2022 population: 14,798 ( 1,922 from 2010 , 118 from 2020)
Land area: 406.6 square miles
Population density: 36.4 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	13,089	88.45%	9.7%
Black:	809	5.47%	72.5%
Indian:	94	0.64%	80.8%
Asian:	51	0.34%	155.0%
2+ races:	227	1.53%	63.3%
Hispanic:	528	3.57%	107.1%

Total non-White:	1,709	11.55%	81.8%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	293	9.8
Deaths:	403	13.5
Net Migration:	-42	-1.4
Net Immigration:	38	1.3

Change in White population:	1,153	9.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	769	6.0

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
12,876
11,936	92.70%
469	3.64%
52	0.40%
20	0.16%
139	1.08%
255	1.98%
940	7.30%

2000
12,367
11,583	93.66%
454	3.67%
45	0.36%
17	0.14%
127	1.03%
138	1.12%
784	6.34%

1990
9,669
9,239	95.55%
368	3.81%
39	0.40%
0	0.00%
n/a
23	0.24%
430	4.45%

1980
9,478
9,048	95.46%
317	3.34%
0	0.00%
13	0.14%
n/a
98	1.03%
430	4.54%

1970
7,643
7,066	92.45%
451	5.90%
105	1.37%
3	0.04%
n/a
19	0.25%
577	7.55%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
1,214	9.8
1,042	8.4
491	4.0
7	0.1

353	2.9
156	1.3

Number	Rate
1990's
1,169	12.1
1,050	10.9
1,254	13.0
5	0.1

2,344	24.2
354	3.7

Number	Rate
1980's
1,108	11.7
884	9.3
40	0.4
n/a

191	2.0
0	0.0

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
1,282	16.8
n/a

1,982	25.9
-147	-1.9

Age, Family & Household Data for Bledsoe 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
44.6
2,428	16.4%
12,370	83.6%
2,861	19.3%

4,851
2.81

3,532	72.8%
2,755	78.0%
174	4.9%
1,319	27.2%

2010
Number	Percent
42.3
2,768	21.5%
10,108	78.5%
1,977	15.4%

4,697
2.51

3,339	71.1%
2,641	79.1%
215	6.4%
1,358	28.9%

2000
Number	Percent
37.5
2,857	23.1%
9,510	76.9%
1,434	11.6%

4,412
2.54

3,340	75.7%
2,727	81.6%
198	5.9%
1,072	24.3%

1990
Number	Percent
34.1
2,350	24.3%
7,319	75.7%
1,161	12.0%

3,237
2.66

2,498	77.2%
2,130	85.3%
99	4.0%
739	22.8%

1980
Number	Percent
28.2
2,874	30.3%
6,604	69.7%
1,041	11.0%

3,000
2.89

2,480	82.7%
2,112	85.2%
110	4.4%
520	17.3%

2022 Housing Data for Bledsoe County, TN

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	348	7.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	434	8.9%
$15,000 to $19,999	248	5.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	334	6.9%
$25,000 to $29,999	221	4.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	254	5.2%
$35,000 to $39,999	133	2.7%
$40,000 to $44,999	246	5.1%
$45,000 to $49,999	154	3.2%
$50,000 to $59,999	389	8.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	401	8.3%
$75,000 to $99,999	678	14.0%
$100,000 to $124,999	405	8.3%
$125,000 to $149,999	305	6.3%
$150,000 to $199,999	161	3.3%
$200,000 or more	140	2.9%

Median Household Income	51,783
Per Capita Income	24,241

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	88
Compared to U.S.	72

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	708	14.6%
Public Assistance	153	3.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	1,063	21.9%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	4,915	52.0%
Unemployed	361	3.8%
In Armed Forces	0	0.0%

Total Labor Force	5,276	55.8%
Not in Labor Force	4,177	44.2%

Real Unemployment Rate		48.0%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	2,795	1,064	72.4%
Non-Profit	50	128	28.1%
Self-Employed	458	304	60.1%

Local Government	97	173	35.9%
State Government	281	121	69.9%
Federal Government	78	35	69.0%

Total Private + Self	3,253	1,368	70.4%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	506	457	52.5%
Total	3,759	1,825	67.3%

Pct. Govt.	14.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	599	10.7%
Sales and Office Occupations	899	16.0%
Professional, Technical	751	13.4%
Service Occupations	1,155	20.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	493	8.8%
All others	2,213	39.4%

