2022 population: 25,988 ( 87 from 2010 , 129 from 2020)
Land area: 562.8 square miles
Population density: 46.2 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	23,080	88.81%	2.7%
Black:	1,553	5.98%	0.8%
Indian:	90	0.35%	91.5%
Asian:	108	0.42%	116.0%
2+ races:	471	1.81%	52.4%
Hispanic:	686	2.64%	73.2%

Total non-White:	2,908	11.19%	23.3%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	662	12.8
Deaths:	1,081	20.9
Net Migration:	518	10.0
Net Immigration:	12	0.2

Change in White population:	-636	-2.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	549	2.1

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
26,075
23,716	90.95%
1,541	5.91%
47	0.18%
50	0.19%
309	1.19%
396	1.52%
2,359	9.05%

2000
24,653
22,576	91.58%
1,532	6.21%
47	0.19%
32	0.13%
232	0.94%
229	0.93%
2,077	8.42%

1990
22,422
20,890	93.17%
1,434	6.40%
16	0.07%
34	0.15%
n/a
48	0.21%
1,532	6.83%

1980
22,525
20,938	92.95%
1,424	6.32%
6	0.03%
11	0.05%
n/a
146	0.65%
1,587	7.05%

1970
18,369
16,917	92.10%
1,411	7.68%
13	0.07%
0	0.00%
n/a
27	0.15%
1,452	7.90%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
3,004	12.2
2,955	12.0
1,135	4.6
90	0.4

1,140	4.6
282	1.1

Number	Rate
1990's
3,093	13.8
2,935	13.1
1,941	8.7
35	0.2

1,686	7.5
545	2.4

Number	Rate
1980's
2,787	12.4
2,418	10.7
-385	-1.7
n/a

-48	-0.2
-55	-0.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
3,160	17.2
n/a

4,021	21.9
135	0.7

Age, Family & Household Data for McNairy 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
42.9
5,602	21.6%
20,386	78.4%
5,365	20.6%

9,683
2.64

6,563	67.8%
5,114	77.9%
352	5.4%
3,120	32.2%

2010
Number	Percent
41.6
6,118	23.5%
19,957	76.5%
4,507	17.3%

10,326
2.49

7,252	70.2%
5,499	75.8%
622	8.6%
3,074	29.8%

2000
Number	Percent
39.2
5,852	23.7%
18,801	76.3%
3,883	15.8%

9,969
2.42

7,101	71.2%
5,795	81.6%
459	6.5%
2,868	28.8%

1990
Number	Percent
37.2
5,503	24.5%
16,919	75.5%
3,582	16.0%

8,810
2.52

6,697	76.0%
5,662	84.5%
435	6.5%
2,113	24.0%

1980
Number	Percent
33.3
6,356	28.2%
16,169	71.8%
3,170	14.1%

8,246
2.71

6,680	81.0%
5,832	87.3%
352	5.3%
1,566	19.0%

2022 Housing Data for McNairy County, TN

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	420	4.3%
$10,000 to $14,999	658	6.8%
$15,000 to $19,999	827	8.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	640	6.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	707	7.3%
$30,000 to $34,999	496	5.1%
$35,000 to $39,999	373	3.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	467	4.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	560	5.8%
$50,000 to $59,999	606	6.3%
$60,000 to $74,999	1,063	11.0%
$75,000 to $99,999	1,244	12.8%
$100,000 to $124,999	664	6.9%
$125,000 to $149,999	255	2.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	340	3.5%
$200,000 or more	363	3.7%

Median Household Income	46,920
Per Capita Income	25,004

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

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	381	3.9%
Public Assistance	184	1.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	1,474	15.2%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	9,040	58.9%
Unemployed	636	4.1%
In Armed Forces	58	0.4%

Total Labor Force	9,734	63.4%
Not in Labor Force	5,609	36.6%

Real Unemployment Rate		40.7%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	4,046	2,541	61.4%
Non-Profit	272	365	42.7%
Self-Employed	544	228	70.5%

Local Government	355	1,077	24.8%
State Government	87	173	33.5%
Federal Government	24	44	35.3%

Total Private + Self	4,590	2,769	62.4%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	738	1,659	30.8%
Total	5,328	4,428	54.6%

Pct. Govt.	18.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	963	9.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	1,650	16.9%
Professional, Technical	1,973	20.2%
Service Occupations	1,388	14.2%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	75	0.8%
All others	3,787	38.8%

