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  People QuickFacts Polk County Tennessee
  Population, 2001 estimate 16,2265,740,021
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 1.1%0.9%
  Population, 2000 16,0505,689,283
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 17.6%16.7%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 65.9%53.9%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 62.2%75.9%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 7.5%19.6%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 30.124.5
  Housing units, 2000 7,3692,439,443
  Homeownership rate, 2000 80.8%69.9%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 3.3%18.7%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $72,100$93,000
  Households, 2000 6,4482,232,905
  Persons per household, 2000 2.462.48
  Median household money income, 1999 $29,643$36,360
  Per capita money income, 1999 $16,025$19,393


  Business QuickFacts Polk County Tennessee
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 266131,116
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 2,1522,338,780
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 -3.9%25.1%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 955335,266
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 72,13298,503,080
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 46,96850,813,221
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $3,198$9,448
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 032,203
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 101,43036,757,793
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 406194,274


  Geography QuickFacts Polk County Tennessee
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 43541,217
  Persons per square mile, 2000 36.9138.0
  Metropolitan Area None 
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