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The most common industries in Parsons are: Health care (10.9% of civilian employees), Construction (7.2% of civilian employees), Accommodation & food services (6.9% of civilian employees). 69.1% of workers work in Decatur County and 13.1% of all workers work at home. 71.8% of workers are employees of private companies, which is 3.3% greater than the rate of 69.4% across the entire state of Tennessee.
Whole page based on the data from 2000 / 2022 when the population of Parsons, Tennessee was 2,452 / 2,497
Whole page based on the data from 2000 / 2022 when the population of Parsons, Tennessee was 2,452 / 2,497
Most common industries
Most common industries | |||
---|---|---|---|
Industry | All | Males | Females |
Health care | 10.9% (106) | 2.9% (15) | 19.8% (91) |
Construction | 7.2% (70) | 13.6% (70) | 0.0% (0) |
Accommodation and food services | 6.9% (67) | 2.3% (12) | 12.0% (55) |
Textile mills and textile products | 6.5% (63) | 6.4% (33) | 6.5% (30) |
Electrical equipment, appliances, and components | 6.1% (59) | 6.8% (35) | 5.2% (24) |
Public administration | 5.5% (54) | 6.6% (34) | 4.4% (20) |
Metal and metal products | 5.3% (52) | 6.8% (35) | 3.7% (17) |
Educational services | 5.0% (49) | 3.9% (20) | 6.3% (29) |
Transportation equipment | 3.8% (37) | 2.9% (15) | 4.8% (22) |
Machinery | 3.7% (36) | 7.0% (36) | 0.0% (0) |
Lumber and other construction materials merchant wholesalers | 3.5% (34) | 4.1% (21) | 2.8% (13) |
Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 2.3% (22) | 3.5% (18) | 0.9% (4) |
Repair and maintenance | 2.3% (22) | 3.3% (17) | 1.1% (5) |
Finance and insurance | 2.3% (22) | 1.4% (7) | 3.3% (15) |
Food and beverage stores | 2.2% (21) | 2.5% (13) | 1.7% (8) |
Truck transportation | 2.1% (20) | 3.3% (17) | 0.7% (3) |
Professional, scientific, and technical services | 2.0% (19) | 1.9% (10) | 2.0% (9) |
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations | 1.6% (16) | 1.0% (5) | 2.4% (11) |
Apparel | 1.5% (15) | 0.0% (0) | 3.3% (15) |
Social assistance | 1.5% (15) | 0.0% (0) | 3.3% (15) |
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 1.5% (15) | 2.5% (13) | 0.4% (2) |
Miscellaneous manufacturing | 1.5% (15) | 1.7% (9) | 1.3% (6) |
Broadcasting and telecommunications | 1.3% (13) | 2.5% (13) | 0.0% (0) |
Personal and laundry services | 1.1% (11) | 0.6% (3) | 1.7% (8) |
Utilities | 1.0% (10) | 1.4% (7) | 0.7% (3) |
Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores | 0.9% (9) | 0.6% (3) | 1.3% (6) |
Department and other general merchandise stores | 0.9% (9) | 0.0% (0) | 2.0% (9) |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 0.8% (8) | 1.6% (8) | 0.0% (0) |
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 0.8% (8) | 1.6% (8) | 0.0% (0) |
Wood products | 0.8% (8) | 1.6% (8) | 0.0% (0) |
Administrative and support and waste management services | 0.8% (8) | 0.6% (3) | 1.1% (5) |
Private households | 0.7% (7) | 0.0% (0) | 1.5% (7) |
Drugs, sundries, and chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers | 0.6% (6) | 0.6% (3) | 0.7% (3) |
Pharmacies and drug stores | 0.6% (6) | 0.0% (0) | 1.3% (6) |
Motor vehicles, parts and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.6% (6) | 0.0% (0) | 1.3% (6) |
Data processing, libraries, and other information services | 0.5% (5) | 0.0% (0) | 1.1% (5) |
Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores | 0.4% (4) | 0.0% (0) | 0.9% (4) |
Water transportation | 0.4% (4) | 0.8% (4) | 0.0% (0) |
U. S. Postal service | 0.4% (4) | 0.8% (4) | 0.0% (0) |
Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers | 0.4% (4) | 0.8% (4) | 0.0% (0) |
Warehousing and storage | 0.4% (4) | 0.8% (4) | 0.0% (0) |
Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries | 0.4% (4) | 0.8% (4) | 0.0% (0) |
Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.4% (4) | 0.8% (4) | 0.0% (0) |
Plastics and rubber products | 0.3% (3) | 0.0% (0) | 0.7% (3) |
Unemployment in Parsons
- Unemployment by race in 2022
- Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
- 4.1%Males
- 3.1%Females
- Unemployment rate for Black residents
