People QuickFacts Rhea County Tennessee Population, 2012 estimate 32,247 6,456,243 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 31,809 6,346,113 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 1.4% 1.7% Population, 2010 31,809 6,346,105 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.0% 6.3% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 23.1% 23.3% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 16.2% 13.7% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.8% 51.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 95.2% 79.5% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.3% 16.9% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.5% 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 1.4% 1.6% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 3.8% 4.7% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 91.9% 75.4%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 80.2% 84.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 2.3% 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 75.9% 83.2% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 10.8% 23.0% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,126 501,665 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 25.5 24.0  Housing units, 2011 14,457 2,829,025 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 72.0% 69.0% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 7.7% 18.1% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $103,800 $137,200 Households, 2007-2011 11,949 2,457,997 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.56 2.50 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $17,860 $24,197 Median household income, 2007-2011 $36,934 $43,989 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 20.3% 16.9%     Business QuickFacts Rhea County Tennessee Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 488 129,489 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 8,190 2,300,542 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 -2.3% 1.6% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 1,720 465,545  Total number of firms, 2007 2,196 545,348 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 8.4% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 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 F 1.6% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 25.9%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 894,654 140,447,760 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 17,906 80,116,528 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 250,814 77,547,291 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $8,206 $12,563 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 26,918 10,626,759 Building permits, 2012 44 20,147     Geography QuickFacts Rhea County Tennessee Land area in square miles, 2010 315.38 41,234.90 Persons per square mile, 2010 100.9 153.9 FIPS Code 143 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