Tennessee

1. Rhea County Legal Resources
2. Rhea County Statistics
3. Rhea County Property/Housing/Real Estate Information
4. Rhea County Employment Information
5. Rhea County Family Information
6. Rhea County Education Information
7. Rhea County Business Information
8. Rhea County Public Benefits Information
9. Rhea County Criminal Information
10. Rhea County Immigration & Civil Rights Information
11. Rhea County Cities
12. Rhea County Zip Codes

Rhea County Legal Resources

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• US Attorneys [ Knoxville - Main Office | Chattanooga | Greeneville | Johnson City ]
• Public Defenders [ Main Office | Satellite Office | Satellite Office ]
• Bankruptcy Court [ Main Office - Knoxville | Chattanooga | Greeneville ]
• District Court [ Main Office - Knoxville | Chattanooga | Greeneville | Winchester ]
• Probation Office [ Main Office - Knoxville | Chattanooga | Greeneville ]

• Population (2000): 28,400
• Births / Deaths / Infant Deaths (2004): 440 / 351 / 6
• Land Area (2000): 818.272 square kilometers
• Water Area (2000): 52.968 square kilometers
• Farm Area (2002): 61,000.000 acres (246.806 square kilometers)
• Farms (2002): 455
• Farms under 50 acres (2002): 42.00%
• Farms over 500 acres (2002): 4.40%
• Farm earnings (2005): $2,479,000
• Physicians (2004): 12
• Community Hospitals (Beds) (2004): 1 (131)
• Medicare Recipients (2005): 5,564
• Federal Spending (2004): $208,682

Rhea County Population - Urban/Rural

Urban/Rural	Population	Percent
Urban	18,216	31.81%
Rural, Farm	1,389	2.43%
Rural, Non-farm	37,658	65.76%

Rhea County Labor Force By Month

Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
1990	11,178	10,340	838	7.50%	75
1991	11,105	9,836	1,269	11.42%	114
1992	10,556	9,459	1,097	10.39%	104
1993	11,121	9,969	1,152	10.36%	104
1994	11,884	10,831	1,054	8.87%	89
1995	12,141	11,003	1,138	9.38%	94
1996	12,543	11,185	1,358	10.83%	108
1997	11,920	10,740	1,180	9.90%	99
1998	11,886	10,919	966	8.13%	81
1999	12,325	11,596	729	5.91%	59
2000	13,421	12,779	641	4.78%	48
2001	12,855	12,124	732	5.69%	57
2002	12,882	12,129	753	5.85%	59
2003	13,154	12,361	793	6.02%	60
2004	13,331	12,476	855	6.41%	64
2005	13,296	12,397	899	6.76%	68
2006	13,278	12,454	824	6.21%	62
2007	13,061	12,289	771	5.91%	59
2008	13,279	12,297	983	7.40%	74

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1990	11,275	10,462	813	7.21%	72
Feb 1990	11,373	10,438	935	8.22%	82
Mar 1990	11,161	10,316	845	7.57%	76
Apr 1990	11,009	10,261	748	6.79%	68
May 1990	10,832	10,153	679	6.27%	63
Jun 1990	10,921	10,053	868	7.95%	79
Jul 1990	11,063	10,171	892	8.06%	81
Aug 1990	10,941	10,198	743	6.79%	68
Sep 1990	11,303	10,557	746	6.60%	66
Oct 1990	11,406	10,722	684	6.00%	60
Nov 1990	11,519	10,613	906	7.87%	79
Dec 1990	11,331	10,133	1,198	10.57%	106

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1991	11,603	9,992	1,611	13.88%	139
Feb 1991	11,299	9,941	1,358	12.02%	120
Mar 1991	11,020	9,680	1,340	12.16%	122
Apr 1991	11,281	9,803	1,478	13.10%	131
May 1991	10,892	9,748	1,144	10.50%	105
Jun 1991	10,915	9,543	1,372	12.57%	126
Jul 1991	10,882	9,635	1,247	11.46%	115
Aug 1991	11,163	9,965	1,198	10.73%	107
Sep 1991	10,934	9,859	1,075	9.83%	98
Oct 1991	11,185	10,170	1,015	9.07%	91
Nov 1991	11,122	9,921	1,201	10.80%	108
Dec 1991	10,960	9,775	1,185	10.81%	108

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1992	10,505	9,138	1,367	13.01%	130
Feb 1992	10,421	9,121	1,300	12.47%	125
Mar 1992	10,465	9,343	1,122	10.72%	107
Apr 1992	10,324	9,349	975	9.44%	94
May 1992	10,813	9,633	1,180	10.91%	109
Jun 1992	10,736	9,432	1,304	12.15%	121
Jul 1992	10,668	9,557	1,111	10.41%	104
Aug 1992	10,401	9,407	994	9.56%	96
Sep 1992	10,562	9,654	908	8.60%	86
Oct 1992	10,517	9,641	876	8.33%	83
Nov 1992	10,706	9,671	1,035	9.67%	97
Dec 1992	10,555	9,564	991	9.39%	94

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1993	11,144	9,843	1,301	11.67%	117
Feb 1993	11,081	9,786	1,295	11.69%	117
Mar 1993	11,048	9,782	1,266	11.46%	115
Apr 1993	10,947	9,692	1,255	11.46%	115
May 1993	10,866	9,763	1,103	10.15%	102
Jun 1993	11,060	9,796	1,264	11.43%	114
Jul 1993	11,279	9,950	1,329	11.78%	118
Aug 1993	10,906	9,872	1,034	9.48%	95
Sep 1993	11,200	10,192	1,008	9.00%	90
Oct 1993	11,288	10,271	1,017	9.01%	90
Nov 1993	11,392	10,356	1,036	9.09%	91
Dec 1993	11,239	10,328	911	8.11%	81

