People QuickFacts Gibson County Tennessee Population, 2012 estimate 49,626 6,456,243 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 49,683 6,346,113 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -0.1% 1.7% Population, 2010 49,683 6,346,105 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.4% 6.3% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 24.7% 23.3% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 16.6% 13.7% Female persons, percent, 2011 52.4% 51.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 79.4% 79.5% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 18.9% 16.9% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 0.4% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 1.5% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.2% 1.6% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 2.1% 4.7% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 77.6% 75.4%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 83.4% 84.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 0.9% 4.5% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 3.3% 6.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 80.9% 83.2% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 15.2% 23.0% Veterans, 2007-2011 3,719 501,665 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 23.1 24.0  Housing units, 2011 22,012 2,829,025 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 71.1% 69.0% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 11.0% 18.1% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $86,900 $137,200 Households, 2007-2011 19,452 2,457,997 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.49 2.50 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $20,415 $24,197 Median household income, 2007-2011 $37,577 $43,989 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 17.9% 16.9%     Business QuickFacts Gibson County Tennessee Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 934 129,489 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 11,846 2,300,542 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 1.8% 1.6% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 2,837 465,545  Total number of firms, 2007 3,423 545,348 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 8.4% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.5% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 2.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.4% 1.6% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 24.4% 25.9%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 977,402 140,447,760 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 80,116,528 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 438,966 77,547,291 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $9,063 $12,563 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 30,831 10,626,759 Building permits, 2012 104 20,147     Geography QuickFacts Gibson County Tennessee Land area in square miles, 2010 602.74 41,234.90 Persons per square mile, 2010 82.4 153.9 FIPS Code 053 47 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Humboldt, TN Micro Area   (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