Macon

People QuickFacts County

Population, 2003 estimate 21,023

Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003

3.1%

Population, 2000
20,386

Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000

28.2%

Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000

7.1%

Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000

26.1%

Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000

12.7%

Female persons, percent, 2000

50.6%

White persons, percent, 2000 (a)

97.9%

Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)

0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent,
2000 (a) 0.4%

Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)

0.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000
(a) 0.1%

Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)

0.8%

Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000

0.4%

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)

1.7%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent,
2000 97.0%

Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000
57.6%

Foreign born persons, percent, 2000

1.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+,
2000 3.0%

High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000

60.2%

Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000

5.6%

Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000

5,122
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+,
2000 31.1

Housing units, 2002

9,123

Homeownership rate, 2000

78.6%

Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000

5.8%

Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000

$67,700

Households, 2000
7,916

Persons per household, 2000

2.55

Median household income, 1999

$29,867

Per capita money income, 1999

$15,286
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999
15.1%

Macon
Business QuickFacts County
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees,
2001 320

Private nonfarm employment, 2001

3,795

Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001

-6.9%

Nonemployer establishments, 2000

1,455

Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)

80,147

Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)

89,283

Retail sales per capita, 1997

$5,010

Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997

F

Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997

12.8%

Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002

24

Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)

97,771

Macon
Geography QuickFacts County
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 307
 Persons per square mile, 2000
66.4

Metropolitan Area
None

Red Boiling Springs is a city of just over 1,000 people nestled in a beautiful valley in
Macon County, Tennessee.

The population of Red Boiling Springs, at the time of the 2000 census, was 1,023.

7% of Red Boiling Springs residents age 25 and older have a bachelor's or advanced
college degree.

At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Red Boiling Springs was
$14,274, compared with $21,587 nationally.

10% of Red Boiling Springs residents report German ancestry, and 8% report Irish.

The average commute time for Red Boiling Springs workers is 29 minutes, compared
with 26 minutes nationwide.

Red Boiling Springs is blessed with healing mineral water.

2000 CENSUS DATA

RED BOILING SPRINGS TN US

POPULATION
 Number Number Number

Total population 1,023

Square miles (land) 1.42

Population per square mile 719.81 138.03 79.56

GENDER

Number Pct Pct Pct

Male 439 42.9 48.7 49.1

Female 584 57.1 51.3 50.9

AGE

Number Pct Pct Pct

15 or younger 185 18.1 20.5 21.4

16-24 114 11.1 13.7 13.9

25-44 235 23.0 30.2 30.2

45-64 248 24.2 23.2 22.0

65+ 241 23.6 12.4 12.4

Number Number Number

Average age (years) 43.57 36.67 36.22

RACE AND ETHNICITY

Number Pct Pct Pct

White 1,004 98.1 80.2 75.1

Black or African American 0 0.0 16.4 12.3

American Indian and Alaska native 3 0.3 0.3 0.9

Asian 1 0.1 1.0 3.6

Native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0 0.0 0.0 0.1

Some other race 3 0.3 1.0 5.5

Two or more races 12 1.2 1.1 2.4

Hispanic or Latino 13 1.3 2.2 12.5