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1994	11,457	10,318	1,139	9.94%	99
Feb 1994	11,483	10,428	1,055	9.19%	92
Mar 1994	11,513	10,511	1,002	8.70%	87
Apr 1994	11,571	10,620	951	8.22%	82
May 1994	11,792	10,836	956	8.11%	81
Jun 1994	12,268	11,056	1,212	9.88%	99
Jul 1994	12,186	10,942	1,244	10.21%	102
Aug 1994	11,967	10,868	1,099	9.18%	92
Sep 1994	12,000	10,964	1,036	8.63%	86
Oct 1994	12,189	11,213	976	8.01%	80
Nov 1994	12,191	11,176	1,015	8.33%	83
Dec 1994	11,994	11,036	958	7.99%	80

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1995	11,899	10,735	1,164	9.78%	98
Feb 1995	11,821	10,738	1,083	9.16%	92
Mar 1995	11,857	10,716	1,141	9.62%	96
Apr 1995	11,833	10,811	1,022	8.64%	86
May 1995	11,801	10,784	1,017	8.62%	86
Jun 1995	12,099	10,935	1,164	9.62%	96
Jul 1995	12,322	11,264	1,058	8.59%	86
Aug 1995	12,197	11,160	1,037	8.50%	85
Sep 1995	12,262	11,247	1,015	8.28%	83
Oct 1995	12,377	11,304	1,073	8.67%	87
Nov 1995	12,708	11,198	1,510	11.88%	119
Dec 1995	12,517	11,141	1,376	10.99%	110

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1996	12,617	10,998	1,619	12.83%	128
Feb 1996	12,620	10,998	1,622	12.85%	129
Mar 1996	12,945	11,216	1,729	13.36%	134
Apr 1996	12,443	11,075	1,368	10.99%	110
May 1996	12,274	11,084	1,190	9.70%	97
Jun 1996	12,797	11,269	1,528	11.94%	119
Jul 1996	12,801	11,393	1,408	11.00%	110
Aug 1996	12,427	11,310	1,117	8.99%	90
Sep 1996	12,508	11,404	1,104	8.83%	88
Oct 1996	12,364	11,260	1,104	8.93%	89
Nov 1996	12,461	11,151	1,310	10.51%	105
Dec 1996	12,253	11,059	1,194	9.74%	97

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1997	12,435	10,922	1,513	12.17%	122
Feb 1997	12,299	11,007	1,292	10.50%	105
Mar 1997	12,456	11,156	1,300	10.44%	104
Apr 1997	11,845	10,696	1,149	9.70%	97
May 1997	11,738	10,651	1,087	9.26%	93
Jun 1997	11,938	10,552	1,386	11.61%	116
Jul 1997	12,192	10,850	1,342	11.01%	110
Aug 1997	11,599	10,567	1,032	8.90%	89
Sep 1997	11,512	10,565	947	8.23%	82
Oct 1997	11,663	10,648	1,015	8.70%	87
Nov 1997	11,748	10,646	1,102	9.38%	94
Dec 1997	11,610	10,616	994	8.56%	86

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1998	11,911	10,594	1,317	11.06%	111
Feb 1998	11,885	10,730	1,155	9.72%	97
Mar 1998	11,852	10,676	1,176	9.92%	99
Apr 1998	11,680	10,754	926	7.93%	79
May 1998	11,603	10,697	906	7.81%	78
Jun 1998	11,931	10,865	1,066	8.93%	89
Jul 1998	11,857	10,918	939	7.92%	79
Aug 1998	11,633	10,721	912	7.84%	78
Sep 1998	11,772	11,013	759	6.45%	64
Oct 1998	12,163	11,305	858	7.05%	71
Nov 1998	12,069	11,274	795	6.59%	66
Dec 1998	12,270	11,484	786	6.41%	64

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1999	12,189	11,277	912	7.48%	75
Feb 1999	12,136	11,284	852	7.02%	70
Mar 1999	12,091	11,398	693	5.73%	57
Apr 1999	12,070	11,449	621	5.14%	51
May 1999	12,136	11,492	644	5.31%	53
Jun 1999	12,506	11,706	800	6.40%	64
Jul 1999	12,450	11,553	897	7.20%	72
Aug 1999	12,063	11,368	695	5.76%	58
Sep 1999	12,305	11,674	631	5.13%	51
Oct 1999	12,671	12,049	622	4.91%	49
Nov 1999	12,652	11,947	705	5.57%	56
Dec 1999	12,626	11,952	674	5.34%	53

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2000	13,261	12,543	718	5.41%	54
Feb 2000	13,363	12,730	633	4.74%	47
Mar 2000	13,441	12,849	592	4.40%	44
Apr 2000	13,500	12,984	516	3.82%	38
May 2000	13,390	12,851	539	4.03%	40
Jun 2000	13,634	12,986	648	4.75%	48
Jul 2000	13,784	12,867	917	6.65%	67
Aug 2000	13,471	12,783	688	5.11%	51
Sep 2000	13,157	12,578	579	4.40%	44
Oct 2000	13,319	12,753	566	4.25%	42
Nov 2000	13,367	12,687	680	5.09%	51
Dec 2000	13,359	12,739	620	4.64%	46

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2001	13,101	12,318	783	5.98%	60
Feb 2001	13,035	12,346	689	5.29%	53
Mar 2001	13,083	12,430	653	4.99%	50
Apr 2001	12,982	12,411	571	4.40%	44
May 2001	13,024	12,413	611	4.69%	47
Jun 2001	12,616	11,883	733	5.81%	58
Jul 2001	12,821	12,030	791	6.17%	62
Aug 2001	12,760	11,954	806	6.32%	63
Sep 2001	12,782	12,053	729	5.70%	57
Oct 2001	12,699	11,945	754	5.94%	59
Nov 2001	12,647	11,813	834	6.59%	66
Dec 2001	12,714	11,888	826	6.50%	65

