2022 population: 36,879 ( 1,217 from 2010 , 881 from 2020)
Land area: 436.1 square miles
Population density: 84.6 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	33,990	92.17%	1.2%
Black:	750	2.03%	13.8%
Indian:	172	0.47%	52.2%
Asian:	209	0.57%	68.5%
2+ races:	638	1.73%	20.6%
Hispanic:	1,120	3.04%	78.3%

Total non-White:	2,889	7.83%	40.0%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	814	11.3
Deaths:	1,575	21.9
Net Migration:	1,627	22.6
Net Immigration:	4	0.1

Change in White population:	392	1.1
Change in Non-White pop.:	825	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
35,662
33,598	94.21%
659	1.85%
113	0.32%
124	0.35%
529	1.48%
628	1.76%
2,064	5.79%

2000
33,565
32,056	95.50%
668	1.99%
110	0.33%
57	0.17%
302	0.90%
354	1.05%
1,509	4.50%

1990
29,141
28,302	97.12%
517	1.77%
141	0.48%
37	0.13%
n/a
144	0.49%
839	2.88%

1980
28,792
27,830	96.66%
668	2.32%
6	0.02%
30	0.10%
n/a
215	0.75%
962	3.34%

1970
25,283
24,442	96.67%
783	3.10%
15	0.06%
2	0.01%
n/a
39	0.15%
841	3.33%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
3,894	11.6
3,878	11.6
2,550	7.6
74	0.2

1,542	4.6
555	1.7

Number	Rate
1990's
4,037	13.9
3,502	12.0
2,940	10.1
40	0.1

3,754	12.9
670	2.3

Number	Rate
1980's
3,622	12.6
3,094	10.7
-91	-0.3
n/a

472	1.6
-123	-0.4

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
1,482	5.9
n/a

3,388	13.4
121	0.5

Age, Family & Household Data for Cocke 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
45.5
7,376	20.0%
29,503	80.0%
7,841	21.3%

14,547
2.46

9,909	68.1%
6,855	69.2%
1,085	10.9%
4,638	31.9%

2010
Number	Percent
42.9
7,651	21.5%
28,011	78.5%
5,965	16.7%

14,788
2.39

10,057	68.0%
7,184	71.4%
993	9.9%
4,731	32.0%

2000
Number	Percent
38.4
7,673	22.9%
25,892	77.1%
4,569	13.6%

13,761
2.41

9,801	71.2%
7,503	76.6%
881	9.0%
3,960	28.8%

1990
Number	Percent
35.2
6,952	23.9%
22,189	76.1%
3,745	12.9%

11,182
2.58

8,554	76.5%
6,726	78.6%
716	8.4%
2,628	23.5%

1980
Number	Percent
30.9
8,498	29.5%
20,294	70.5%
3,110	10.8%

10,153
2.83

8,076	79.5%
6,558	81.2%
621	7.7%
2,077	20.5%

2022 Housing Data for Cocke County, TN

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	874	6.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,113	7.7%
$15,000 to $19,999	1,271	8.7%
$20,000 to $24,999	860	5.9%
$25,000 to $29,999	917	6.3%
$30,000 to $34,999	581	4.0%
$35,000 to $39,999	1,079	7.4%
$40,000 to $44,999	565	3.9%
$45,000 to $49,999	758	5.2%
$50,000 to $59,999	1,161	8.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	1,582	10.9%
$75,000 to $99,999	1,769	12.2%
$100,000 to $124,999	906	6.2%
$125,000 to $149,999	302	2.1%
$150,000 to $199,999	427	2.9%
$200,000 or more	382	2.6%

Median Household Income	45,110
Per Capita Income	25,864

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	85
Compared to U.S.	69

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	1,173	8.1%
Public Assistance	402	2.8%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	2,889	19.9%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	13,174	61.8%
Unemployed	925	4.3%
In Armed Forces	33	0.2%

Total Labor Force	14,132	66.3%
Not in Labor Force	7,175	33.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		38.0%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	5,643	5,136	52.4%
Non-Profit	114	408	21.8%
Self-Employed	848	334	71.7%

Local Government	452	860	34.5%
State Government	41	511	7.4%
Federal Government	104	166	38.5%

Total Private + Self	6,491	5,470	54.3%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	711	1,945	26.8%
Total	7,202	7,415	49.3%

Pct. Govt.	14.6%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	1,556	10.6%
Sales and Office Occupations	2,501	17.0%
Professional, Technical	2,109	14.4%
Service Occupations	3,595	24.5%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	79	0.5%
All others	4,928	33.5%

