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Fentress County, Tennessee has the 11th-fewest violent crimes per 100,000 population (208.3) of the 95 Tennessee counties. That 208.3 compares to an average of 391.1 and standard deviation of 199.1 across those 95 counties.
Beating the average of 391.1 means a decrease of 33.20 violent crimes.
Fentress County, Tennessee has these related standings among those 95 peer counties:
Beating the average of 391.1 means a decrease of 33.20 violent crimes.
Fentress County, Tennessee has these related standings among those 95 peer counties:
- violent crimes per 100,000 population = 208.3 (11th-fewest)
- car crash fatalities per 100,000 population = 19.59 (42nd-most, tied)
- homicides per 100,000 population = 5.740 (33rd-most)
- property crimes per 100,000 population = 2,778 (42nd-most)
- first responders per 1,000 population = 0.260 (4th-fewest)
- population living close to emergency facilities = 18.31% (21st-least)
- per-capita spending on police and fire protection = $111.48 (11th-lowest)
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- violent crimes per 100,000 population. Lower values are better. Violent crime includes murder, manslaughter, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, etc. Source is DOJ 2014. The population estimate is from the 2017 Census.
Fentress County, Tennessee is in Tennessee, is in the Southern states, is rural up-and-coming, is worse than the nationwide crime averages in both property crime and homicides, is worse than the nationwide employment averages in each of labor-force participation, civilian unemployment, job proximity, and new-business growth rate, is better than the nationwide household averages in each of homeownership, overcrowding, internet access, and housing costs, is worse than the nationwide adult-disease averages in each of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, and is better than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of drinking water, airborne cancer risk, air quality, and flood hazard.
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Numeric values:
- median household income ($30,259)
- public-school spending per student ($8,974)
- average weekly wage ($601.00)
- per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($111.48)
- high-school graduation rate (97.50%)
- households with internet access (92.69%)
- homeownership rate (77.3%)
- youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (72.72%)
- land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (72.52%)
- households with utility gas or electric for home heating (65.36%)
- labor-force participation (46.42%)
- racial integration (43.00%)
- 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (42.00%)
- adult obesity (35.90%)
- pre-school enrollment (33.03%)
- heart disease among older adults (31.12%)
- adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (27.20%)
- poverty rate (26.01%)
- households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (25.75%)
- adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (24.29%)
- adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (23.60%)
- teenage birth rate (21.03%)
- older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (20.80%)
- population living close to emergency facilities (18.31%)
- population without health insurance (15.03%)
- population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (14.94%)
- vacant houses (14.36%)
- adult diabetes (12.0%)
- households with no vehicle (9.08%)
- newborns with low birth weight (8.49%)
- unsafe drinking water exposure (7.86%)
- workers who commute 60 minutes or more (7.48%)
- cancer among older adults (7.25%)
- new-business growth rate (7.11%)
- civilian labor-force unemployment (6.3%)
- households that receive public-assistance income (3.29%)
- overcrowded households (2.31%)
- tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (1.23%)
- relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.63%)
- households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (0.31%)
- population without nearby access to a large grocery store (0.21%)
- change in median household value (+0.21%)
- youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (0.00%)
- affordable housing relative to low-income population (-62.67)
- food environment index (7.6)
- jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (1,609)
- local food outlets per 100,000 in population (0.00)
- nonprofits per 100,000 population (22.3)
- variety of industries among available jobs (0.83)
- walkability index (4.13)
- airborne cancer risk per million in population (33.53)
- car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (19.59)
- days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (5.01)
- deaths due to drug overdose, alcohol, or suicide per 100,000 population (61.39)
- homicides per 100,000 population (5.740)
- preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (8,796)
- property crimes per 100,000 population (2,778)
- relative disparity in income among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.46)
- relative disparity in pollution exposure among blacks, hispanics, and other, compared to whites (2.36)
- relative disparity in premature death among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.00)
- risk of developing serious respiratory complications per 10,000 in population (0.83)
- very-hot days per year (4)
- violent crimes per 100,000 population (208.3)
- CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (4.73)
- first responders per 1,000 population (0.260)
- population (18,136)
- primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (50.41)
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