People QuickFacts Erwin Tennessee Population, 2011 estimate 6,086 6,399,787 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 6,097 6,346,113 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 -0.2% 0.8% Population, 2010 6,097 6,346,105 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 5.2% 6.4% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 21.0% 23.6% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 22.2% 13.4% Female persons, percent, 2010 53.4% 51.3%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 95.1% 77.6% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 16.7% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.2% 0.3% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 1.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.0% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 1.2% 1.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 5.2% 4.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 93.4% 75.6%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 82.8% 84.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 1.4% 4.5% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 4.3% 6.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 72.0% 83.2% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 9.4% 23.0% Veterans, 2007-2011 634 501,665 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 23.2 24.0  Housing units, 2010 2,909 2,812,133 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 69.7% 69.0% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 14.0% 18.1% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $111,900 $137,200 Households, 2007-2011 2,585 2,457,997 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.29 2.50 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $18,083 $24,197 Median household income, 2007-2011 $30,691 $43,989 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 23.6% 16.9%     Business QuickFacts Erwin Tennessee Total number of firms, 2007 605 545,348 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 S 2.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 1.6% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 25.9%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 268,379 140,447,760 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 80,116,528 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 76,312 77,547,291 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $13,185 $12,563 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 8,806 10,626,759     Geography QuickFacts Erwin Tennessee Land area in square miles, 2010 4.04 41,234.90 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,510.3 153.9 FIPS Code 24360 47 Counties Unicoi 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