White Collar		42.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	2,987	20.3%
Accommodation and food services	2,173	14.8%
Health care and social assistance	1,926	13.1%
Retail trade	1,418	9.7%
Construction	934	6.4%
Educational services	867	5.9%
Other services	666	4.5%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	660	4.5%
Transportation and warehousing	651	4.4%
Public administration	397	2.7%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	322	2.2%
Utilities	289	2.0%
Wholesale trade	274	1.9%
Professional, scientific, technical	248	1.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing	245	1.7%
Finance and insurance	202	1.4%
Information	199	1.4%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	158	1.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	73	0.5%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	387	1.07%
Puerto Rican	229	0.63%
Cuban	205	0.57%
Dominican	1	0.00%

Total Central American	184	0.51%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	111	0.31%
Honduran	73	0.20%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	18	0.05%
Argentinean	18	0.05%
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	5	0.01%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	127	0.35%
Japanese	22	0.06%
Taiwanese	12	0.03%
Chinese	11	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	33,402	97.6%
Spanish	575	1.7%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	61	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	60	0.2%
Other Indo-European	48	0.1%
Arabic	43	0.1%
German, other Germanic	25	0.1%
Other Asian	19	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	4,601	12.7%
English	3,297	9.1%
Irish	3,296	9.1%
German	2,420	6.7%
Scottish	823	2.3%
Italian	661	1.8%
Polish	504	1.4%
Scotch-Irish	464	1.3%
French	384	1.1%
Dutch	336	0.9%
European	272	0.8%
Norwegian	240	0.7%
Scandinavian	162	0.4%
French Canadian	90	0.2%
Swedish	83	0.2%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	36,002	99.5%
Not a citizen	184	0.5%

Native	35,740	98.8%
Foreign-born	446	1.2%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
1,747	6.7%	2,329	8.9%	12,701	48.3%	6,412	24.4%	2,026	7.7%	1,055	4.0%
Average years of education: 12.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	1,747	6.7%
9-12 Years	2,329	8.9%
H.S. Grad or GED	12,701	48.3%
Some College	6,412	24.4%
Bach. Degree	2,026	7.7%
Grad Degree	1,055	4.0%
Average years of education: 12.2

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	14,024	12,568	1,456	10.4%	5.3%
1991	14,206	12,354	1,852	13.0%	6.6%
1992	14,919	12,960	1,959	13.1%	6.5%
1993	14,968	13,110	1,858	12.4%	5.8%
1994	16,822	14,949	1,873	11.1%	4.8%
1995	16,929	15,006	1,923	11.4%	5.2%
1996	16,999	15,216	1,783	10.5%	5.2%
1997	16,715	15,055	1,660	9.9%	5.3%
1998	16,636	15,323	1,313	7.9%	4.3%
1999	16,782	15,655	1,127	6.7%	4.0%

2000	15,564	14,581	983	6.3%	3.9%
2001	15,456	14,312	1,144	7.4%	4.5%
2002	15,630	14,475	1,155	7.4%	5.1%
2003	15,675	14,363	1,312	8.4%	5.5%
2004	15,485	14,254	1,231	7.9%	5.3%
2005	15,711	14,505	1,206	7.7%	5.5%
2006	16,278	15,075	1,203	7.4%	5.3%
2007	16,493	15,465	1,028	6.2%	4.6%
2008	16,527	15,096	1,431	8.7%	6.5%
2009	16,507	14,273	2,234	13.5%	10.1%

2010	15,904	13,702	2,202	13.8%	9.8%
2011	15,751	13,645	2,106	13.4%	9.1%
2012	15,458	13,657	1,801	11.7%	8.0%
2013	15,029	13,397	1,632	10.9%	7.8%
2014	14,569	13,248	1,321	9.1%	6.6%
2015	14,433	13,321	1,112	7.7%	5.6%
2016	14,460	13,543	917	6.3%	4.7%
2017	14,574	13,810	764	5.2%	3.7%
2018	14,880	14,187	693	4.7%	3.5%
2019	15,024	14,343	681	4.5%	3.4%

2020	14,713	13,205	1,508	10.2%	7.5%
2021	14,732	13,877	855	5.8%	4.5%
2022	14,656	13,905	751	5.1%	3.4%
2023	14,769	14,100	669	4.5%	3.3%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	17,833
Median Value	$137,000

Occupied	14,547	81.6%
Vacant	3,286	18.4%

Owned	10,304	70.8%
Rented	4,243	29.2%
Median Rent	$763

Single-Family Units	11,425	64.1%
Detached	11,385	63.8%
Attached	40	0.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	387	2.2%
Mobile Homes	5,057	28.4%

Cocke County, TN

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Cocke County, TN

2022 Housing Data for Cocke County, TN

2022 Income & Employment Data for Cocke County, TN

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Cocke County, TN

Historical Labor Force Data for Cocke County, TN