooms
• 4943 rooms
• 4,1494 rooms
• 7,6305 rooms
• 6,4746 rooms
• 6,9027 rooms
• 4,3228 rooms
• 6,7709+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Washington County, Tennessee
• 8571 room
• 1,1522 rooms
• 3,9193 rooms
• 5,9134 rooms
• 3,4395 rooms
• 2,0696 rooms
• 6377 rooms
• 7928 rooms
• 2049+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Washington County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Washington County, Tennessee
• 61no bedroom
• 4431 bedroom
• 6,1342 bedrooms
• 19,7153 bedrooms
• 8,1654 bedrooms
• 2,3175+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Washington County, Tennessee
• 950no bedroom
• 4,4811 bedroom
• 8,3022 bedrooms
• 3,5613 bedrooms
• 1,4454 bedrooms
• 2435+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Washington County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 601no vehicle
• 8,8991 vehicle
• 14,0032 vehicles
• 8,9163 vehicles
• 2,8874 vehicles
• 1,5295+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Washington County in renter-occupied apartments
• 2,893no vehicle
• 8,1721 vehicle
• 6,0672 vehicles
• 1,3053 vehicles
• 4984 vehicles
• 475+ vehicles

81.7% of Washington 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, 61% lived in Tennessee.

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

• This state: 74,165
• Other state: 49,632
• Northeast: 7,485
• Midwest: 12,166
• South: 24,649
• West: 5,332

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 2,773
• Number of aged recipients: 299
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 2,474
• Number of recipients under 18: 278
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,864
• Number of recipients older than 64: 631
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,219
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,192

Washington County on our top lists:

• #79 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"