White Collar		40.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	858	15.3%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	709	12.6%
Construction	631	11.2%
Health care and social assistance	510	9.1%
Retail trade	477	8.5%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	460	8.2%
Public administration	315	5.6%
Other services	294	5.2%
Educational services	276	4.9%
Accommodation and food services	273	4.9%
Utilities	155	2.8%
Finance and insurance	140	2.5%
Transportation and warehousing	122	2.2%
Professional, scientific, technical	112	2.0%
Real estate and rental and leasing	104	1.9%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	85	1.5%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	62	1.1%
Wholesale trade	23	0.4%
Information	11	0.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	288	1.94%
Puerto Rican	95	0.64%
Cuban	0	0.00%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	65	0.44%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	65	0.44%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
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	0	0.00%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	13	0.09%
Indian	5	0.03%
Chinese	2	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	13,764	97.1%
Spanish	245	1.7%
German, other Germanic	113	0.8%
Other Indo-European	20	0.1%
Other Asian	13	0.1%
Other	9	0.1%
French, Haitian, Cajun	9	0.1%
Arabic	4	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	2,069	14.0%
Irish	1,442	9.7%
English	1,072	7.2%
German	973	6.6%
Italian	290	2.0%
Scotch-Irish	183	1.2%
Scottish	174	1.2%
French	135	0.9%
Russian	86	0.6%
Dutch	80	0.5%
Hungarian	69	0.5%
European	66	0.4%
Swiss	61	0.4%
Swedish	60	0.4%
Welsh	59	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	14,610	98.6%
Not a citizen	206	1.4%

Native	14,501	97.9%
Foreign-born	315	2.1%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
809	7.1%	1,695	14.8%	5,268	46.0%	2,486	21.7%	728	6.4%	455	4.0%
Average years of education: 12.1

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	809	7.1%
9-12 Years	1,695	14.8%
H.S. Grad or GED	5,268	46.0%
Some College	2,486	21.7%
Bach. Degree	728	6.4%
Grad Degree	455	4.0%
Average years of education: 12.1

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	3,852	3,612	240	6.2%	5.3%
1991	3,670	3,283	387	10.5%	6.6%
1992	3,463	3,170	293	8.5%	6.5%
1993	3,476	3,216	260	7.5%	5.8%
1994	3,632	3,430	202	5.6%	4.8%
1995	3,841	3,650	191	5.0%	5.2%
1996	4,042	3,823	219	5.4%	5.2%
1997	4,044	3,824	220	5.4%	5.3%
1998	4,107	3,936	171	4.2%	4.3%
1999	3,957	3,821	136	3.4%	4.0%

2000	5,104	4,901	203	4.0%	3.9%
2001	4,955	4,719	236	4.8%	4.5%
2002	5,146	4,854	292	5.7%	5.1%
2003	5,026	4,657	369	7.3%	5.5%
2004	4,775	4,420	355	7.4%	5.3%
2005	4,594	4,235	359	7.8%	5.5%
2006	4,874	4,553	321	6.6%	5.3%
2007	4,910	4,628	282	5.7%	4.6%
2008	4,929	4,520	409	8.3%	6.5%
2009	4,895	4,229	666	13.6%	10.1%

2010	4,477	3,875	602	13.4%	9.8%
2011	4,487	3,973	514	11.5%	9.1%
2012	4,307	3,851	456	10.6%	8.0%
2013	4,356	3,899	457	10.5%	7.8%
2014	4,299	3,910	389	9.0%	6.6%
2015	4,257	3,922	335	7.9%	5.6%
2016	4,325	4,023	302	7.0%	4.7%
2017	4,287	4,036	251	5.9%	3.7%
2018	4,222	3,973	249	5.9%	3.5%
2019	4,323	4,088	235	5.4%	3.4%

2020	4,264	3,897	367	8.6%	7.5%
2021	4,301	4,064	237	5.5%	4.5%
2022	4,361	4,130	231	5.3%	3.4%
2023	4,474	4,235	239	5.3%	3.3%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	5,860
Median Value	$153,700

Occupied	4,851	82.8%
Vacant	1,009	17.2%

Owned	3,912	80.6%
Rented	939	19.4%
Median Rent	$751

Single-Family Units	4,056	69.2%
Detached	4,028	68.7%
Attached	28	0.5%
Buldings with 5+ Units	115	2.0%
Mobile Homes	1,562	26.7%

Bledsoe County, TN

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Bledsoe County, TN

2022 Housing Data for Bledsoe County, TN

2022 Income & Employment Data for Bledsoe County, TN

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Bledsoe County, TN

Historical Labor Force Data for Bledsoe County, TN