People QuickFacts	Tennessee	USA
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	6,038,803	299,398,484
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	6.1%	6.4%
  	Population, 2000    	5,689,283	281,421,906
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006    	6.6%	6.8%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006    	23.9%	24.6%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006    	12.7%	12.4%
  	Female persons, percent, 2006    	51.1%	50.7%
  	White persons, percent, 2006 (a)    	80.4%	80.1%
  	Black persons, percent, 2006 (a)    	16.9%	12.8%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a)    	0.3%	1.0%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a)    	1.3%	4.4%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a)    	0.1%	0.2%
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006    	1.0%	1.6%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b)    	3.2%	14.8%
  	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006    	77.5%	66.4%
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	53.9%	54.1%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	2.8%	11.1%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	4.8%	17.9%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	75.9%	80.4%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	19.6%	24.4%
  	Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000    	1,149,693	49,746,248
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	24.5	25.5 			
  	Housing units, 2006    	2,681,150	126,316,181
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	69.9%	66.2%
  	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000    	18.7%	26.4%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$93,000	$119,600 			
  	Households, 2000    	2,232,905	105,480,101
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.48	2.59
  	Median household income, 2004    	$38,945	$44,334
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$19,393	$21,587
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 2004    	15.0%	12.7%

   	Business QuickFacts	Tennessee	USA
  	Private nonfarm establishments, 2005    	133,098	7,499,702
  	Private nonfarm employment, 2005    	2,378,754	116,317,003
  	Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005    	-0.5%	2.0%
  	Nonemployer establishments, 2005    	422,761	20,392,068
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	454,366	22,974,655
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	5.9%	5.2%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	0.8%	0.9%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	1.6%	4.8%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	S	0.1%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	0.9%	6.8%
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	26.0%	28.2% 			
  	Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)    	109,293,454	3,916,136,712
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	97,792,030	4,634,755,112
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	60,136,403	3,056,421,997
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$10,382	$10,615
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	8,024,900	449,498,718
  	Building permits, 2006    	46,003	1,838,903
  	Federal spending, 2004 ($1000)    	45,440,543	2,143,781,727

   	Geography QuickFacts	Tennessee	USA
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	41,217.12	3,537,438.44
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	138.0	79.6
  	FIPS Code    	47	 

(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