- State:TennesseeCounty:Blount CountyZips:37802,37878,37886,37853,37737,37882,37777,37803,37701,37804,37801Coordinates:35.68720380837621, -83.92553947639328Area total:566.60 sq. mi., 1467.50 sq. km, 362625.92 acresArea land:558.82 sq. mi., 1447.34 sq. km, 357644.80 acresArea water:7.78 sq. mi., 20.16 sq. km, 4981.12 acresEstablished:1795Capital seat:
Maryville
Address: 341 Court St
County Courthouse
Maryville, TN 37804-5906
Governing Body: Board of Commissioners with 21 board size
Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule
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Blount County, Tennessee, United States
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- Population:135,280; Population change: 9.97% (2010 - 2020)Population density:242 persons per square mileHousehold income:$46,528Households:49,938Unemployment rate:6.40% per 63,505 county labor force
- Sales taxes:9.25%GDP:$5.22 B, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Blount County's population of Tennessee of 33,989 residents in 1930 has increased 3,98-fold to 135,280 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 51.32% female residents and 48.68% male residents live in as of 2020, 63.70% in Blount County, Tennessee are married and the remaining 36.30% are single population.
As of 2020, 63.70% in Blount County, Tennessee are married and the remaining 36.30% are single population.
- Housing units:59,776 residential units of which 91.54% share occupied residential units.
25.9 minutes is the average time that residents in Blount County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
84.33% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 10.36% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 0.24% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 2.45% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Blount County, Tennessee 70.37% are owner-occupied homes, another 21.43% are rented apartments, and the remaining 8.19% are vacant.
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The 58.98% of the population in Blount County, Tennessee who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 68.880%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 29.530%) of those eligible to vote in Blount County, Tennessee.
