Weakley County, Tennessee (TN)

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• • 29,40184.3%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2,8778.2%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 9242.6%Hispanic or Latino
  • 4551.3%Two or more races
  • 1620.5%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 890.3%Asian alone
  • 770.2%Some other race alone
  • 200.06%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $175,115

Here:	$175,115
State:	$260,661

Townhouses or other attached units: $204,524

Here:	$204,524
State:	$241,796

In 2-unit structures: $92,142

Here:	$92,142
State:	$215,388

Mobile homes: $80,818

Here:	$80,818
State:	$90,685

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $111,566

Here:	$111,566
State:	$73,780

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 56
• Burglaries: 100
• Thefts: 101
• Auto thefts: 22

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 5
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 23
• Burglaries: 74
• Thefts: 107
• Auto thefts: 13

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: $790 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $640 (0.6%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Weakley County is $411 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $460 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $673 a month.

Cities in this county include: Martin, Dresden, Greenfield, Palmersville, Gleason, Chestnut Glade-Dukedom, Sharon.

Neighboring counties: Carlisle County, Kentucky , Edgecombe County, North Carolina , Houston County , Lake County , McDonald County, Missouri , Galax city, Virginia .

Current college students: 4,274
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 85.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 22.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 622 (44.6% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 3482010 or later
• 812000 to 2009
• 711990 to 1999
• 1231980 to 1989
• 481970 to 1979
• 80Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 20.2 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 70.2%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 11,335
• One, attached: 133
• Two: 673
• 3 or 4: 713
• 5 to 9: 404
• 10 to 19: 318
• 20 to 49: 131
• 50 or more: 58
• Mobile homes: 2,006
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7

Housing units in Weakley County with a mortgage: 4,278 (66 second mortgage, 263 home equity loan, 11 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4,892

Religion statistics for Weakley County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Weakley 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 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, 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 Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: April 19, 2011 to June 07, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1979: May 09, 2011, FEMA Id: 1979, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Tennessee Severe Winter Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: January 27, 2009 to January 31, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1821: February 17, 2009, FEMA Id: 1821, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Flood
• Tennessee Severe Storms and Tornadoes, Incident Period: April 02, 2006 to April 08, 2006, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1634: April 05, 2006, FEMA Id: 1634, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado
• 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 Severe Storms, Tornadoes And Flooding, Incident Period: May 23, 2000 to May 31, 2000, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1331: June 12, 2000, FEMA Id: 1331, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• 3 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

5.45% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($32,505 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.37% relocated from other counties in Tennessee ($17,378 average AGI)
2.08% relocated from other states ($15,127 average AGI)

Weakley County:	2.08%
Tennessee average:	3.48%

from Obion County, TN	0.78% ($34,610 average AGI)
from Carroll County, TN	0.54% ($25,140)
from Gibson County, TN	0.45% ($26,583)
from Henry County, TN	0.31% ($28,727)
from Shelby County, TN	0.28% ($24,700)

7.04% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($34,692 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.93% relocated to other counties in Tennessee ($23,756 average AGI)
2.11% relocated to other states ($10,937 average AGI)

Weakley County:	2.11%
Tennessee average:	2.95%

to Obion County, TN	0.90% ($33,361 average AGI)
to Carroll County, TN	0.81% ($27,138)
to Gibson County, TN	0.52% ($29,982)
to Henry County, TN	0.47% ($35,020)
to Shelby County, TN	0.33% ($29,029)
to Madison County, TN	0.26% ($35,107)
to Davidson County, TN	0.22% ($39,333)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.7

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 11.1

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 8.2

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Weakley 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: 8%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 6,979 (1,845 living alone), Female householders: 6,960 (2,241 living alone)

• 6,656 spouses (6,634 opposite-sex spouses), 767 unmarried partners, (737 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 7,404 children (6,886 natural, 223 adopted, 294 stepchildren), 894 grandchildren, 129 brothers or sisters, 370 parents, 47 foster children, 199 other relatives, 1,125 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 2,564

Size of family households: 4,278 2-persons, 2,187 3-persons, 1,515 4-persons, 499 5-persons, 241 6-persons, 39 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,087 1-person, 834 2-persons, 185 3-persons, 68 4-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons.

3,663 married couples with children.
1,883 single-parent households (631 men, 1,252 women).

97.7% of residents of Weakley speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 32% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (15% speak English very well, 58% speak English well, 26% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (43% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 29% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $196,924,000 ($5,838 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $7,370,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $76,392,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $53,609,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $5,423,000
Federal grants: $49,085,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,898,000 ($43,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $10,517,000 ($3,257,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $309,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $10,089,000
Federal Government insurance: $24,336,000

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

Here:	-45 per 1000 residents
State:	+18 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.54 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Weakley County, Tennessee
• 3742014 or later
• 3962010 to 2013
• 2,0022000 to 2009
• 2,5951990 to 1999
• 1,6911980 to 1989
• 2,8561970 to 1979
• 1,9491960 to 1969
• 1,5791950 to 1959
• 7521940 to 1949
• 1,4731939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Weakley County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Weakley County, Tennessee
• 491 room
• 802 rooms
• 1703 rooms
• 6864 rooms
• 1,7065 rooms
• 2,0476 rooms
• 1,6107 rooms
• 1,3548 rooms
• 1,4189+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Weakley County, Tennessee
• 871 room
• 2202 rooms
• 8133 rooms
• 1,2344 rooms
• 1,1955 rooms
• 7476 rooms
• 2627 rooms
• 1378 rooms
• 1199+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Weakley County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Weakley County, Tennessee
• 74no bedroom
• 2241 bedroom
• 1,4202 bedrooms
• 5,3683 bedrooms
• 1,6014 bedrooms
• 4115+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Weakley County, Tennessee
• 86no bedroom
• 7301 bedroom
• 2,0512 bedrooms
• 1,6673 bedrooms
• 2234 bedrooms
• 455+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Weakley County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 375no vehicle
• 1,9771 vehicle
• 3,8782 vehicles
• 2,1013 vehicles
• 5934 vehicles
• 1645+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Weakley County in renter-occupied apartments
• 692no vehicle
• 2,3751 vehicle
• 1,1812 vehicles
• 4533 vehicles
• 1164 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

84.3% of Weakley County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Tennessee.

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

• This state: 22,987
• Other state: 10,239
• Northeast: 452
• Midwest: 3,937
• South: 4,822
• West: 988

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 833
• Number of aged recipients: 76
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 757
• Number of recipients under 18: 99
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 575
• Number of recipients older than 64: 159
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 375
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 393