DeKalb County, Tennessee (TN)

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• • 17,74186.0%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,8208.8%Hispanic or Latino
  • 5842.8%Two or more races
  • 3121.5%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 930.5%Asian alone
  • 470.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 260.1%Some other race alone

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 2
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 11
• Burglaries: 29
• Thefts: 57
• Auto thefts: 17

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 2
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 11
• Burglaries: 24
• Thefts: 53
• Auto thefts: 23

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $663 (0.3%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $794 (0.4%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in DeKalb County is $383 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $460 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $664 a month.

Cities in this county include: Underhill, Smithville, Alexandria, Liberty, Dowelltown.

2023 air pollution in DeKalb County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.034 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Bledsoe County , Beaufort County, North Carolina , Caldwell County, North Carolina , Dickson County , Fulton County, Arkansas , Randolph County, Arkansas .

Current college students: 389
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 81.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 20.4%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,215 (18.5% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 3212010 or later
• 6012000 to 2009
• 2211990 to 1999
• 771980 to 1989
• 171970 to 1979
• 24Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 99.7%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 7,479
• One, attached: 169
• Two: 294
• 3 or 4: 268
• 5 to 9: 68
• 10 to 19: 165
• 50 or more: 38
• Mobile homes: 1,621
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 17

Housing units in DeKalb County with a mortgage: 3,268 (267 second mortgage, 17 home equity loan, 250 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 99

Religion statistics for DeKalb County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in DeKalb County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Tennessee Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4514, Natural disaster type: Other
• Tennessee Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides, Incident Period: February 19, 2019 - March 30, 2019, FEMA Id: 4427, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• Tennessee Severe Winter Storm and Flooding, Incident Period: February 15, 2015 to February 23, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4211: April 02, 2015, FEMA Id: 4211, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Flood
• Tennessee Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: February 29, 2012 to March 02, 2012, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4060: March 16, 2012, FEMA Id: 4060, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Tennessee Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes, Incident Period: April 30, 2010 to May 18, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1909: May 04, 2010, FEMA Id: 1909, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Tennessee Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3217: September 05, 2005, FEMA Id: 3217, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Tennessee Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding, Incident Period: May 04, 2003 to May 30, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1464: May 08, 2003, FEMA Id: 1464, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Tennessee Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: January 23, 2002 to March 20, 2002, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1408: April 05, 2002, FEMA Id: 1408, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Tennessee Winter Storm, Incident Period: December 23, 1998 to December 29, 1998, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1260: January 15, 1999, FEMA Id: 1260, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Tennessee Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: January 06, 1998 to February 12, 1998, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1197: January 13, 1998, FEMA Id: 1197, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 5 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

9.66% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($52,413 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
7.49% relocated from other counties in Tennessee ($39,214 average AGI)
2.16% relocated from other states ($13,199 average AGI)

DeKalb County:	2.16%
Tennessee average:	4.34%

from Wilson County, TN	1.31% ($54,247 average AGI)
from Rutherford County, TN	1.17% ($54,793)
from Warren County, TN	0.85% ($29,778)
from Davidson County, TN	0.80% ($63,102)
from Putnam County, TN	0.65% ($39,979)
from Smith County, TN	0.35% ($41,885)
from Cannon County, TN	0.34% ($29,960)

7.42% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($41,694 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.78% relocated to other counties in Tennessee ($33,224 average AGI)
1.63% relocated to other states ($8,470 average AGI)

DeKalb County:	1.63%
Tennessee average:	3.20%

to Warren County, TN	0.82% ($29,407 average AGI)
to Wilson County, TN	0.79% ($40,526)
to Putnam County, TN	0.76% ($43,727)
to Rutherford County, TN	0.60% ($41,605)
to Smith County, TN	0.46% ($45,242)
to White County, TN	0.46% ($35,909)
to Davidson County, TN	0.32% ($107,304)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.9

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 11.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 12.8

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.3

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in DeKalb County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 3,985 (1,018 living alone), Female householders: 4,787 (1,195 living alone)

• 4,511 spouses (4,335 opposite-sex spouses), 729 unmarried partners, (676 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 4,356 children (3,958 natural, 264 adopted, 140 stepchildren), 801 grandchildren, 342 brothers or sisters, 78 parents, 0 foster children, 452 other relatives, 362 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 328

Size of family households: 3,048 2-persons, 1,160 3-persons, 860 4-persons, 588 5-persons, 89 6-persons, 212 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,213 1-person, 560 2-persons, 12 3-persons, 33 4-persons, 9 5-persons.

2,441 married couples with children.
753 single-parent households (413 men, 340 women).

92.8% of residents of DeKalb speak English at home.
6.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (16% speak English very well, 84% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $118,464,000 ($6,504 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $5,246,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $45,646,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $29,535,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $5,629,000
Federal grants: $31,185,000
Federal procurement contracts: $4,016,000 ($3,296,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $2,452,000 ($65,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $329,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $3,031,000
Federal Government insurance: $42,510,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.27 millions of gallons per day (6% from ground, 94% from surface)

• Year house built in DeKalb County, Tennessee
• 612020 or later
• 8052010 to 2019
• 1,8772000 to 2009
• 1,5981990 to 1999
• 1,1501980 to 1989
• 2,0261970 to 1979
• 1,0431960 to 1969
• 6091950 to 1959
• 1911940 to 1949
• 5701939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in DeKalb County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in DeKalb County, Tennessee
• 221 room
• 132 rooms
• 2523 rooms
• 4124 rooms
• 1,3755 rooms
• 1,3866 rooms
• 1,1217 rooms
• 7138 rooms
• 7429+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in DeKalb County, Tennessee
• 2111 room
• 432 rooms
• 3553 rooms
• 8044 rooms
• 4855 rooms
• 6416 rooms
• 287 rooms
• 678 rooms
• 749+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in DeKalb County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in DeKalb County, Tennessee
• 26no bedroom
• 641 bedroom
• 1,1082 bedrooms
• 3,8823 bedrooms
• 7294 bedrooms
• 2025+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in DeKalb County, Tennessee
• 217no bedroom
• 2141 bedroom
• 1,1652 bedrooms
• 9303 bedrooms
• 1574 bedrooms
• 435+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in DeKalb County, Tennessee in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in DeKalb County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 264no vehicle
• 9701 vehicle
• 2,7312 vehicles
• 1,2993 vehicles
• 4374 vehicles
• 3485+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in DeKalb County in renter-occupied apartments
• 464no vehicle
• 1,2731 vehicle
• 7562 vehicles
• 1813 vehicles
• 414 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

90.9% of DeKalb County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 21% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in Tennessee.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 13,193
• Other state: 6,004
• Northeast: 612
• Midwest: 2,298
• South: 2,572
• West: 482

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 610
• Number of aged recipients: 78
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 532
• Number of recipients under 18: 53
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 394
• Number of recipients older than 64: 163
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 279
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 241