White Collar		47.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	2,666	27.3%
Health care and social assistance	1,225	12.5%
Retail trade	1,106	11.3%
Educational services	928	9.5%
Construction	712	7.3%
Transportation and warehousing	525	5.4%
Public administration	416	4.3%
Accommodation and food services	388	4.0%
Other services	378	3.9%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	303	3.1%
Finance and insurance	263	2.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	167	1.7%
Utilities	134	1.4%
Professional, scientific, technical	132	1.4%
Wholesale trade	131	1.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	119	1.2%
Information	77	0.8%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	52	0.5%
Real estate and rental and leasing	39	0.4%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	277	1.07%
Puerto Rican	42	0.16%
Cuban	0	0.00%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	162	0.63%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	43	0.17%
Honduran	8	0.03%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	111	0.43%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	1	0.00%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	1	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	151	0.58%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	50	0.19%
Chinese	48	0.19%
Korean	48	0.19%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	23,963	97.9%
Spanish	351	1.4%
Other Indo-European	82	0.3%
German, other Germanic	53	0.2%
Tagalog	23	0.1%
French, Haitian, Cajun	13	0.1%
Chinese	1	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	3,092	11.9%
Irish	2,949	11.4%
English	2,657	10.3%
German	1,484	5.7%
African	858	3.3%
European	569	2.2%
Scottish	466	1.8%
Scotch-Irish	360	1.4%
Dutch	322	1.2%
Italian	275	1.1%
French	251	1.0%
Polish	157	0.6%
Welsh	148	0.6%
Norwegian	136	0.5%
Portuguese	114	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	25,787	99.6%
Not a citizen	108	0.4%

Native	25,584	98.8%
Foreign-born	311	1.2%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
806	4.4%	1,694	9.3%	8,715	47.7%	4,971	27.2%	1,202	6.6%	893	4.9%
Average years of education: 12.4

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	806	4.4%
9-12 Years	1,694	9.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	8,715	47.7%
Some College	4,971	27.2%
Bach. Degree	1,202	6.6%
Grad Degree	893	4.9%
Average years of education: 12.4

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	10,318	9,550	768	7.4%	5.3%
1991	10,664	9,717	947	8.9%	6.6%
1992	11,201	10,253	948	8.5%	6.5%
1993	11,232	10,281	951	8.5%	5.8%
1994	11,451	10,351	1,100	9.6%	4.8%
1995	11,663	10,485	1,178	10.1%	5.2%
1996	11,933	10,945	988	8.3%	5.2%
1997	11,929	10,987	942	7.9%	5.3%
1998	12,186	11,416	770	6.3%	4.3%
1999	11,821	11,237	584	4.9%	4.0%

2000	11,729	11,218	511	4.4%	3.9%
2001	11,964	11,279	685	5.7%	4.5%
2002	12,258	11,486	772	6.3%	5.1%
2003	12,230	11,406	824	6.7%	5.5%
2004	12,215	11,485	730	6.0%	5.3%
2005	12,169	11,443	726	6.0%	5.5%
2006	12,348	11,581	767	6.2%	5.3%
2007	12,335	11,602	733	5.9%	4.6%
2008	11,540	10,507	1,033	9.0%	6.5%
2009	10,988	9,498	1,490	13.6%	10.1%

2010	10,513	9,140	1,373	13.1%	9.8%
2011	10,381	9,189	1,192	11.5%	9.1%
2012	9,758	8,740	1,018	10.4%	8.0%
2013	9,360	8,267	1,093	11.7%	7.8%
2014	8,968	8,013	955	10.6%	6.6%
2015	8,776	8,036	740	8.4%	5.6%
2016	8,772	8,154	618	7.0%	4.7%
2017	8,524	8,044	480	5.6%	3.7%
2018	8,275	7,823	452	5.5%	3.5%
2019	8,457	8,011	446	5.3%	3.4%

2020	8,348	7,622	726	8.7%	7.5%
2021	8,358	7,892	466	5.6%	4.5%
2022	8,382	7,998	384	4.6%	3.4%
2023	8,358	7,964	394	4.7%	3.3%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	12,274
Median Value	$125,400

Occupied	9,683	78.9%
Vacant	2,591	21.1%

Owned	7,664	79.1%
Rented	2,019	20.9%
Median Rent	$706

Single-Family Units	9,774	79.6%
Detached	9,711	79.1%
Attached	63	0.5%
Buldings with 5+ Units	49	0.4%
Mobile Homes	2,150	17.5%

McNairy County, TN

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for McNairy County, TN

2022 Housing Data for McNairy County, TN

2022 Income & Employment Data for McNairy County, TN

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for McNairy County, TN

Historical Labor Force Data for McNairy County, TN