Sevier County, TN

About

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None of the households in Sevier County, TN reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

94.7% of the residents in Sevier County, TN are U.S. citizens.

Most people in Sevier County, TN drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 26.9 minutes. The average car ownership in Sevier County, TN was 2 cars per household.

Sevier County, TN borders Haywood County, NC, Swain County, NC, Blount County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, and Knox County, TN.

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Population & Diversity

Sevier County, TN is home to a population of 98.8k people, from which 94.7% are citizens. As of N/A, N/A% of Sevier County, TN residents were born outside of the country (N/A people).

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Population & Diversity

Citizenship

94.7%

2023 Citizenship

95.6%

2022 Citizenship

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Sevier County, TN compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period

Vietnam
2,433 ± 331
Gulf War (2001-)
1,189 ± 319
Gulf War (1990s)
1,008 ± 252

Sevier County, TN has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 2.05 times greater than any other conflict.

Economy

The economy of Sevier County, TN employs N/A people. The largest industries in Sevier County, TN are Retail Trade (7,309 people), Accommodation & Food Services (7,041 people), and Construction (4,511 people), and the highest paying industries are Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($76,696), Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($63,668), and Utilities ($54,375).

Employment

Occupations

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The most common job groups, by number of people living in Sevier County, TN, are Sales & Related Occupations (6,183 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (6,120 people), and Management Occupations (5,467 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Sevier County, TN.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Tennessee (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

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The most common employment sectors for those who live in Sevier County, TN, are Retail Trade (7,309 people), Accommodation & Food Services (7,041 people), and Construction (4,511 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Sevier County, TN, though some of these residents may live in Sevier County, TN and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

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The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($59,667), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($58,098), and Public Administration ($56,627).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($46,994), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($46,658), and Public Administration ($44,952).

Employment by Industry Sector

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3.15%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 3.29M people employed in Tennessee. This represents a 3.15% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 10.8%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Tennessee.

Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments

285
Retail Trade
198
Retail Trade
170
Accommodation and Food Services

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

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Payroll by Industry Sector

The industries with the highest total annual payroll

$476k
Accommodation and Food Services
$296k
Retail Trade
$178k
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation

The chart shows the total annual payroll and the average annual payroll by industry.

Civics

Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty are the senators currently representing the state of Tennessee. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Tennessee is currently represented by 9 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Tennessee

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Marsha Blackburn

Senator from Tennessee

Assumed office on January 3, 2019

Bill Hagerty

Senator from Tennessee

Assumed office on January 3, 2021

Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty are the senators currently representing Tennessee.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Tennessee over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

US Representative Elections

US Representatives from Tennessee

Tennessee is currently represented by 9 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Tennessee have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

Completions

Awarded Degrees over Time

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Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

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This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

People in Sevier County, TN have an average commute time of 26.9 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Sevier County, TN is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Equity

Income by Location

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The following map shows all of the tracts in Sevier County, TN colored by their Median Household Income (N/A).

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Household Income

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The following chart displays the households in Sevier County, TN distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Sevier County, TN is from Sevier County, TN.

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This chart shows the number of workers in Sevier County, TN across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2023

Drove Alone (78.4%)
Carpooled (12.3%)
Worked At Home (7.1%)

In 2023, 78.4% of workers in Sevier County, TN drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (12.3%) and those who worked at home (7.1%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

26.9 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Sevier County, TN have a longer commute time (26.9 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, 1.49% of the workforce in Sevier County, TN have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Sevier County, TN compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Sevier County, TN distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Sevier County, TN have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

13.6% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Sevier County, TN (13.3k out of 97.4k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 55 - 64, followed by Males 55 - 64 and then Males 6 - 11.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Sevier County, TN is White, followed by Hispanic and Two Or More.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

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The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Sevier County, TN changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

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