Hancock County, Tennessee
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State Health Department
- Tennessee Department of Health: 3rd Floor Cordell Hull Building, Nashville
( Kenneth Robinson: 615-741-3111 / kenneth.s.robinson@state.tn.us)
Local Health Departments
- Hancock County Health Department: PO Box 267, Sneedville
( Susan Venable: 423-733-2228 / venables@mail.state.tn.us)
Population:
- Total Population: 6,786
- Males: 3,307
- Females: 3,479
Ethnicity:
- White: 6,573
- Black/African American: 33
- Hispanic: 30
- Native American/Eskimo: 4
- Asian: 26
- Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 0
- Other: 19
- 2 or more: 101
Top 5 Languages spoken at home:
- English only (6,335)
- Spanish (55)
- German (15)
- French (10)
Top 7 Countries of Origin for Immigrants
Total Reported: 17
- India (13)
- Spain (4)
- Belarus (0)
- Afghanistan (0)
- Malaysia (0)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (0)
- Laos (0)
Top 5 Religions by Adherents:
- Southern Baptist Convention (6,524)
- Primitive Baptists, Eastern District Association of (908)
- United Methodist Church, The (113)
- Church of God of Prophecy (61)
- Evangelical Covenant Church, The (49)
Migrant Health Clinics
Disabilities:
- Total Reported: 4,127
- Sensory: 476
- Physical: 1,167
- Mental: 667
- Self-care: 375
- Go outside home: 667
- Employment: 784
Grandparents as caregivers
Grandparents as caregivers: 47
Heating fuel:
- Total Reported: 2,769
- Utility gas: 7
- Bottled or LP gas: 359
- Electricity: 1,359
- Fuel oil, kerosene: 238
- Coal or Coke: 201
- Wood: 572
- Solar Energy: 2
- Other fuel: 27
- No fuel used: 4
Vehicles available:
- Total Reported: 5,465
- No vehicle: 757
- 1 or more vehicle: 4,708
Education Attainment:
- No School: 162
- No High School: 1,058
- Some High School: 814
- High School: 1,477
- Some College: 513
- Associate's Degree: 124
- College Degree: 240
- Master's Degree: 166
- Professional Degree: 39
- Doctoral Degree: 24
Household Phones:
- Households Reporting: 2,769
- Owners with phone: 2,021
- Owners without phone: 157
- Renters with phone: 464
- Renters without phone: 127
10 closest counties:
- Lee County, Virginia
- Hawkins County, Tennessee
- Hamblen County, Tennessee
- Harlan County, Kentucky
- Grainger County, Tennessee
- Claiborne County, Tennessee
- Greene County, Tennessee
- Jefferson County, Tennessee
- Bell County, Kentucky
- Cocke County, Tennessee
Data Detail
Zip Codes in county:
37765, 37869
- Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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