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2002	12,725	11,739	986	7.75%	77
Feb 2002	12,742	11,907	835	6.55%	66
Mar 2002	12,682	11,903	779	6.14%	61
Apr 2002	12,733	12,053	680	5.34%	53
May 2002	12,619	11,978	641	5.08%	51
Jun 2002	12,790	11,988	802	6.27%	63
Jul 2002	13,019	12,107	912	7.01%	70
Aug 2002	12,860	12,145	715	5.56%	56
Sep 2002	12,891	12,261	630	4.89%	49
Oct 2002	13,152	12,504	648	4.93%	49
Nov 2002	13,201	12,501	700	5.30%	53
Dec 2002	13,172	12,460	712	5.41%	54

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2003	13,163	12,382	781	5.93%	59
Feb 2003	13,116	12,356	760	5.79%	58
Mar 2003	13,153	12,426	727	5.53%	55
Apr 2003	13,057	12,325	732	5.61%	56
May 2003	12,960	12,270	690	5.32%	53
Jun 2003	12,939	12,074	865	6.69%	67
Jul 2003	13,274	12,278	996	7.50%	75
Aug 2003	13,089	12,283	806	6.16%	62
Sep 2003	13,125	12,398	727	5.54%	55
Oct 2003	13,291	12,531	760	5.72%	57
Nov 2003	13,335	12,503	832	6.24%	62
Dec 2003	13,343	12,509	834	6.25%	63

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2004	13,375	12,423	952	7.12%	71
Feb 2004	13,344	12,491	853	6.39%	64
Mar 2004	13,386	12,483	903	6.75%	67
Apr 2004	13,267	12,492	775	5.84%	58
May 2004	13,249	12,494	755	5.70%	57
Jun 2004	13,483	12,616	867	6.43%	64
Jul 2004	13,505	12,578	927	6.86%	69
Aug 2004	13,399	12,522	877	6.55%	65
Sep 2004	13,246	12,441	805	6.08%	61
Oct 2004	13,230	12,429	801	6.05%	61
Nov 2004	13,226	12,365	861	6.51%	65
Dec 2004	13,266	12,381	885	6.67%	67

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2005	13,183	12,206	977	7.41%	74
Feb 2005	13,221	12,296	925	7.00%	70
Mar 2005	13,229	12,354	875	6.61%	66
Apr 2005	13,195	12,349	846	6.41%	64
May 2005	13,453	12,595	858	6.38%	64
Jun 2005	13,424	12,448	976	7.27%	73
Jul 2005	13,355	12,437	918	6.87%	69
Aug 2005	13,316	12,390	926	6.95%	70
Sep 2005	13,288	12,436	852	6.41%	64
Oct 2005	13,310	12,459	851	6.39%	64
Nov 2005	13,311	12,401	910	6.84%	68
Dec 2005	13,268	12,392	876	6.60%	66

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2006	13,196	12,239	957	7.25%	73
Feb 2006	13,296	12,386	910	6.84%	68
Mar 2006	13,379	12,468	911	6.81%	68
Apr 2006	13,490	12,614	876	6.49%	65
May 2006	13,516	12,691	825	6.10%	61
Jun 2006	13,569	12,662	907	6.68%	67
Jul 2006	13,351	12,510	841	6.30%	63
Aug 2006	13,229	12,447	782	5.91%	59
Sep 2006	13,150	12,473	677	5.15%	51
Oct 2006	13,092	12,422	670	5.12%	51
Nov 2006	13,066	12,290	776	5.94%	59
Dec 2006	12,998	12,243	755	5.81%	58

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2007	12,920	11,926	994	7.69%	77
Feb 2007	12,886	11,950	936	7.26%	73
Mar 2007	12,915	12,068	847	6.56%	66
Apr 2007	12,947	12,256	691	5.34%	53
May 2007	13,037	12,364	673	5.16%	52
Jun 2007	13,079	12,335	744	5.69%	57
Jul 2007	13,082	12,366	716	5.47%	55
Aug 2007	13,082	12,339	743	5.68%	57
Sep 2007	13,113	12,400	713	5.44%	54
Oct 2007	13,179	12,511	668	5.07%	51
Nov 2007	13,250	12,495	755	5.70%	57
Dec 2007	13,237	12,460	777	5.87%	59

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
			Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2008	13,227	12,377	850	6.43%	64
Feb 2008	13,137	12,266	871	6.63%	66
Mar 2008	13,153	12,250	903	6.87%	69
Apr 2008	13,228	12,391	837	6.33%	63
May 2008	13,286	12,372	914	6.88%	69
Jun 2008	13,410	12,279	1,131	8.43%	84
Jul 2008	13,473	12,294	1,179	8.75%	88
Aug 2008	13,267	12,229	1,038	7.82%	78
Sep 2008	13,334	12,211	1,123	8.42%	84
Oct, 2008	--	--	--	--%	--
Nov, 2008	--	--	--	--%	--
Dec, 2008	--	--	--	--%	--

Rhea County Employment By Industry

Male, with percent of employed male population
1.	Furniture and Related Manufacturing	2,056	14.78%
2.	Construction	1,580	11.36%
3.	Utilities	944	6.78%
4.	Accommodation and Food Services	538	3.87%
5.	Textile and Textile Mills Manufacturing	538	3.87%
6.	Educational Services	504	3.62%
7.	Apparel Manufacturing	480	3.45%
8.	Admin, Support, and Waste Management	428	3.08%
9.	Public Administration	428	3.08%
10.	Machinery Manufacturing	426	3.06%
11.	Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	368	2.64%
12.	Truck Transportation	364	2.62%
13.	Electrical Equipment / Appliances / Components Manufacturing	342	2.46%
14.	Food and Beverage Stores	316	2.27%
15.	Metal Manufactuing	302	2.17%
16.	Agriculture / Forestry / Fishing / Hunting	296	2.13%
17.	Miscellaneous Manufacturing	260	1.87%
18.	Religious / Grantmaking / Civic / Similar Organizations	258	1.85%
19.	Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers	246	1.77%
20.	Wood Manufacturing	238	1.71%

