People QuickFacts Claiborne County Tennessee Population, 2012 estimate 31,736 6,456,243 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 32,213 6,346,113 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -1.5% 1.7% Population, 2010 32,213 6,346,105 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.0% 6.3% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 20.6% 23.3% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 16.6% 13.7% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.1% 51.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 97.0% 79.5% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.0% 16.9% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 0.4% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.5% 1.5% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.1% 1.6% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 0.9% 4.7% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 96.2% 75.4%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 87.9% 84.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 0.9% 4.5% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 1.4% 6.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 70.7% 83.2% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 12.3% 23.0% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,355 501,665 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 25.6 24.0  Housing units, 2011 14,909 2,829,025 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 77.0% 69.0% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 7.1% 18.1% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $92,700 $137,200 Households, 2007-2011 12,766 2,457,997 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.45 2.50 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $18,012 $24,197 Median household income, 2007-2011 $33,178 $43,989 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 22.6% 16.9%     Business QuickFacts Claiborne County Tennessee Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 415 129,489 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 6,867 2,300,542 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 0.3% 1.6% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 1,988 465,545  Total number of firms, 2007 2,503 545,348 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 8.4% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.5% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 2.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 1.6% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 25.9%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 436,150 140,447,760 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 25,974 80,116,528 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 155,854 77,547,291 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $5,011 $12,563 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 21,624 10,626,759 Building permits, 2012 50 20,147     Geography QuickFacts Claiborne County Tennessee Land area in square miles, 2010 434.58 41,234.90 Persons per square mile, 2010 74.1 153.9 FIPS Code 025 47 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None   (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts