Rutherford County is located in central Tennessee. The County Seat is Murfreesboro and the largest city is Murfreesboro. The Official Web Site is located at http://rutherfordcountytn.gov/. The 2014 population estimate is 288,906 and the 2010 census population was 262,604. The land area is 619.36 square miles and there are 424 persons per square mile.
80.4% of the population is White, 13.5% is Black or African American, 7% is Hispanic or Latino, 3.2% is Asian, 0.5% is American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.1% is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 2.3% is two or more races. 89.7% have a high school degree or higher, and 28.3% have a Bachelor degree or higher.
The median home value is $159,100, there are 96,731 households, an average of 2.73 persons per household. The per capita income is $25,077, the median household income is $55,401, and 13% of the persons in Rutherford County are considered below poverty level.
The total number of firms, at last estimate, was 20,939. Retail sales (in $1000) were $2,804,294, and sales per capita were $11,588. The percentage of black-owned firms is 6.1%, and the percentage of women-owned firms is 25.3%.
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| Rutherford County Rutherford County, Tennessee official website. |
| Agendas & Minutes Rutherford County Commission meeting Minutes and Agendas. |
| Business Directory Member business directory from the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce. |
| Cemeteries GIS map of cemeteries from the Rutherford County Archives Department. |
| Cemeteries & Interments Searchable index from Find A Grave of cemeteries in Rutherford County, including interment records, dates, gravestone photos, and cemetery maps. |
| Court | Chancery Dockets Chancery Court of Rutherford County daily, motion, orders of protection, Pendente Lite, and child support dockets. |
| Court | Circuit Docket Rutherford County Circuit Court Clerk court calendar. |
| Court | Information Information about the Rutherford County Court Clerks and Chancery, Circuit, Drug, General Sessions, and Juvenile Courts. |
| Drug Offenders Rutherford County drug offender search from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. |
| Genealogy | TNGenWeb Rutherford County genealogy databases from TNGenWeb, including 1804-1881 marriages, indenture bonds, civil war soldiers & sailors, family group sheets, land records, and substantially more. |
| GIS Maps Rutherford County interactive map services. |
| Jobs Employment opportunities with Rutherford County government. |
| Pet Adoptions Rutherford County Pet Adoption and Welfare Services adoptable pets. |
| Placards Find and pay your Rutherford County handicap placard payment online. |
| Property | Assessor Rutherford County Property Assessor real property and property sales records. |
| Property | GIS Rutherford County GIS interactive map parcel records. |
| Recorded Documents Pay Site Find and download digital images of Rutherford County Register of Deeds recorded documents filed since January 1986. Subscription required. |
| Restaurant Inspections Tennessee Department of Health query for Rutherford County restaurant health inspection reports. |
| Sex Offenders Rutherford County and statewide registered offender searches from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. |
| Voters Tennessee Secretary of State voter registration lookup for Rutherford County. |
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