People QuickFacts	Covington	Tennessee
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	9,067	6,399,787
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	9,038	6,346,113
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.3%	0.8%
 	Population, 2010    	9,038	6,346,105
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	8.3%	6.4%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	28.3%	23.6%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	14.3%	13.4%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	55.0%	51.3% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	46.5%	77.6%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	51.0%	16.7%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.3%	0.3%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.3%	1.4%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	1.3%	1.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	1.2%	4.6%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	46.0%	75.6% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	76.6%	84.1%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	0.7%	4.5%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	1.2%	6.4%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	75.1%	83.2%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	8.8%	23.0%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	573	501,665
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	21.1	24.0 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	3,770	2,812,133
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	46.6%	69.0%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	31.6%	18.1%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$98,800	$137,200
 	Households, 2007-2011    	3,373	2,457,997
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.55	2.50
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$16,926	$24,197
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$28,099	$43,989
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	32.8%	16.9%

   	Business QuickFacts	Covington	Tennessee
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	732	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    	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    	24.0%	25.9% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	384,194	140,447,760
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	156,787	80,116,528
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	248,919	77,547,291
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$27,303	$12,563
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	15,029	10,626,759

   	Geography QuickFacts	Covington	Tennessee
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	11.43	41,234.90
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	790.8	153.9
 	FIPS Code    	17680	47
 	Counties    	Tipton County
 	

(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