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Polk County, Tennessee, TN
Overview for Polk County, TN
Part of: Cleveland TN, Metropolitan Area
Part of: Chattanooga-Cleveland-Athens TN-GA, Combined Statistical Area
Polk County is one of about 3,141 counties and county equivalents in the United States. It has 435.1 sq. miles in land area and a population density of 36.6 per square mile. In the last three decades of the 1900s its population grew by 37.5%. On the 2000 census form, 99.0% of the population reported only one race, with 0.1% of these reporting African-American. The population of this county is 0.7% Hispanic (of any race). The average household size is 2.46 persons compared to an average family size of 2.89 persons.
H.S. Diploma or More - % of Adults 25+ (2000) 62.2 Finance and Insurance - % all jobs in County D
Bachelor's Deg. or More - % of Adults 25+ (2000) 7.5 Average wage per job D