2022 population: 12,957 ( 796 from 2010 , 376 from 2020)
Land area: 282.1 square miles
Population density: 45.9 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	11,919	91.99%	3.6%
Black:	272	2.10%	37.4%
Indian:	60	0.46%	76.5%
Asian:	97	0.75%	102.1%
2+ races:	203	1.57%	35.3%
Hispanic:	406	3.13%	83.7%

Total non-White:	1,038	8.01%	58.7%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	293	11.6
Deaths:	473	18.8
Net Migration:	528	21.0
Net Immigration:	32	1.3

Change in White population:	412	3.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	384	3.2

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
12,161
11,507	94.62%
198	1.63%
34	0.28%
48	0.39%
150	1.23%
221	1.82%
654	5.38%

2000
11,367
10,940	96.24%
164	1.44%
23	0.20%
21	0.18%
78	0.69%
136	1.20%
427	3.76%

1990
9,247
9,076	98.15%
81	0.88%
17	0.18%
38	0.41%
n/a
35	0.38%
171	1.85%

1980
9,700
9,355	96.44%
218	2.25%
36	0.37%
0	0.00%
n/a
86	0.89%
345	3.56%

1970
6,761
6,625	97.99%
130	1.92%
1	0.01%
3	0.04%
n/a
0	0.00%
136	2.01%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
1,398	12.3
1,252	11.0
55	0.5
32	0.3

567	5.0
227	2.0

Number	Rate
1990's
1,257	13.6
1,093	11.8
1,575	17.0
33	0.4

1,864	20.2
256	2.8

Number	Rate
1980's
1,272	13.1
861	8.9
-854	-8.8
n/a

-279	-2.9
-174	-1.8

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
1,859	27.5
n/a

2,730	40.4
209	3.1

Age, Family & Household Data for Lewis 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
42.2
2,773	21.4%
10,184	78.6%
2,574	19.9%

5,073
2.44

3,279	64.6%
2,424	73.9%
218	6.6%
1,794	35.4%

2010
Number	Percent
41.2
2,898	23.8%
9,263	76.2%
1,971	16.2%

4,781
2.50

3,356	70.2%
2,527	75.3%
336	10.0%
1,425	29.8%

2000
Number	Percent
37.2
2,946	25.9%
8,421	74.1%
1,543	13.6%

4,380
2.54

3,190	72.8%
2,541	79.7%
246	7.7%
1,190	27.2%

1990
Number	Percent
34.6
2,442	26.4%
6,805	73.6%
1,396	15.1%

3,507
2.60

2,563	73.1%
2,189	85.4%
186	7.3%
944	26.9%

1980
Number	Percent
29.1
3,137	32.3%
6,563	67.7%
1,136	11.7%

3,046
2.85

2,515	82.6%
2,220	88.3%
142	5.6%
531	17.4%

2022 Housing Data for Lewis County, TN

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	400	7.9%
$10,000 to $14,999	217	4.3%
$15,000 to $19,999	344	6.8%
$20,000 to $24,999	282	5.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	269	5.3%
$30,000 to $34,999	465	9.2%
$35,000 to $39,999	376	7.4%
$40,000 to $44,999	201	4.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	148	2.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	471	9.3%
$60,000 to $74,999	352	6.9%
$75,000 to $99,999	463	9.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	569	11.2%
$125,000 to $149,999	191	3.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	206	4.1%
$200,000 or more	119	2.3%

Median Household Income	44,613
Per Capita Income	26,873

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	89
Compared to U.S.	72

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	364	7.2%
Public Assistance	99	2.0%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	953	18.8%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	4,507	60.9%
Unemployed	281	3.8%
In Armed Forces	0	0.0%

Total Labor Force	4,788	64.7%
Not in Labor Force	2,617	35.3%

Real Unemployment Rate		39.1%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	1,871	1,573	54.3%
Non-Profit	116	110	51.3%
Self-Employed	421	246	63.1%

Local Government	195	365	34.8%
State Government	211	75	73.8%
Federal Government	35	17	67.3%

Total Private + Self	2,292	1,819	55.8%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	557	567	49.6%
Total	2,849	2,386	54.4%

Pct. Govt.	17.2%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	577	11.0%
Sales and Office Occupations	1,136	21.7%
Professional, Technical	855	16.3%
Service Occupations	771	14.7%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	12	0.2%
All others	1,904	36.3%

