2022 population: 16,002 ( 487 from 2010 , 139 from 2020)
Land area: 394.3 square miles
Population density: 40.6 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	14,701	91.87%	5.5%
Black:	379	2.37%	18.1%
Indian:	110	0.69%	61.8%
Asian:	99	0.62%	59.7%
2+ races:	255	1.59%	47.4%
Hispanic:	458	2.86%	57.4%

Total non-White:	1,301	8.13%	40.5%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	339	10.7
Deaths:	723	22.8
Net Migration:	516	16.3
Net Immigration:	-1	-0.0

Change in White population:	-862	-5.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	375	2.3

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
16,489
15,563	94.38%
321	1.95%
68	0.41%
62	0.38%
173	1.05%
291	1.76%
926	5.62%

2000
16,537
15,834	95.75%
348	2.10%
51	0.31%
40	0.24%
102	0.62%
157	0.95%
703	4.25%

1990
14,524
14,058	96.79%
301	2.07%
15	0.10%
90	0.62%
n/a
60	0.41%
466	3.21%

1980
14,901
14,460	97.04%
371	2.49%
3	0.02%
12	0.08%
n/a
43	0.29%
441	2.96%

1970
12,126
11,661	96.17%
368	3.03%
9	0.07%
8	0.07%
n/a
79	0.65%
465	3.83%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
1,540	9.3
2,113	12.8
135	0.8
31	0.2

-271	-1.6
223	1.3

Number	Rate
1990's
1,766	12.2
1,944	13.4
2,090	14.4
2	0.0

1,776	12.2
237	1.6

Number	Rate
1980's
1,639	11.0
1,776	11.9
-112	-0.8
n/a

-402	-2.7
25	0.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
2,498	20.6
n/a

2,799	23.1
-24	-0.2

Age, Family & Household Data for Benton County, TN

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
47.9
3,112	19.4%
12,890	80.6%
3,754	23.5%

6,736
2.34

4,103	60.9%
2,829	68.9%
330	8.0%
2,633	39.1%

2010
Number	Percent
45.5
3,381	20.5%
13,108	79.5%
3,281	19.9%

7,063
2.31

4,698	66.5%
3,555	75.7%
415	8.8%
2,365	33.5%

2000
Number	Percent
41.5
3,621	21.9%
12,916	78.1%
2,948	17.8%

6,855
2.37

4,912	71.7%
4,068	82.8%
242	4.9%
1,943	28.3%

1990
Number	Percent
38.4
3,332	22.9%
11,192	77.1%
2,601	17.9%

5,751
2.48

4,286	74.5%
3,684	86.0%
201	4.7%
1,465	25.5%

1980
Number	Percent
34.8
3,969	26.6%
10,932	73.4%
2,460	16.5%

5,549
2.65

4,329	78.0%
3,765	87.0%
220	5.1%
1,220	22.0%

2022 Housing Data for Benton County, TN

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	339	5.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	373	5.5%
$15,000 to $19,999	612	9.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	318	4.7%
$25,000 to $29,999	377	5.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	355	5.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	463	6.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	361	5.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	313	4.6%
$50,000 to $59,999	436	6.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	711	10.6%
$75,000 to $99,999	1,031	15.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	438	6.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	183	2.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	246	3.7%
$200,000 or more	180	2.7%

Median Household Income	47,737
Per Capita Income	27,185

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	87
Compared to U.S.	71

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	461	6.8%
Public Assistance	171	2.5%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	1,054	15.6%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	5,661	61.3%
Unemployed	415	4.5%
In Armed Forces	0	0.0%

Total Labor Force	6,076	65.8%
Not in Labor Force	3,153	34.2%

Real Unemployment Rate		38.7%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	2,243	1,962	53.3%
Non-Profit	65	190	25.5%
Self-Employed	349	220	61.3%

Local Government	329	396	45.4%
State Government	90	55	62.1%
Federal Government	90	69	56.6%

Total Private + Self	2,592	2,182	54.3%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	574	710	44.7%
Total	3,166	2,892	52.3%

Pct. Govt.	17.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	617	10.2%
Sales and Office Occupations	1,062	17.5%
Professional, Technical	1,016	16.7%
Service Occupations	1,217	20.0%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	38	0.6%
All others	2,159	35.6%

