Income and Poverty: 1999

Geographic area


Median income
in 1999 (dollars)


Per
capita
income
in
1999
(dollars)


Median earnings in
1999 of full-time,
year-round
workers (dollars)


Income in 1999 below poverty level


House-
holds


Families


Male


Female


Percent of population
for whom poverty
status is determined


Percent
of
families


All
ages


Related
children
under
18
years


65
years
and
over

Tennessee

36,360 43,517 19,393 32,313 23,978 13.5 17.6 13.5 10.3

COUNTY

Blount County

37,862 45,038 19,416 31,877 23,007 9.7 12.3 9.1 7.3

Knox County

37,454 49,182 21,875 35,755 25,140 12.6 14.5 9.7 8.4

Sevier County

34,719 40,474 18,064 27,139 20,646 10.7 13.1 10.1 8.2
(X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P53, P77, P82, P87, P90, PCT47, and PCT52.