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Carter County, TN

People
Population56,712B01003
Population, 2020 census56,356P1
Median age45.9B01002
Under 1817.7%B01001
65 and over22.8%B01001
Households24,425B11001
Foreign born1.7%B05002
Money
Median household income$50,135B19013
Median family income$67,785B19113
Per capita income$30,064B19301
Poverty rate17.1%B17001
Unemployment rate6.2%B23025
Civilian labor force25,132B23025
Mean commute (minutes)24.3B08013
Education
Bachelor's degree or higher20.6%B15003
Housing
Housing units28,118B25001
Owner-occupied75.2%B25003
Renters24.8%B25003
Median home value$168,200B25077
Median gross rent$739B25064
Race and ethnicity
White, not Hispanic92.8%B03002
Black1.9%B03002
Hispanic or Latino2.5%B03002
Asian0.1%B03002
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%B03002

Figures from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates (table codes link to the same table for this area at data.census.gov) and the 2020 census (P1), via IPUMS NHGIS. Estimates for small areas carry wide margins of error; a tract's figures describe its residents, not any one organization.

Against the state: median household income here is 72% of Tennessee's ($69,595); poverty 17.1% against 13.8%; 0.8% of the state's people live here.

Census tracts

Census Tract 701: 2,155Census Tract 702: 4,438Census Tract 703: 5,661Census Tract 704: 2,356Census Tract 705: 3,753Census Tract 706: 2,672Census Tract 707: 3,468Census Tract 708: 3,076Census Tract 709: 3,899Census Tract 710: 2,386Census Tract 711: 1,715Census Tract 712: 3,705Census Tract 713.01: 3,741Census Tract 713.02: 3,246Census Tract 714: 3,358Census Tract 715: 1,986Census Tract 716: 1,406Census Tract 717: 3,691ElizabethtonValley ForgePine CrestCentralHunterHamptonBiltmoreRoan MountainWataugaZIP 37643: 175 nonprofits, $43,777,549ZIP 37687: 23 nonprofits, $844,862ZIP 37682: 14 nonprofits, $61,733,238ZIP 37658: 12 nonprofits, $4,409,979ZIP 37694: 11 nonprofits, $829,453Population (ACS 2020-2024)up to 2,1552,155 to 3,0763,076 to 3,4683,468 to 3,753over 3,753nonprofits (circle size: how many)

Click an area for its page. Circles are FURP records at their ZIP code's center point, sized by how many. Download this map's areas with their census figures: CSV (center points) · GeoJSON (outlines), ready for Datawrapper, Mapshaper or Google My Maps. Outlines: Census TIGER/Line 2026, simplified.

Places in the county

FURP records in Carter County, TN

RecordsHow manyTotalBiggest
Nonprofits269$120,032,336 revenue (latest return)MILLIGAN UNIVERSITY ($61,430,257)
Nonprofit contractors10$3,745,579 paid by nonprofitsSIDEKICK EXCAVATION ($870,593)
Colleges and schools22,293 enrollmentMilligan University (1,200)
Political committees6CARTER COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Form 5500 plan sponsors6474 plansHERITAGE FAMILY FUNERAL SERVICES, INC. (3)
Open Payments recipients127$1,638,379 industry paymentsJOHN D. GREEN ($877,958)
Patent and trademark owners2478 patents and marksClearTrac Technologies, LLC (17)
Federal award recipients1,095$229,599,868 federal awardsELIZABETHTON HOUSING & DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, INC. ($60,859,319)
State business registrations101TMK SOLUTIONS CORPORATION

Cross-reference: 269 nonprofits for 56,712 residents is 47.4 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $120,032,336 is $2,117 per resident, 9.8% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

#NameTitleOrganizationPayYearTimes the median household income
1ALICIA M CAFFREYPRESIDENTPSYCHOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS COMPANY$273,21420245.4x
2WILLIAM B GREERCHANCELLORMILLIGAN UNIVERSITY$253,50220245.1x
3TERESA ARNOLDPRESIDENT/CENORTHEAST COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION$191,94620243.8x
4ANDREW HULLDIRECTOR-PHYSICIAN ASSISTNMILLIGAN UNIVERSITY$176,02820243.5x
5JAMES D BYRDPresidentRESTORE LIFE USA INC$173,00020183.5x
6DAVID LEVEAUPRESIDENT/CENORTHEAST COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION$164,02320253.3x
7JACQUELINE SMITHVP FOR BUSINESS & FINANCEMILLIGAN UNIVERSITY$162,41120243.2x
8RONDA PAULSONEXECUTIVE DIRECTORISAIAH 117 HOUSE$150,13720253.0x
9RICHARD A HICKSPresidentRESTORE LIFE USA INC$142,10020242.8x
10Lester CraftonBoard MemberOVANOVA GIVES INC$141,64920242.8x

Each person's latest year on a 990 at a nonprofit placed here (reported pay including related organizations and other compensation); people paid under $50,000 are left out. The median household income here is $50,135.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

Colleges and schools: biggest by enrollment

Political committees

Form 5500 plan sponsors: biggest by plans

Open Payments recipients: biggest by industry payments

Patent and trademark owners: biggest by patents and marks

Federal award recipients: biggest by federal awards

All 18 tracts

Every tract with its figures is in the CSV and GeoJSON downloads.

TractPopulationMedian household incomePoverty rateMedian age
Census Tract 7035,661$51,11111.2%46.5
Census Tract 7024,438$57,44110.6%48.0
Census Tract 7093,899$42,60727.1%28.3
Census Tract 7053,753$56,02510.8%46.7
Census Tract 713.013,741$47,42518.9%50.0
Census Tract 7123,705$52,81316.7%41.8
Census Tract 7173,691$55,87821.0%43.9
Census Tract 7073,468$58,43115.7%47.0
Census Tract 7143,358$40,28417.5%44.1
Census Tract 713.023,246$54,62115.1%45.3
Census Tract 7083,076$50,45616.9%41.4
Census Tract 7062,672$44,61318.0%52.2
Census Tract 7102,386$35,66713.1%55.4
Census Tract 7042,356$43,13631.9%34.9
Census Tract 7012,155$30,00030.4%47.1
Census Tract 7151,986$40,34117.1%52.8
Census Tract 7111,715$58,4389.1%51.9
Census Tract 7161,406$53,31317.7%57.0

Census figures are from IPUMS NHGIS: the American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates (ACS table codes shown with each figure) and the 2020 decennial census (Demographic and Housing Characteristics), by state, county, place and census tract. FURP records are placed by ZIP code (the Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county and ZCTA-to-tract relationship files: the county or tract holding most of the ZIP's land) and by city name (Census place names, normalized), so a record's tract is its ZIP's main tract, not its street's. Cite: Jonathan Schroeder, David Van Riper, Steven Manson, Grace Cooper, Zachary Krause, Tracy Kugler, Tsu Zhu, and Steven Ruggles. IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System: Version 21.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS. 2026. http://doi.org/10.18128/D050.V21.0