Carter County is located in northeastern Tennessee. The County Seat is Elizabethton and the largest city is Elizabethton. The Official Web Site is located at http://www.cartercountytn.gov/. The 2014 population estimate is 56,886 and the 2010 census population was 57,424. The land area is 341.20 square miles and there are 168.3 persons per square mile.
96.8% of the population is White, 1.5% is Black or African American, 1.6% is Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% is Asian, 0.2% is American Indian or Alaska Native, 0% is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 1.2% is two or more races. 79.8% have a high school degree or higher, and 15.8% have a Bachelor degree or higher.
The median home value is $101,100, there are 24,079 households, an average of 2.32 persons per household. The per capita income is $19,018, the median household income is $31,842, and 22.9% of the persons in Carter County are considered below poverty level.
The total number of firms, at last estimate, was 3,938. Retail sales (in $1000) were $461,274, and sales per capita were $7,826. The percentage of black-owned firms is 0%, and the percentage of women-owned firms is 16.2%.
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