People QuickFacts	Giles County	Tennessee
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	29,072	6,456,243
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	29,485	6,346,113
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-1.4%	1.7%
 	Population, 2010    	29,485	6,346,105
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	5.8%	6.3%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	21.9%	23.3%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	17.3%	13.7%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	51.3%	51.3% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	86.9%	79.5%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	10.4%	16.9%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.4%	0.4%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.4%	1.5%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.8%	1.6%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	1.7%	4.7%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	85.3%	75.4% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	88.0%	84.1%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	1.4%	4.5%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	1.8%	6.4%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	79.2%	83.2%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	13.2%	23.0%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	2,471	501,665
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	25.2	24.0 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	13,851	2,829,025
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	75.3%	69.0%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	11.2%	18.1%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$98,500	$137,200
 	Households, 2007-2011    	11,602	2,457,997
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.50	2.50
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$20,105	$24,197
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$37,981	$43,989
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	17.8%	16.9%

   	Business QuickFacts	Giles County	Tennessee
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	549	131,582
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	6,934	2,264,032
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-28.1	-5.3
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	1,754	465,545 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	2,649	545,348
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.6%	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)    	1,004,159	140,447,760
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	112,932	80,116,528
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	313,287	77,547,291
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$10,799	$12,563
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	24,871	10,626,759
 	Building permits, 2011     	4	14,977

   	Geography QuickFacts	Giles County	Tennessee
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	610.93	41,234.90
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	48.3	153.9
 	FIPS Code    	055	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