DIVERSITY

There are 6.76k people living in La Follette, Tennessee, and 99.7% of them are citizens. In 2020, there were 0.399% foreign-born persons living in La Follette, Tennessee (27 people).

White (non-Hispanic) citizens made up 6.41k of the city's population in 2020, which was 46.1 times greater than any other race or ethnicity. The second and third most prevalent ethnic groups were represented by 139 Two+ (Non-Hispanic) and 95 Other (Hispanic) inhabitants.

Ethnicity and Race

La Follette, Tennessee had 6.41k more White (Non-Hispanic) residents in 2020 than any other race or ethnicity. The second and third most prevalent ethnic groups, Two+ (Non-Hispanic) and Other (Hispanic), had 139 and 95 residents, respectively.

Hispanics make up 2.84% of the population in La Follette, Tennessee (192 people).

Other Language Speakers

The percentage of people who speak a language other than English in Tennessee is 7.57 percent, which is lower than the national average of 22 percent.

In Tennessee in 2019, Spanish was the non-English language that was spoken there the most. Of Tennessee's entire population, 4.47 percent are native Spanish speakers. Arabic (0.402%) and Chinese (0.255%) are the next two most often spoken languages (including Mandarin and Cantonese).

Population Born Abroad

In comparison to the national average of 13.5%, just 27 out of 0.399% of La Follette, Tennessee citizens were born abroad in 2020. La Follette, Tennessee had 0.525% of residents who were foreign-born in 2019, indicating a declining rate.

By Nativity, Age

The average age of all residents in La Follette, Tennessee, was 39.4 in 2020. With a median age of 40, residents who were born in the country were typically older than those who were born abroad, who had a median age of 8. But the population of La Follette, Tennessee, is getting younger. The median age for residents of La Follette, Tennessee in 2019 was 45.

Worldwide Diversity

Mexico accounted for 88,072 of Tennessee's foreign-born residents' birthplaces in 2020, followed by India with 23,811 and Guatemala with 14,944 of these residents.

Citizenship

The percentage of US citizens living in La Follette, Tennessee as of 2020 was 99.7%, greater than the 93.4% national average. La Follette, Tennessee, has 99.6% of its population who were US citizens in 2019, indicating that the country's citizenship rate has been rising.

Veterans

The Gulf War (2001-) has the highest concentration of military soldiers in La Follette, Tennessee (1.08 times more than any other conflict).

ECONOMY

The average income for men in Tennessee is $1.37 times greater than the average income for women, which is $46,310. Tennessee has lower income inequality than the rest of the country (as determined by the Gini index), at 0.463.

2.32k persons are employed in the La Follette, Tennessee economy. Manufacturing (583 people), Accommodation & Food Services (398 people), and Retail Trade (293 people) employ the most people in La Follette, Tennessee. Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation ($82,649), Transportation & Warehousing ($58,090), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($57,604) pay the highest wages.