Female, with percent of employed female population
1.	Health Care	1,526	13.79%
2.	Educational Services	1,222	11.04%
3.	Furniture and Related Manufacturing	1,086	9.82%
4.	Apparel Manufacturing	976	8.82%
5.	Accommodation and Food Services	668	6.04%
6.	Food and Beverage Stores	480	4.34%
7.	Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	364	3.29%
8.	Finance and Insurance	350	3.16%
9.	Public Administration	348	3.15%
10.	Department and Other General Stores	342	3.09%
11.	Social Assistance	300	2.71%
12.	Textile and Textile Mills Manufacturing	270	2.44%
13.	Professional / Scientific / Tech Services	204	1.84%
14.	Admin, Support, and Waste Management	190	1.72%
15.	Personal and Laundry Services	182	1.64%
16.	Machinery Manufacturing	180	1.63%
17.	Construction	174	1.57%
18.	Religious / Grantmaking / Civic / Similar Organizations	166	1.50%
19.	Electrical Equipment / Appliances / Components Manufacturing	150	1.36%
20.	Pharmacies and Drug Stores	130	1.17%

Rhea County Employment By Job

Male, with percent of employed male population
1.	Other Production Occupations	1,374	9.87%
2.	Textile / Apparel / Furnishings	896	6.44%
3.	Other Installation / Maintenance	800	5.75%
4.	Metal Workers and Plastic Workers	714	5.13%
5.	Assemblers and Fabricators	698	5.02%
6.	Driver / Sales Workers and Truckers	692	4.97%
7.	Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	658	4.73%
8.	Laborers and Material Movers / Handlers	570	4.10%
9.	Recording / Scheduling / Dispatching	556	4.00%
10.	Other Management Occupations	454	3.26%
11.	Other Sales and Related Occupations	394	2.83%
12.	Other Construction Trades	372	2.67%
13.	Vehicle Mechanics	340	2.44%
14.	Electricians	328	2.36%
15.	Carpenters	306	2.20%
16.	Construction Laborers	236	1.70%
17.	Other Office and Admin Support	206	1.48%
18.	Sales Reps / Wholesale and Manufact	196	1.41%
19.	Law Enforcement Workers	190	1.37%
20.	Business Operations Specialists	188	1.35%

Female, with percent of employed female population
1.	Textile / Apparel / Furnishings	1,252	11.32%
2.	Teachers, Pre/Primary School	634	5.73%
3.	Cashiers	614	5.55%
4.	Other Production Occupations	596	5.39%
5.	Other Office and Admin Support	552	4.99%
6.	Secretaries and Admins	378	3.42%
7.	Health Technologists and Technicians	354	3.20%
8.	Assemblers and Fabricators	342	3.09%
9.	Metal Workers and Plastic Workers	338	3.05%
10.	Nursing / Psychiatric / Home Health	324	2.93%
11.	Recording / Scheduling / Dispatching	312	2.82%
12.	Cooks and Food Preparation Workers	294	2.66%
13.	Other Sales and Related Occupations	284	2.57%
14.	Informaion and Record Clerks, Not Customer Service	274	2.48%
15.	Registered Nurses	270	2.44%
16.	Child Care Workers	234	2.11%
17.	Bookkeeping / Accounting / Auditing	228	2.06%
18.	Laborers and Material Movers / Handlers	210	1.90%
19.	Customer Service Representatives	200	1.81%
20.	Waiters and Waitresses	198	1.79%

Rhea County Hours Worked Per Week In 1999

Hours Per Week	Population	Percent
35 or more hours	23,726	52.36%
15-35 hours	3,812	8.41%
1-14 hours	978	2.16%
No regular hours	16,793	37.06%

Rhea County Time Left For Work

Time	Population	Percent
Midnight-4:59 AM	1,453	6.02%
5 AM-5:29 AM	1,686	6.99%
5:30 AM-5:59 AM	1,775	7.36%
6 AM-6:29 AM	2,066	8.56%
6:30 AM-6:59 AM	2,713	11.25%
7 AM-7:29 AM	2,805	11.63%
7:30 AM-7:59 AM	3,253	13.48%
8 AM-8:29 AM	1,307	5.42%
8:30 AM-8:59 AM	674	2.79%
9:00 AM-9:59 AM	678	2.81%
10:00 AM-10:59 AM	328	1.36%
11:00 AM-11:59 AM	183	0.76%
Noon-3:59 PM	3,371	13.97%
4 PM-11:59 PM	1,833	7.60%

Rhea County Length Of Commute In Minutes

Minutes	Population	Percent
Less than 5	946	3.92%
5-9	3,911	16.21%
10-14	4,179	17.32%
15-19	3,683	15.27%
20-24	2,230	9.24%
25-29	825	3.42%
30-34	2,403	9.96%
35-39	618	2.56%
40-44	828	3.43%
45-59	2,462	10.21%
60-89	1,644	6.81%
At least 90	396	1.64%

Rhea County Length Of Commute In Mintues - Public vs. Private Transportation

Minutes	Population (public)	Percent	Population (private)	Percent
Under 30	18	0.07%	15,756	65.31%
30-44	12	0.05%	3,837	15.90%
45-59	22	0.09%	2,440	10.11%
At least 60	8	0.03%	2,032	8.42%

