Dyer County, Tennessee (TN)

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• • 29,38477.6%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 4,53112.0%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2,2786.0%Two or more races
  • 1,4313.8%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1790.5%Asian alone
  • 520.1%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 100.03%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2021:

Detached houses: $184,873

Here:	$184,873
State:	$310,843

Townhouses or other attached units: $278,770

Here:	$278,770
State:	$280,903

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $444,930

Here:	$444,930
State:	$245,576

Mobile homes: $118,581

Here:	$118,581
State:	$101,125

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 4
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 47
• Burglaries: 47
• Thefts: 124
• Auto thefts: 51

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 4
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 44
• Burglaries: 50
• Thefts: 121
• Auto thefts: 25

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 2021: $921 (0.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2021: $882 (0.7%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Dyer County is $365 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $478 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $637 a month.

Cities in this county include: Dyersburg, Newbern, Fowlkes, Ro Ellen, Trimble, Mississippi-Obion.

Neighboring counties: San Miguel County, New Mexico , Greene County, Arkansas , Jackson County , Hertford County, North Carolina , Mitchell County, North Carolina , Van Buren County , White County .

Current college students: 1,232
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 88.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 21.3%

Number of foreign born residents: 567 (63.0% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 832010 or later
• 992000 to 2009
• 1791990 to 1999
• 471980 to 1989
• 551970 to 1979
• 51Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 19.1 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 82.7%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 13,148
• One, attached: 18
• Two: 782
• 3 or 4: 663
• 5 to 9: 438
• 10 to 19: 170
• 20 to 49: 230
• 50 or more: 78
• Mobile homes: 1,125
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8

Housing units in Dyer County with a mortgage: 4,561 (322 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 252 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 145

Religion statistics for Dyer County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Dyer County:

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, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides, Incident Period: February 19, 2019 - March 30, 2019, FEMA Id: 4427, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• Tennessee Flooding, Incident Period: April 26, 2011 to June 07, 2011, Emergency Declared EM-3321: May 04, 2011, FEMA Id: 3321, Natural disaster type: Flood
• 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 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 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
• 7 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

5.59% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($37,760 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.63% relocated from other counties in Tennessee ($22,072 average AGI)
1.96% relocated from other states ($15,688 average AGI)

Dyer County:	1.96%
Tennessee average:	4.34%

from Lauderdale County, TN	0.59% ($35,987 average AGI)
from Gibson County, TN	0.40% ($41,167)
from Lake County, TN	0.39% ($32,115)
from Obion County, TN	0.38% ($32,451)
from Shelby County, TN	0.34% ($23,478)
from Crockett County, TN	0.30% ($25,375)
from Madison County, TN	0.21% ($35,893)

5.38% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($41,537 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.59% relocated to other counties in Tennessee ($26,954 average AGI)
1.79% relocated to other states ($14,582 average AGI)

Dyer County:	1.79%
Tennessee average:	3.20%

to Lauderdale County, TN	0.52% ($35,000 average AGI)
to Obion County, TN	0.42% ($39,089)
to Gibson County, TN	0.35% ($36,383)
to Crockett County, TN	0.33% ($25,227)
to Shelby County, TN	0.32% ($35,930)
to Madison County, TN	0.31% ($46,902)
to Lake County, TN	0.31% ($46,780)

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 11.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 12.1

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Dyer 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: 6,909 (2,228 living alone), Female householders: 8,349 (2,576 living alone)

• 6,722 spouses (6,702 opposite-sex spouses), 1,151 unmarried partners, (1,092 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 10,509 children (9,397 natural, 399 adopted, 716 stepchildren), 1,177 grandchildren, 454 brothers or sisters, 565 parents, 57 foster children, 577 other relatives, 692 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 518

Size of family households: 5,022 2-persons, 1,871 3-persons, 1,381 4-persons, 957 5-persons, 236 6-persons, 151 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,806 1-person, 734 2-persons, 74 3-persons.

4,945 married couples with children.
2,663 single-parent households (542 men, 2,121 women).

97.4% of residents of Dyer speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 31% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (47% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $246,819,000 ($6,561 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $6,912,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $95,958,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $57,542,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $9,262,000
Federal grants: $73,503,000
Federal procurement contracts: $354,000 ($-970,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $10,201,000 ($3,983,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $943,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $14,319,000
Federal Government insurance: $35,826,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 6.21 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Dyer County, Tennessee
• 422020 or later
• 6662010 to 2019
• 1,7682000 to 2009
• 2,4801990 to 1999
• 2,3001980 to 1989
• 3,1201970 to 1979
• 1,9811960 to 1969
• 1,6431950 to 1959
• 8301940 to 1949
• 1,3191939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Dyer County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Dyer County, Tennessee
• 261 room
• 122 rooms
• 1383 rooms
• 7164 rooms
• 1,9285 rooms
• 2,4676 rooms
• 1,4417 rooms
• 1,1438 rooms
• 1,8009+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Dyer County, Tennessee
• 751 room
• 1332 rooms
• 9663 rooms
• 1,3784 rooms
• 1,4675 rooms
• 7156 rooms
• 6007 rooms
• 1118 rooms
• 659+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Dyer County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Dyer County, Tennessee
• 25no bedroom
• 811 bedroom
• 1,4232 bedrooms
• 5,6083 bedrooms
• 2,1784 bedrooms
• 3755+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Dyer County, Tennessee
• 128no bedroom
• 6601 bedroom
• 2,3992 bedrooms
• 2,1783 bedrooms
• 1004 bedrooms
• 65+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Dyer County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 163no vehicle
• 2,5261 vehicle
• 4,5342 vehicles
• 1,8023 vehicles
• 4684 vehicles
• 2365+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Dyer County in renter-occupied apartments
• 670no vehicle
• 2,6131 vehicle
• 1,7152 vehicles
• 4573 vehicles
• 194 vehicles
• 85+ vehicles

86.4% of Dyer County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in Tennessee.

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

• This state: 27,601
• Other state: 9,085
• Northeast: 388
• Midwest: 4,311
• South: 3,415
• West: 1,012

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,410
• Number of aged recipients: 113
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,297
• Number of recipients under 18: 234
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 916
• Number of recipients older than 64: 260
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 574
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 626