White Collar		44.4%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	929	15.3%
Health care and social assistance	910	15.0%
Retail trade	758	12.5%
Transportation and warehousing	449	7.4%
Educational services	411	6.8%
Other services	385	6.3%
Accommodation and food services	333	5.5%
Construction	312	5.1%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	311	5.1%
Public administration	290	4.8%
Professional, scientific, technical	196	3.2%
Finance and insurance	183	3.0%
Utilities	146	2.4%
Wholesale trade	115	1.9%
Information	97	1.6%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	95	1.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	66	1.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	56	0.9%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	29	0.5%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	99	0.62%
Puerto Rican	0	0.00%
Cuban	0	0.00%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	17	0.11%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	0	0.00%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	17	0.11%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	0	0.00%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	0	0.00%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	173	1.09%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	107	0.67%
Filipino	63	0.40%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	15,069	99.2%
German, other Germanic	40	0.3%
Spanish	38	0.3%
Tagalog	23	0.2%
Other Indo-European	17	0.1%
French, Haitian, Cajun	9	0.1%
Other	1	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	5,767	36.2%
Irish	1,453	9.1%
English	1,362	8.5%
German	1,118	7.0%
Scottish	321	2.0%
French	296	1.9%
European	278	1.7%
Scotch-Irish	232	1.5%
Italian	199	1.2%
British	165	1.0%
Polish	162	1.0%
Welsh	123	0.8%
French Canadian	70	0.4%
Dutch	69	0.4%
African	68	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	15,923	99.9%
Not a citizen	10	0.1%

Native	15,654	98.2%
Foreign-born	279	1.8%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
686	5.9%	1,090	9.4%	5,356	46.2%	3,172	27.4%	733	6.3%	554	4.8%
Average years of education: 12.3

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	686	5.9%
9-12 Years	1,090	9.4%
H.S. Grad or GED	5,356	46.2%
Some College	3,172	27.4%
Bach. Degree	733	6.3%
Grad Degree	554	4.8%
Average years of education: 12.3

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	6,715	6,202	513	7.6%	5.3%
1991	7,131	6,462	669	9.4%	6.6%
1992	7,113	6,526	587	8.3%	6.5%
1993	7,133	6,537	596	8.4%	5.8%
1994	7,236	6,701	535	7.4%	4.8%
1995	7,923	7,372	551	7.0%	5.2%
1996	8,128	7,237	891	11.0%	5.2%
1997	8,002	7,340	662	8.3%	5.3%
1998	7,526	6,935	591	7.9%	4.3%
1999	7,594	6,982	612	8.1%	4.0%

2000	7,318	6,784	534	7.3%	3.9%
2001	7,090	6,592	498	7.0%	4.5%
2002	7,050	6,544	506	7.2%	5.1%
2003	6,995	6,338	657	9.4%	5.5%
2004	6,841	6,271	570	8.3%	5.3%
2005	6,716	6,164	552	8.2%	5.5%
2006	6,960	6,456	504	7.2%	5.3%
2007	6,956	6,535	421	6.1%	4.6%
2008	7,068	6,458	610	8.6%	6.5%
2009	7,002	6,058	944	13.5%	10.1%

2010	7,210	6,308	902	12.5%	9.8%
2011	7,116	6,294	822	11.6%	9.1%
2012	6,956	6,262	694	10.0%	8.0%
2013	6,905	6,232	673	9.7%	7.8%
2014	6,737	6,144	593	8.8%	6.6%
2015	6,778	6,261	517	7.6%	5.6%
2016	6,744	6,262	482	7.1%	4.7%
2017	6,706	6,345	361	5.4%	3.7%
2018	6,884	6,548	336	4.9%	3.5%
2019	6,904	6,598	306	4.4%	3.4%

2020	6,714	6,165	549	8.2%	7.5%
2021	6,757	6,417	340	5.0%	4.5%
2022	6,755	6,477	278	4.1%	3.4%
2023	6,785	6,505	280	4.1%	3.3%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	8,537
Median Value	$112,000

Occupied	6,736	78.9%
Vacant	1,801	21.1%

Owned	4,980	73.9%
Rented	1,756	26.1%
Median Rent	$779

Single-Family Units	5,815	68.1%
Detached	5,792	67.8%
Attached	23	0.3%
Buldings with 5+ Units	208	2.4%
Mobile Homes	2,425	28.4%

Benton County, TN

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Benton County, TN

2022 Housing Data for Benton County, TN

2022 Income & Employment Data for Benton County, TN

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Benton County, TN

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Benton County, TN

Historical Labor Force Data for Benton County, TN