Rhea County Type Of Commute

Type	Population	Percent
Bicycle	8	0.03%
Car / truck / van, carpool	4,325	17.46%
Car / truck / van, solo	19,234	77.65%
Motorcycle	36	0.15%
Other	78	0.31%
Public transportation	60	0.24%
Walked	384	1.55%
Worked at home	645	2.60%

Rhea County Household Income in 1999

Rhea County Household Type

Type	Population	Percent
Nonfamily, 1 person	2,659	23.78%
Family, 2 people	3,773	33.74%
Nonfamily, 2 people	348	3.11%
Family, 3 people	2,037	18.21%
Nonfamily, 3 people	42	0.38%
Family, 4 people	1,556	13.91%
Nonfamily, 4 people	21	0.19%
Family, 5 people	490	4.38%
Nonfamily, 5 people	8	0.07%
Family, 6 people	175	1.56%
Nonfamily, 6 people	2	0.02%
Family, 7 or more people	73	0.65%
Nonfamily, 7 or more people	0	0.00%

Rhea County Household Income Type

Type	Population	Percent
Earnings	16,633	28.90%
Interest / Dividend / Rent	5,587	9.71%
Public Assistance	927	1.61%
Retirement	4,267	7.41%
Self Employment	2,321	4.03%
Social Security	6,716	11.67%
Supplemental Security	1,695	2.95%
Wage / Salary	16,004	27.81%
Other	3,402	5.91%

Rhea County Family Type

Type	Population	Percent
No children under 18	8,105	61.21%
With children under 18	5,137	38.79%

Rhea County Marital Status - Male (for those 15+ in 2000)

Type	Population	Percent
Divorced	2,527	11.48%
Married	14,198	64.49%
Never Married	4,743	21.54%
Widowed	549	2.49%

Rhea County Marital Status - Female (for those 15+ in 2000)

Type	Population	Percent
Divorced	2,536	10.58%
Married	15,335	63.95%
Never Married	3,366	14.04%
Widowed	2,741	11.43%

Rhea County Highest Degree Earned (18 or older)

Degree	Population	Percent
Less than 9th grade	5,614	12.85%
9th-12th grade, no diploma	8,909	20.39%
High school diploma or equivalent	15,283	34.97%
Some college, no degree	8,438	19.31%
Associate degree	1,823	4.17%
Bachelors degree	2,506	5.73%
Graduate or professional degree	1,125	2.57%

Rhea County Population In School (3 or older)

School Level	In Public School	Percent	In Private School	Percent	Total	Percent
Nursery or preschool	455	1.60%	268	0.94%	723	2.55%
Kindergarten	732	2.58%	38	0.13%	770	2.71%
Grades 1-4	3,041	10.71%	48	0.17%	3,089	10.88%
Grades 5-8	2,984	10.51%	258	0.91%	3,242	11.42%
Grades 9-12	2,789	9.82%	200	0.70%	2,989	10.52%
Undergrad college	1,944	6.85%	326	1.15%	2,270	7.99%
Graduate or professional school	112	0.39%	28	0.10%	140	0.49%
Total	12,057	42.45%	1,166	4.11%	13,223	46.56%

