| | People QuickFacts | Sumner County | Tennessee |
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Population, 2012 estimate | 166,123 | 6,456,243 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 160,645 | 6,346,113 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 3.4% | 1.7% |
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Population, 2010 | 160,645 | 6,346,105 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 6.4% | 6.3% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 24.9% | 23.3% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 13.0% | 13.7% |
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Female persons, percent, 2011 | 51.2% | 51.3% |
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White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 90.3% | 79.5% |
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Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 6.7% | 16.9% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.3% | 0.4% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.1% | 1.5% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.5% | 1.6% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 4.0% | 4.7% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 86.7% | 75.4% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 83.3% | 84.1% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 3.6% | 4.5% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 5.5% | 6.4% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 86.0% | 83.2% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 23.0% | 23.0% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 13,262 | 501,665 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 27.4 | 24.0 |
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Housing units, 2011 | 66,771 | 2,829,025 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 73.2% | 69.0% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 15.5% | 18.1% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $171,800 | $137,200 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 60,112 | 2,457,997 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.61 | 2.50 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $27,212 | $24,197 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $55,211 | $43,989 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 9.9% | 16.9% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Sumner County | Tennessee |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 2,833 | 129,4891 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 36,154 | 2,300,5421 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 0.9% | 1.6%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 13,363 | 465,545 |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 15,402 | 545,348 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.2% | 8.4% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.5% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 2.0% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.2% | 1.6% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 24.2% | 25.9% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 1,741,400 | 140,447,760 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,634,893 | 80,116,528 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,300,149 | 77,547,291 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $8,521 | $12,563 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 155,496 | 10,626,759 |
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Building permits, 2012 | 592 | 20,147 |