DIVERSITY

There are 32.7k people living in Rhea County, Tennessee, and 98 percent of them are citizens. In Rhea County, Tennessee, 2.61 percent of persons were foreign-born as of 2019. (855 people).

Rhea County, Tennessee has 29.6k more White (non-Hispanic) residents in 2019 than any other race or ethnicity. The second and third most prevalent ethnic groupings were 1.26k White (Hispanic) and 741 Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) inhabitants.

Ethnicity and Race

In Rhea County, Tennessee, White (non-Hispanic) persons made up 29.6k of the population in 2019, which was 23.5 times greater than any other racial or ethnic group. The second and third most prevalent ethnic groupings were 1.26k White (Hispanic) and 741 Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) inhabitants.

In Rhea County, Tennessee, 4.95 percent of the population is Hispanic (1.62k people).

Population Born Abroad

2.61 percent of the 855 residents of Rhea County, Tennessee, were foreign-born as of 2019, which is less than the 13.7 percent national average. Rhea County, Tennessee has 2.86 percent of residents who were foreign-born in 2018, indicating that the rate has been dropping.

By Nativity, Age

In Rhea County, Tennessee, everyone's median age in 2019 was 38.9. The median age of citizens of the United States was 39, which was generally older than the median age of residents of other countries, which was 35. However, the population of Rhea County, Tennessee, is getting younger. The average age of all people living in Rhea County, Tennessee, in 2018 was 40.

Worldwide Diversity

Mexico accounted for 90,080 of Tennessee's foreign-born residents' birthplaces in 2019, followed by India with 22,725 and Guatemala with 14,922 persons each.

Citizenship

Rhea County, Tennessee's population of 98 percent US citizens as of 2019 is greater than the 93.4 percent national average. Rhea County, Tennessee had 97.9 percent US citizens in 2018, indicating that the rate of citizenship has been rising.

Veterans

Veterans Rhea County, Tennessee, has 2.81 times more military people than any other conflict who served in Vietnam.

ECONOMY

In Rhea County, Tennessee, the average household income is $42,206. In Rhea County, Tennessee, Census Tract 9754.02 had the highest Median Household Income in 2019 with a value of $57,798, followed by Census Tracts 9752 and 9751 with values of $55,750 and $42,373, respectively.

The average salary of men in Tennessee is $1.37 times greater than that of women, who earn $45,164 on average. Tennessee's income inequality, as determined by the Gini index, is lower than the national average at 0.465.

13.1k persons are employed in the Rhea County, Tennessee economy. Manufacturing (2,768 people), retail trade (1,392 people), health care & social assistance (1,354 people), and manufacturing are the three largest industries in Rhea County, Tennessee. Utilities ($74,955), information ($61,429), and transportation & warehousing, & utilities ($54,902) are the three highest-paying industries.