Rhea County Businesses Changes By Year

Year - Type	Business Births	Business Deaths	Business Expansions	Business Contractions	Stable Businesses
1999 - Accommodation & Food Services	0	0	0	0	0
1999 - Administrative & Support & Waste Management & remediation serv	2	0	2	2	4
1999 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	2	1	1	0	0
1999 - Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation	0	0	2	0	3
1999 - Construction	4	8	15	12	15
1999 - Educational Services	2	0	1	1	0
1999 - Finance & Insurance	1	2	2	5	15
1999 - Health Care & Social Assistance	2	5	14	9	21
1999 - Information	1	1	3	3	2
1999 - Management Of Companies & Enterprises	0	0	0	0	1
1999 - Manufacturing	5	10	9	9	9
1999 - Mining	0	0	0	2	1
1999 - Other Services (Except Public Administration)	5	7	13	10	23
1999 - Professional, Scientific, & Technical Ssrvices	4	2	3	3	11
1999 - Real Estate & Rental & Leasing	0	2	1	4	6
1999 - Retail Trade	10	8	36	22	26
1999 - Transportation & Warehousing	1	1	4	2	8
1999 - Unclassified	1	1	0	0	0
1999 - Utilities	1	0	0	0	1
1999 - Wholesale Trade	0	2	4	1	7
1999 - Total	41	50	110	85	153
2000 - Accommodation & Food Services	0	0	0	0	0
2000 - Administrative & Support & Waste Management & remediation serv	3	0	2	3	5
2000 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	0	1	1	1	0
2000 - Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation	2	0	1	1	3
2000 - Construction	5	9	14	10	14
2000 - Educational Services	2	0	1	1	2
2000 - Finance & Insurance	2	3	6	5	9
2000 - Health Care & Social Assistance	3	5	10	12	19
2000 - Information	1	0	4	3	2
2000 - Management Of Companies & Enterprises	0	0	0	0	1
2000 - Manufacturing	0	2	14	10	6
2000 - Mining	2	0	2	1	0
2000 - Other Services (Except Public Administration)	4	6	14	14	17
2000 - Professional, Scientific, & Technical Ssrvices	2	2	12	3	4
2000 - Real Estate & Rental & Leasing	3	3	2	2	4
2000 - Retail Trade	13	9	33	25	28
2000 - Transportation & Warehousing	3	4	4	3	4
2000 - Unclassified	0	0	0	0	0
2000 - Utilities	0	0	0	1	1
2000 - Wholesale Trade	1	0	1	2	9
2000 - Total	46	44	121	97	128
2001 - Accommodation & Food Services	0	0	0	0	0
2001 - Administrative & Support & Waste Management & remediation serv	1	3	3	2	5
2001 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	0	0	0	1	1
2001 - Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation	0	0	2	3	2
2001 - Construction	5	6	9	14	15
2001 - Educational Services	0	0	0	0	6
2001 - Finance & Insurance	2	0	6	4	13
2001 - Health Care & Social Assistance	7	2	16	11	15
2001 - Information	0	0	2	6	2
2001 - Management Of Companies & Enterprises	0	0	0	0	1
2001 - Manufacturing	4	3	6	13	8
2001 - Mining	0	0	2	2	1
2001 - Other Services (Except Public Administration)	5	1	16	12	21
2001 - Professional, Scientific, & Technical Ssrvices	4	1	3	8	9
2001 - Real Estate & Rental & Leasing	0	4	2	2	3
2001 - Retail Trade	7	12	24	36	27
2001 - Transportation & Warehousing	5	2	5	2	5
2001 - Unclassified	0	0	0	0	0
2001 - Utilities	0	0	0	1	1
2001 - Wholesale Trade	0	3	1	1	8
2001 - Total	40	37	97	118	143
2002 - Accommodation & Food Services	0	0	0	0	0
2002 - Administrative & Support & Waste Management & remediation serv	2	3	3	0	5
2002 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	0	1	0	1	0
2002 - Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation	0	1	2	3	1
2002 - Construction	7	8	12	10	12
2002 - Educational Services	1	3	0	2	1
2002 - Finance & Insurance	4	2	3	5	15
2002 - Health Care & Social Assistance	9	5	18	10	16
2002 - Information	1	0	0	2	8
2002 - Management Of Companies & Enterprises	0	1	0	0	0
2002 - Manufacturing	5	4	6	13	8
2002 - Mining	1	1	2	2	0
2002 - Other Services (Except Public Administration)	3	5	17	13	18
2002 - Professional, Scientific, & Technical Ssrvices	2	2	7	4	12
2002 - Real Estate & Rental & Leasing	5	0	2	1	4
2002 - Retail Trade	5	11	22	36	26
2002 - Transportation & Warehousing	2	1	5	5	6
2002 - Unclassified	0	0	0	0	0
2002 - Utilities	1	0	0	0	2
2002 - Wholesale Trade	1	0	0	4	6
2002 - Total	49	48	99	111	140
2003 - Accommodation & Food Services	0	0	0	0	0
2003 - Administrative & Support & Waste Management & remediation serv	6	1	3	2	4
2003 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	0	0	1	0	1
2003 - Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation	0	1	1	1	3
2003 - Construction	6	5	10	14	14
2003 - Educational Services	1	0	1	1	2
2003 - Finance & Insurance	3	2	13	4	13
2003 - Health Care & Social Assistance	5	4	23	10	15
2003 - Information	0	2	2	2	5
2003 - Management Of Companies & Enterprises	0	0	0	0	0
2003 - Manufacturing	5	2	12	10	10
2003 - Mining	0	0	2	2	1
2003 - Other Services (Except Public Administration)	5	3	8	15	25
2003 - Professional, Scientific, & Technical Ssrvices	1	2	3	7	14
2003 - Real Estate & Rental & Leasing	2	1	2	2	7
2003 - Retail Trade	7	11	24	22	35
2003 - Transportation & Warehousing	1	2	4	5	8
2003 - Unclassified	0	0	0	0	0
2003 - Utilities	0	0	0	0	3
2003 - Wholesale Trade	2	2	1	4	5
2003 - Total	44	38	110	101	165
2004 - Accommodation & Food Services	0	0	0	0	0
2004 - Administrative & Support & Waste Management & remediation serv	1	0	2	5	10
2004 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	0	0	0	0	2
2004 - Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation	1	0	0	3	2
2004 - Construction	6	7	10	12	16
2004 - Educational Services	4	1	0	1	2
2004 - Finance & Insurance	3	4	9	5	16
2004 - Health Care & Social Assistance	6	2	16	17	18
2004 - Information	0	0	5	1	3
2004 - Management Of Companies & Enterprises	0	0	0	0	0
2004 - Manufacturing	2	7	6	17	7
2004 - Mining	1	0	1	2	2
2004 - Other Services (Except Public Administration)	2	5	11	10	24
2004 - Professional, Scientific, & Technical Ssrvices	1	0	6	2	17
2004 - Real Estate & Rental & Leasing	3	1	1	1	10
2004 - Retail Trade	9	7	33	17	33
2004 - Transportation & Warehousing	2	2	4	4	7
2004 - Unclassified	0	0	0	0	0
2004 - Utilities	0	1	0	0	2
2004 - Wholesale Trade	1	1	4	2	6
2004 - Total	42	38	108	99	177
2005 - Accommodation & Food Services	0	0	0	0	0
2005 - Administrative & Support & Waste Management & remediation serv	4	2	4	4	8
2005 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	1	1	1	0	0
2005 - Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation	1	2	3	0	1
2005 - Construction	7	6	12	11	15
2005 - Educational Services	0	2	3	1	1
2005 - Finance & Insurance	4	0	7	5	21
2005 - Health Care & Social Assistance	5	5	19	16	17
2005 - Information	1	0	3	2	4
2005 - Management Of Companies & Enterprises	0	0	0	0	0
2005 - Manufacturing	1	5	11	11	5
2005 - Mining	0	0	2	2	2
2005 - Other Services (Except Public Administration)	3	3	11	11	20
2005 - Professional, Scientific, & Technical Ssrvices	0	1	5	5	15
2005 - Real Estate & Rental & Leasing	6	5	2	2	6
2005 - Retail Trade	14	11	30	28	24
2005 - Transportation & Warehousing	2	3	3	5	6
2005 - Unclassified	0	0	0	0	0
2005 - Utilities	0	0	0	0	2
2005 - Wholesale Trade	3	2	3	4	4
2005 - Total	52	48	119	107	151