White Collar		49.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	1,130	21.6%
Health care and social assistance	849	16.2%
Retail trade	819	15.6%
Public administration	482	9.2%
Accommodation and food services	305	5.8%
Construction	258	4.9%
Other services	224	4.3%
Educational services	211	4.0%
Transportation and warehousing	175	3.3%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	168	3.2%
Finance and insurance	161	3.1%
Professional, scientific, technical	143	2.7%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	98	1.9%
Information	88	1.7%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	39	0.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing	33	0.6%
Utilities	32	0.6%
Wholesale trade	16	0.3%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	12	0.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	141	1.12%
Puerto Rican	98	0.78%
Cuban	0	0.00%
Dominican	50	0.40%

Total Central American	42	0.33%
Costa Rican	42	0.33%
Guatemalan	0	0.00%
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	1	0.01%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	85	0.67%
Chinese	51	0.40%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	11,668	97.5%
Spanish	160	1.3%
Other Indo-European	85	0.7%
Other Asian	37	0.3%
Arabic	12	0.1%
French, Haitian, Cajun	9	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	3,330	26.4%
German	1,365	10.8%
English	1,356	10.7%
Irish	1,206	9.5%
Scotch-Irish	284	2.2%
French	270	2.1%
Italian	212	1.7%
Dutch	199	1.6%
European	185	1.5%
Welsh	148	1.2%
Eastern European	128	1.0%
Scottish	117	0.9%
Russian	95	0.8%
British	52	0.4%
Norwegian	50	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	12,515	99.0%
Not a citizen	122	1.0%

Native	12,442	98.5%
Foreign-born	195	1.5%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
644	7.4%	724	8.3%	3,713	42.5%	2,846	32.6%	575	6.6%	241	2.8%
Average years of education: 12.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	644	7.4%
9-12 Years	724	8.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	3,713	42.5%
Some College	2,846	32.6%
Bach. Degree	575	6.6%
Grad Degree	241	2.8%
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	4,238	3,896	342	8.1%	5.3%
1991	4,323	3,948	375	8.7%	6.6%
1992	4,579	4,241	338	7.4%	6.5%
1993	4,639	4,230	409	8.8%	5.8%
1994	4,878	4,527	351	7.2%	4.8%
1995	5,173	4,684	489	9.5%	5.2%
1996	5,140	4,342	798	15.5%	5.2%
1997	4,682	3,887	795	17.0%	5.3%
1998	4,380	3,883	497	11.3%	4.3%
1999	4,212	3,816	396	9.4%	4.0%

2000	5,266	4,982	284	5.4%	3.9%
2001	5,275	4,932	343	6.5%	4.5%
2002	5,390	5,015	375	7.0%	5.1%
2003	5,390	4,962	428	7.9%	5.5%
2004	5,227	4,865	362	6.9%	5.3%
2005	5,100	4,620	480	9.4%	5.5%
2006	5,276	4,891	385	7.3%	5.3%
2007	5,403	5,013	390	7.2%	4.6%
2008	5,470	4,928	542	9.9%	6.5%
2009	5,529	4,686	843	15.2%	10.1%

2010	5,418	4,591	827	15.3%	9.8%
2011	5,244	4,557	687	13.1%	9.1%
2012	5,042	4,488	554	11.0%	8.0%
2013	5,007	4,478	529	10.6%	7.8%
2014	4,866	4,428	438	9.0%	6.6%
2015	4,814	4,465	349	7.2%	5.6%
2016	4,890	4,599	291	6.0%	4.7%
2017	4,935	4,710	225	4.6%	3.7%
2018	5,058	4,835	223	4.4%	3.5%
2019	5,204	4,995	209	4.0%	3.4%

2020	5,325	4,924	401	7.5%	7.5%
2021	5,546	5,269	277	5.0%	4.5%
2022	5,563	5,362	201	3.6%	3.4%
2023	5,529	5,344	185	3.3%	3.3%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	5,681
Median Value	$139,100

Occupied	5,073	89.3%
Vacant	608	10.7%

Owned	3,986	78.6%
Rented	1,087	21.4%
Median Rent	$744

Single-Family Units	4,044	71.2%
Detached	4,001	70.4%
Attached	43	0.8%
Buldings with 5+ Units	102	1.8%
Mobile Homes	1,494	26.3%

Lewis County, TN

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Lewis County, TN

2022 Housing Data for Lewis County, TN

2022 Income & Employment Data for Lewis County, TN

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Lewis County, TN

Historical Labor Force Data for Lewis County, TN