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  People QuickFacts Rhea County Tennessee
  Population, 2001 estimate 28,6085,740,021
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 0.7%0.9%
  Population, 2000 28,4005,689,283
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 16.7%16.7%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 58.4%53.9%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 65.3%75.9%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 9.1%19.6%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 24.424.5
  Housing units, 2000 12,5652,439,443
  Homeownership rate, 2000 75.5%69.9%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 8.5%18.7%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $76,700$93,000
  Households, 2000 11,1842,232,905
  Persons per household, 2000 2.462.48
  Median household money income, 1999 $30,418$36,360
  Per capita money income, 1999 $15,672$19,393


  Business QuickFacts Rhea County Tennessee
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 482131,116
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 8,6462,338,780
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 23.0%25.1%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 1,565335,266
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 434,70298,503,080
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 137,76850,813,221
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $4,981$9,448
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 12232,203
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 218,39836,757,793
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 1,001194,274


  Geography QuickFacts Rhea County Tennessee
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 31641,217
  Persons per square mile, 2000 89.9138.0
  Metropolitan Area None 
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