Rhea County Above Or Below Poverty Level In 1999

Above/Below	Population	Percent
At Or Above Poverty Level	47,382	85.40%
Below Poverty Level	8,103	14.60%

Rhea County Government Finances By Year

Year	Property Taxes	Other Taxes	Intergov. Revenue	Utility Revenue	Employee Retirement Revenue	Other Revenue	Total Revenue	Salaries & Wages	Total Debt	Total Cash & Securities
1970	$532	$0	$1,413	$0	$0	$612	$2,557	$1,373	$993	$512
1971	$558	$0	$1,484	$0	$0	$643	$2,685	$1,442	$1,043	$538
1972	$871	$233	$1,835	$0	$0	$804	$3,510	$2,030	$2,080	$2,591
1973	$834	$347	$2,309	$0	$0	$1,259	$4,402	$2,100	$2,028	$2,642
1974	$875	$365	$2,424	$0	$0	$1,322	$4,621	$2,205	$2,028	$2,642
1975	$1,253	$503	$3,903	$0	$0	$2,028	$7,184	$3,087	$3,592	$1,295
1976	$1,477	$531	$3,499	$0	$0	$2,123	$7,099	$2,865	$4,835	$1,486
1977	$1,862	$588	$3,630	$0	$0	$2,225	$7,717	$3,896	$5,185	$1,315
1978	$1,728	$829	$4,526	$0	$0	$3,169	$9,423	$4,354	$5,010	$940
1979	$1,810	$935	$4,373	$0	$0	$3,214	$9,397	$5,083	$4,748	$805
1980	$1,897	$745	$4,926	$0	$0	$4,027	$10,850	$5,239	$8,176	$3,239
1981	$2,400	$791	$5,327	$0	$0	$4,716	$12,443	$6,390	$7,796	$1,089
1982	$2,486	$809	$5,317	$0	$0	$5,597	$13,400	$6,917	$7,394	$634
1983	$2,799	$1,125	$5,330	$0	$0	$6,159	$14,288	$7,263	$10,577	$3,612
1984	$2,799	$1,365	$5,330	$0	$0	$6,701	$14,830	$7,743	$7,316	$1,240
1985	$2,650	$1,765	$6,183	$0	$0	$7,121	$15,954	$7,700	$8,422	$2,346
1986	$3,277	$1,930	$7,455	$0	$0	$6,389	$17,121	$9,901	$12,103	$2,912
1987	$3,650	$1,378	$7,921	$0	$0	$5,655	$17,226	$10,693	$10,838	$2,438
1988	$3,790	$1,517	$8,136	$0	$0	$6,264	$18,190	$9,894	$9,974	$2,605
1989	$3,979	$1,570	$8,543	$0	$0	$6,732	$19,254	$10,389	$8,672	$2,735
1990	$4,122	$1,626	$8,850	$0	$0	$6,976	$19,948	$10,763	$6,864	$2,735
1991	$4,359	$2,439	$8,970	$0	$0	$8,860	$22,189	$10,908	$12,588	$3,847
1992	$4,577	$2,631	$9,741	$0	$0	$9,581	$23,899	$11,453	$12,768	$10,739
1993	$1,178	$571	$267	$0	$0	$1,141	$2,586	$1,216	$11,240	$0
1994	$4,964	$3,035	$12,898	$0	$0	$13,260	$31,122	$14,195	$14,784	$7,310
1995	$4,953	$2,611	$15,222	$0	$0	$13,489	$33,664	$14,905	$13,993	$8,195
1996	$5,062	$2,668	$16,252	$0	$0	$13,806	$35,120	$15,233	$22,653	$8,451
1997	$5,504	$3,862	$16,100	$0	$0	$15,817	$37,421	$15,690	$16,747	$13,087
1998	$5,653	$3,811	$16,530	$0	$0	$18,288	$40,471	$17,024	$17,157	$13,812
1999	$6,072	$3,676	$16,274	$0	$0	$20,426	$42,772	$16,357	$13,267	$11,146
2000	$5,830	$3,529	$17,902	$0	$0	$21,963	$45,695	$17,102	$7,505	$11,204
2001	$6,491	$2,337	$18,257	$0	$0	$16,124	$40,872	$19,560	$12,294	$9,193
2002	$6,613	$3,936	$18,525	$0	$0	$19,041	$44,179	$21,896	$22,868	$17,165
2003	$6,832	$2,569	$19,018	$0	$0	$20,259	$46,109	$22,553	$21,223	$11,791
2004	$3,488	$2,873	$20,240	$0	$0	$22,395	$46,123	$23,140	$21,198	$9,985
2005	$7,208	$5,188	$22,562	$0	$0	$22,364	$52,134	$23,834	$17,116	$9,416
2006	$8,333	$5,797	$23,951	$0	$0	$23,758	$56,042	$27,241	$16,491	$11,139

