People QuickFacts	Lewis County	Tennessee
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	11,896	6,456,243
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	12,161	6,346,113
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-2.2%	1.7%
 	Population, 2010    	12,161	6,346,105
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	5.9%	6.3%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	23.7%	23.3%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	16.5%	13.7%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	50.9%	51.3% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	96.0%	79.5%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	1.9%	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     	1.3%	1.6%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	2.0%	4.7%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	94.1%	75.4% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	86.2%	84.1%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	1.6%	4.5%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	2.2%	6.4%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	76.1%	83.2%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	10.4%	23.0%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,138	501,665
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	28.5	24.0 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	5,522	2,829,025
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	76.4%	69.0%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	5.5%	18.1%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$93,200	$137,200
 	Households, 2007-2011    	4,655	2,457,997
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.54	2.50
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$17,209	$24,197
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$32,337	$43,989
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	19.8%	16.9%

   	Business QuickFacts	Lewis County	Tennessee
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	208	131,582
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	1,781	2,264,032
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-12.7	-5.3
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	872	465,545 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,141	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)    	0	140,447,760
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	80,116,528
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	132,793	77,547,291
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$11,519	$12,563
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	7,996	10,626,759
 	Building permits, 2011     	6	14,977

   	Geography QuickFacts	Lewis County	Tennessee
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	282.09	41,234.90
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	43.1	153.9
 	FIPS Code    	101	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