Population, 2000

23,403

7,078,515

Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000

0.9%

14.4%

Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000

5.1%

6.5%

Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000

20.6%

24.6%

Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000

17.8%

11.2%

White persons, percent, 2000 (a)

98.5%

72.3%

Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)

0.6%

19.6%

American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)

0.1%

0.3%

Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)

0.1%

3.7%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)

Z

0.1%

Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)

0.1%

2.0%

Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000

0.5%

2.0%

Female population, percent, 2000

51.7%

51.0%

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)

0.4%

4.7%

White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000

98.2%

70.2%

High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990

8,137

2,987,611

College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990

942

972,894

Housing units, 2000

11,355

2,904,192

Homeownership rate, 2000

78.2%

68.1%

Households, 2000

9,795

2,699,173

Persons per household, 2000

2.35

2.54

Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000

30.2%

35.9%

Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate

$26,888

$40,209

Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate

18.3%

11.6%

Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate

25.8%

17.0%

Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998

333

172,182

Private nonfarm employment, 1998

2,942

2,700,589

Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998

-14.7%

16.3%

Nonemployer establishments, 1997

937

349,652

Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)

NA

83,814,009

Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)

143,010

62,569,924

Retail sales per capita, 1997

$6,293

$9,293

Minority-owned firms, 1992

NA

46,666

Women-owned firms, 1992

282

138,494

Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999

79

53,151

Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000)

115,287

57,842,231

Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997

776

253,219

Land area, 2000 (square miles)

537

39,594

Persons per square mile, 2000

43.6

178.8

Metropolitan Area

Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA MSA