Year	Education	Financial Control	Public Buildings	Public Health	Transportation	Parks & Recreation	Total Expenses
	Protective Services	Welfare	Interest On General Debt	Utilities	Employee Retirement	Other
1970	$1,320	$90	$19	$379	$334	$0	$2,255
	$25	$9	$46	$0	$0	$33
1971	$1,385	$95	$20	$398	$351	$0	$2,367
	$27	$9	$48	$0	$0	$34
1972	$2,032	$85	$46	$681	$381	$0	$3,500
	$45	$23	$25	$0	$0	$182
1973	$2,809	$138	$38	$929	$389	$4	$4,773
	$65	$25	$110	$0	$0	$266
1974	$2,950	$145	$40	$975	$409	$5	$5,012
	$68	$27	$115	$0	$0	$278
1975	$5,018	$183	$21	$1,514	$812	$0	$8,232
	$118	$8	$195	$0	$0	$363
1976	$3,896	$230	$49	$2,715	$504	$0	$8,096
	$124	$5	$197	$0	$0	$376
1977	$4,251	$300	$230	$1,538	$815	$0	$8,054
	$157	$4	$259	$0	$0	$500
1978	$4,568	$267	$476	$2,491	$802	$0	$9,803
	$212	$4	$300	$0	$0	$683
1979	$5,018	$344	$400	$2,970	$722	$0	$10,565
	$195	$90	$256	$0	$0	$570
1980	$6,239	$272	$54	$3,071	$725	$0	$11,748
	$399	$4	$247	$0	$0	$737
1981	$7,053	$360	$60	$3,725	$662	$0	$13,345
	$339	$4	$526	$0	$0	$616
1982	$6,470	$458	$63	$4,757	$664	$0	$13,987
	$340	$4	$617	$0	$0	$614
1983	$6,558	$455	$66	$5,520	$584	$0	$14,987
	$401	$4	$574	$0	$0	$825
1984	$6,734	$464	$68	$5,937	$767	$0	$16,238
	$455	$80	$726	$0	$0	$1,007
1985	$9,616	$514	$78	$5,747	$979	$0	$19,631
	$517	$88	$724	$0	$0	$1,368
1986	$8,858	$422	$105	$5,352	$1,216	$0	$18,995
	$561	$73	$992	$0	$0	$1,416
1987	$9,331	$533	$225	$4,755	$1,105	$0	$19,022
	$558	$4	$716	$0	$0	$1,795
1988	$9,472	$595	$209	$4,819	$997	$0	$19,031
	$487	$5	$786	$0	$0	$1,661
1989	$10,121	$548	$316	$6,003	$1,046	$0	$20,996
	$560	$4	$597	$0	$0	$1,801
1990	$10,370	$568	$327	$6,219	$1,084	$0	$21,614
	$580	$4	$597	$0	$0	$1,865
1991	$11,003	$677	$323	$3,713	$1,099	$0	$19,950
	$511	$5	$460	$0	$0	$2,159
1992	$11,017	$750	$387	$8,527	$1,607	$0	$25,579
	$518	$4	$621	$0	$0	$2,148
1993	$11,435	$844	$103	$137	$0	$0	$14,128
	$607	$5	$0	$0	$0	$997
1994	$13,512	$943	$104	$10,842	$1,395	$0	$30,963
	$720	$4	$898	$0	$0	$2,545
1995	$13,739	$1,051	$161	$10,245	$3,401	$0	$33,300
	$797	$4	$778	$0	$0	$3,124
1996	$15,168	$1,024	$185	$10,266	$3,097	$0	$34,399
	$810	$4	$795	$0	$0	$3,050
1997	$16,719	$1,174	$153	$13,030	$2,037	$0	$39,703
	$683	$5	$713	$0	$0	$5,189
1998	$16,856	$1,306	$1,996	$14,530	$1,655	$51	$43,443
	$762	$4	$848	$0	$0	$5,435
1999	$18,354	$1,489	$575	$13,350	$2,222	$0	$43,067
	$840	$38	$889	$0	$0	$5,310
2000	$19,467	$1,547	$571	$13,876	$2,176	$0	$44,936
	$873	$39	$926	$0	$0	$5,461
2001	$21,083	$2,198	$427	$12,174	$1,035	$38	$46,389
	$1,074	$2	$493	$0	$0	$7,865
2002	$18,887	$1,777	$158	$13,542	$1,628	$77	$42,474
	$1,020	$1	$807	$0	$0	$4,577
2003	$25,796	$1,931	$161	$14,840	$2,353	$0	$51,841
	$920	$65	$1,016	$0	$0	$4,759
2004	$26,112	$1,721	$544	$16,321	$1,639	$0	$52,770
	$1,201	$2	$879	$0	$0	$4,351
2005	$25,867	$1,918	$530	$16,048	$1,773	$0	$54,088
	$1,160	$0	$820	$0	$0	$5,972
2006	$27,911	$2,350	$539	$16,788	$2,747	$66	$59,159
	$1,589	$2	$760	$0	$0	$6,407

Rhea County Population By Age

Rhea County Population - Male/Female

Male/Female	Population	Percent
Male	13,785	48.54%
Female	14,615	51.46%

Rhea County Population By Ethnicity

Ethnicity	Population	Percent
Caucasian	26,880	94.65%
African-American	564	1.99%
Hispanic/Latino	474	1.67%
Multiracial	270	0.95%
Amerindian	107	0.38%
Asian	83	0.29%
Other Race	14	0.05%
Pacific Islander	8	0.03%

Rhea County Top Specified Ancestries

Rank	Ancestry	Population	Percent Of Specified Ancestries
1.	United States Or American	12,670	38.50%
2.	Irish	5,178	15.73%
3.	German	4,763	14.47%
4.	English	4,519	13.73%
5.	Dutch	1,177	3.58%
6.	Scottish	853	2.59%
7.	Scotch Irish	841	2.56%
8.	Italian	504	1.53%
9.	French Non-Basque	496	1.51%
10.	Polish	306	0.93%

Rhea County Top Languages Spoken At Home

Rank	Language	Population	Percent Of Reported Languages
1.	Only English	52,316	97.32%
2.	Spanish Or Spanish Creole	1,018	1.89%
3.	German	198	0.37%
4.	French	62	0.12%
5.	Mon Khmer / Cambodian	56	0.10%
6.	Korean	46	0.09%
7.	Hebrew	20	0.04%
8.	Japanese	16	0.03%
9.	Italian	14	0.03%
10.	Portuguese / Portuguese Creole	12	0.02%

Rhea County Citizen Type

Type	Population	Percent
Citizen by birth	56,517	98.70%
Naturalized immigrant	316	0.55%
Not a citizen	430	0.75%