People QuickFacts	East Ridge	Tennessee
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	21,259	6,399,787
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	20,979	6,346,113
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	1.3%	0.8%
 	Population, 2010    	20,979	6,346,105
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	6.3%	6.4%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	19.5%	23.6%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	17.6%	13.4%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	52.7%	51.3% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	83.4%	77.6%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	9.9%	16.7%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.5%	0.3%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.8%	1.4%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.2%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	2.0%	1.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	5.0%	4.6%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	81.4%	75.6% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	78.4%	84.1%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	5.5%	4.5%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	7.5%	6.4%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	84.9%	83.2%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	21.3%	23.0%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	2,101	501,665
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	19.7	24.0 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	10,384	2,812,133
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	59.1%	69.0%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	32.2%	18.1%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$121,000	$137,200
 	Households, 2007-2011    	9,353	2,457,997
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.21	2.50
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$22,105	$24,197
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$39,674	$43,989
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	12.5%	16.9%

   	Business QuickFacts	East Ridge	Tennessee
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,827	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    	4.3%	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    	28.2%	25.9% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	NA	140,447,760
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	29,282	80,116,528
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	209,652	77,547,291
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$10,568	$12,563
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	40,592	10,626,759

   	Geography QuickFacts	East Ridge	Tennessee
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	8.28	41,234.90
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	2,534.0	153.9
 	FIPS Code    	22720	47
 	Counties    	Hamilton 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