Decatur County, Tennessee
SNAPS data is derived from the 2000 U.S. Census and several 2003 CDC databases. For more information, see the Credits page.
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State Health Department
- Tennessee Department of Health: 3rd Floor Cordell Hull Building, Nashville
Population:
- Total Population: 11,731
- Males: 5,776
- Females: 5,955
Ethnicity:
- White: 10,910
- Black/African American: 386
- Hispanic: 270
- Native American/Eskimo: 34
- Asian: 38
- Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 0
- Other: 4
- 2 or more: 89
Top 5 Languages spoken at home:
- English only (10,730)
- Spanish (265)
- German (15)
Top 7 Countries of Origin for Immigrants
Total Reported: 194
- Mexico (122)
- Cuba (13)
- India (10)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (8)
- Germany (7)
- Philippines (6)
- Korea (6)
Top 5 Religions by Adherents:
- Southern Baptist Convention (3,842)
- United Methodist Church, The (997)
- Assemblies of God (700)
- Churches of Christ (487)
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The (283)
Migrant Health Clinics
Disabilities:
- Total Reported: 5,223
- Sensory: 657
- Physical: 1,343
- Mental: 657
- Self-care: 355
- Go outside home: 1,060
- Employment: 1,116
Grandparents as caregivers
Grandparents as caregivers: 165
Heating fuel:
- Total Reported: 4,908
- Utility gas: 2,536
- Bottled or LP gas: 763
- Electricity: 1,358
- Fuel oil, kerosene: 30
- Coal or Coke: 6
- Wood: 215
- Solar Energy: 0
- Other fuel: 0
- No fuel used: 0
Vehicles available:
- Total Reported: 9,589
- No vehicle: 717
- 1 or more vehicle: 8,872
Education Attainment:
- No School: 91
- No High School: 1,295
- Some High School: 1,613
- High School: 3,293
- Some College: 1,119
- Associate's Degree: 235
- College Degree: 391
- Master's Degree: 149
- Professional Degree: 51
- Doctoral Degree: 10
Household Phones:
- Households Reporting: 4,908
- Owners with phone: 3,810
- Owners without phone: 119
- Renters with phone: 883
- Renters without phone: 96
10 closest counties:
- Perry County, Tennessee
- Henderson County, Tennessee
- Hardin County, Tennessee
- Benton County, Tennessee
- Wayne County, Tennessee
- Carroll County, Tennessee
- Chester County, Tennessee
- Humphreys County, Tennessee
- Lewis County, Tennessee
- McNairy County, Tennessee
Data Detail
Zip Codes in county:
38311, 38329, 38363, 38374, 38380
Licensed Broadcast Media Outlets:
- WKJQ-FM (97.3 FM) PARSONS, TN
- WKJQ (1550 AM) PARSONS, TN
- Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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