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Crockett County, TN

Demographic and economic profile of Crockett County, TN, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.

AI Overview

Crockett County is a small rural county in western Tennessee with a population of 13,937, down 3.9% over five years, and an economy built around agriculture and related industries. The workforce of roughly 8,500 labor-force participants skews toward trade and manual occupations, with only 15.7% holding a bachelor's degree or higher, median worker earnings of $39,563, and an unemployment rate of 3.4%. Housing costs are low—median home value of $134,100 and median gross rent of $854/month—against a median household income of $62,165, and a homeownership rate of 71.6% reflects the county's largely owner-occupied, rural character.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page

Population

13,937

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Household Income

$62,165

Data USA · as of 2024

Median Age

39.7 yrs

Data USA · as of 2024

Population Growth (5-year)

-3.9% since 2018

Crockett County lost population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.

Demographics

Race & Ethnicity

  • White Alone10,070 (72.2%)
  • Black or African American Alone1,514 (10.9%)
  • Two Races Including Some Other Race911 (6.5%)
  • Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races644 (4.6%)
  • Some Other Race Alone623 (4.5%)
  • American Indian & Alaska Native Alone117 (0.8%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Languages Spoken at Home

  1. 1.Spanish1,065
  2. 2.German or other West Germanic31
  3. 3.Tagalog (incl. Filipino)12
  4. 4.Other Indo-European10
  5. 5.Vietnamese8

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population Under 18

23.4%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Working-Age (18–64)

57.5%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population 65 and Over

19.1%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Foreign-Born Population

5.5%

Data USA · as of 2024

Veterans

733

Data USA · as of 2024

Economy

GDP per Capita

$41,145

Data USA · as of 2023

Cost of Living Index

—

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Per Capita Income

$32,495

Census ACS · as of 2023

Unemployment Rate

3.4%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Poverty Rate

14.8%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Top Industries

  1. 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance1,284
  2. 2.Manufacturing (Group)1,146
  3. 3.Retail Trade (Group)878
  4. 4.Construction (Group)605
  5. 5.Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodation & Food Services565

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Occupations

  1. 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations2,032
  2. 2.Sales & Office Occupations1,400
  3. 3.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations1,360
  4. 4.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations979
  5. 5.Service Occupations948

Data USA · as of 2024

Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)

  1. 1.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining (LQ 1.96×)202
  2. 2.Manufacturing (LQ 1.77×)1,142
  3. 3.Construction (LQ 1.36×)608
  4. 4.Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities (LQ 1.32×)501
  5. 5.Retail Trade (LQ 1.13×)794

Census ACS · as of 2023

Housing

Median Home Value

$134,100

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Gross Rent

$854/mo

Census ACS · as of 2023

Homeownership Rate

71.6%

Data USA · as of 2024

Home Value Distribution

  • $150,000 to $174,999620 (15.7%)
  • $100,000 to $124,999465 (11.8%)
  • $300,000 to $399,999407 (10.3%)
  • $200,000 to $249,999362 (9.2%)
  • $80,000 to $89,999266 (6.7%)
  • $250,000 to $299,999260 (6.6%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Higher

15.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

High School Diploma or Higher

86.0%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Workforce

Labor Force Participation

60.8%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Worker Earnings

$39,563

Census ACS · as of 2023

Mean Commute Time

24.0 min

Data USA · as of 2024

Households Without a Vehicle

6.2%

Census ACS · as of 2023

How People Get to Work

  • Drove Alone5,838 (87.5%)
  • Worked At Home409 (6.1%)
  • Carpooled346 (5.2%)
  • Walked44 (0.7%)
  • Other36 (0.5%)
  • Public Transit0 (0.0%)

Data USA · as of 2024

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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.