- 22.8%Males
- Unemployment by race in 2000
- Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
- 4.3%Males
- 5.1%Females
- Unemployment rate for Black residents
- 13.3%Males
- 25.5%Females
- Unemployment rate for other race residents
- 7.4%Males
- Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
- 6.1%Males
Time leaving home to go to work
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.:
Parsons: | 5.3% (45) |
Tennessee: | 5.8% (168,022) |
5:00 a.m. to 5:29 a.m.:
Parsons: | 8.8% (74) |
Tennessee: | 4.5% (129,739) |
5:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.:
Parsons: | 3.3% (27) |
Tennessee: | 5.6% (162,304) |
6:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m.:
Parsons: | 20.9% (175) |
Tennessee: | 10.0% (290,467) |
6:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.:
Parsons: | 17.2% (144) |
Tennessee: | 10.1% (295,472) |
7:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m.:
Parsons: | 9.0% (75) |
Tennessee: | 14.4% (419,614) |
7:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.:
Parsons: | 6.7% (57) |
Tennessee: | 11.3% (327,876) |
8:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m.:
Parsons: | 9.1% (77) |
Tennessee: | 10.1% (293,227) |
8:30 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.:
Parsons: | 1.2% (10) |
Tennessee: | 4.8% (138,580) |
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.:
Parsons: | 3.8% (32) |
Tennessee: | 5.7% (165,600) |
12:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m.:
Parsons: | 12.1% (102) |
Tennessee: | 6.8% (197,821) |
4:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.:
Parsons: | 2.3% (19) |
Tennessee: | 7.4% (215,456) |
<5am:
Parsons: | 3.0% (29) |
Tennessee: | 3.6% (95,201) |
5:30am:
Parsons: | 4.8% (46) |
Tennessee: | 3.2% (85,054) |
6am:
Parsons: | 7.2% (69) |
Tennessee: | 5.0% (130,170) |
6:30am:
Parsons: | 9.0% (87) |
Tennessee: | 9.9% (258,202) |
7am:
Parsons: | 23.9% (230) |
Tennessee: | 12.1% (315,993) |
7:30am:
Parsons: | 11.2% (108) |
Tennessee: | 15.3% (400,482) |
8am:
Parsons: | 13.3% (128) |
Tennessee: | 14.7% (385,430) |
8:30am:
Parsons: | 6.7% (65) |
Tennessee: | 8.3% (217,000) |
9am:
Parsons: | 2.8% (27) |
Tennessee: | 3.6% (95,491) |
10am:
Parsons: | 2.0% (19) |
Tennessee: | 4.2% (109,641) |
11am:
Parsons: | 2.4% (23) |
Tennessee: | 1.7% (45,353) |
12pm:
Parsons: | 0.4% (4) |
Tennessee: | 0.8% (21,640) |
4pm:
Parsons: | 6.5% (63) |
Tennessee: | 7.3% (192,279) |
>4pm:
Parsons: | 4.5% (43) |
Tennessee: | 7.6% (198,970) |
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m. - Males:
Parsons: | 4.4% (23) |
Tennessee: | 6.9% (108,520) |
5:00 a.m. to 5:29 a.m. - Males:
Parsons: | 13.5% (68) |
Tennessee: | 5.6% (87,671) |
5:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m. - Males:
Parsons: | 1.4% (7) |
Tennessee: | 6.4% (100,890) |
6:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m. - Males:
Parsons: | 16.3% (83) |
Tennessee: | 11.4% (179,873) |
6:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m. - Males:
Parsons: | 26.0% (132) |
Tennessee: | 10.3% (161,655) |
7:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m. - Males:
Parsons: | 6.8% (35) |
Tennessee: | 13.0% (204,436) |
7:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m. - Males:
Parsons: | 1.0% (5) |
Tennessee: | 9.8% (153,357) |
8:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m. - Males:
Parsons: | 5.1% (26) |
Tennessee: | 8.9% (140,283) |
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m. - Males:
Parsons: | 2.1% (11) |
Tennessee: | 5.3% (82,870) |
12:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m. - Males:
Parsons: | 19.8% (101) |
Tennessee: | 7.0% (109,280) |
4:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. - Males:
Parsons: | 2.7% (14) |
Tennessee: | 8.0% (125,064) |
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m. - Females:
Parsons: | 6.8% (23) |
Tennessee: | 4.4% (59,502) |
5:00 a.m. to 5:29 a.m. - Females:
Parsons: | 1.8% (6) |
Tennessee: | 3.1% (42,068) |
5:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m. - Females:
Parsons: | 6.3% (21) |
Tennessee: | 4.6% (61,414) |
6:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m. - Females:
Parsons: | 27.8% (92) |
Tennessee: | 8.2% (110,594) |
6:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m. - Females:
Parsons: | 4.4% (15) |
Tennessee: | 10.0% (133,817) |
7:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m. - Females:
Parsons: | 12.2% (41) |
Tennessee: | 16.0% (215,178) |
7:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m. - Females:
Parsons: | 15.0% (50) |
Tennessee: | 13.0% (174,519) |
8:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m. - Females:
Parsons: | 15.5% (51) |
Tennessee: | 11.4% (152,944) |
8:30 a.m. to 8:59 a.m. - Females:
Parsons: | 2.8% (9) |
Tennessee: | 5.5% (73,547) |
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m. - Females:
Parsons: | 6.3% (21) |
Tennessee: | 6.2% (82,730) |
4:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. - Females:
Parsons: | 1.7% (6) |
Tennessee: | 6.7% (90,392) |
Travel time to work
Percentage of workers working in this county: 69.1%
Number of people working at home: 131 (13.1% of all workers)
Number of people working at home: 131 (13.1% of all workers)
Less than 5 minutes:
Parsons: | 7.2% (135) |
Tennessee: | 2.8% (82,584) |
5 to 9 minutes:
Parsons: | 15.5% (291) |
Tennessee: | 9.4% (278,912) |
10 to 14 minutes:
Parsons: | 18.3% (343) |
Tennessee: | 13.0% (384,769) |
15 to 19 minutes:
Parsons: | 13.2% (248) |
Tennessee: | 15.7% (466,908) |
20 to 24 minutes:
Parsons: | 10.2% (191) |
Tennessee: | 15.2% (450,558) |
25 to 29 minutes:
Parsons: | 7.5% (141) |
Tennessee: | 7.6% (224,112) |
30 to 34 minutes:
Parsons: | 13.4% (251) |
Tennessee: | 14.5% (430,603) |
35 to 39 minutes:
Parsons: | 1.6% (31) |
Tennessee: | 3.4% (100,676) |
40 to 44 minutes:
Parsons: | 3.9% (73) |
Tennessee: | 3.4% (102,029) |
45 to 59 minutes:
Parsons: | 3.6% (68) |
Tennessee: | 8.0% (237,317) |
60 to 89 minutes:
Parsons: | 5.7% (107) |
Tennessee: | 4.9% (146,710) |
90 or more minutes:
Parsons: | 0.4% (8) |
Tennessee: | 2.1% (61,570) |
Less than 5 minutes:
Parsons: | 8.3% (80) |
Tennessee: | 2.8% (73,643) |
5 to 9 minutes:
Parsons: | 28.8% (277) |
Tennessee: | 9.9% (258,796) |
10 to 14 minutes:
Parsons: | 23.5% (226) |
Tennessee: | 14.6% (382,474) |
15 to 19 minutes:
Parsons: | 8.5% (82) |
Tennessee: | 16.9% (441,464) |
20 to 24 minutes:
Parsons: | 9.0% (87) |
Tennessee: | 15.6% (409,099) |
25 to 29 minutes:
Parsons: | 5.0% (48) |
Tennessee: | 6.0% (158,281) |
30 to 34 minutes:
Parsons: | 3.9% (38) |
Tennessee: | 14.1% (370,428) |
35 to 39 minutes:
Parsons: | 0.6% (6) |
Tennessee: | 2.4% (63,838) |
40 to 44 minutes:
Parsons: | 1.6% (15) |
Tennessee: | 2.7% (70,195) |
45 to 59 minutes:
Parsons: | 3.1% (30) |
Tennessee: | 6.7% (174,982) |
60 to 89 minutes:
Parsons: | 2.9% (28) |
Tennessee: | 3.5% (92,042) |
90 or more minutes:
Parsons: | 2.5% (24) |
Tennessee: | 2.1% (55,664) |
Less than 5 minutes - Males:
Parsons: | 10.9% (89) |
Tennessee: | 2.7% (43,057) |
5 to 9 minutes - Males:
Parsons: | 6.0% (49) |
Tennessee: | 8.5% (135,629) |
10 to 14 minutes - Males:
Parsons: | 26.3% (215) |
Tennessee: | 12.1% (193,951) |
15 to 19 minutes - Males:
Parsons: | 16.5% (135) |
Tennessee: | 15.0% (240,259) |
20 to 24 minutes - Males:
Parsons: | 7.4% (61) |
Tennessee: | 14.9% (237,548) |
25 to 29 minutes - Males:
Parsons: | 8.1% (67) |
Tennessee: | 7.6% (121,347) |
30 to 34 minutes - Males:
Parsons: | 11.6% (95) |
Tennessee: | 15.0% (239,352) |
35 to 39 minutes - Males:
Parsons: | 0.4% (3) |
Tennessee: | 3.5% (55,964) |
40 to 44 minutes - Males:
Parsons: | 3.4% (28) |
Tennessee: | 3.8% (61,478) |
45 to 59 minutes - Males:
Parsons: | 1.4% (12) |
Tennessee: | 8.6% (137,988) |
60 to 89 minutes - Males:
Parsons: | 9.1% (75) |
Tennessee: | 5.7% (91,540) |
Less than 5 minutes - Females:
Parsons: | 4.3% (45) |
Tennessee: | 2.9% (39,527) |
5 to 9 minutes - Females:
Parsons: | 23.1% (243) |
Tennessee: | 10.5% (143,283) |
10 to 14 minutes - Females:
Parsons: | 12.3% (129) |
Tennessee: | 13.9% (190,818) |
15 to 19 minutes - Females:
Parsons: | 10.7% (113) |
Tennessee: | 16.6% (226,649) |
20 to 24 minutes - Females:
Parsons: | 12.4% (130) |
Tennessee: | 15.6% (213,010) |
25 to 29 minutes - Females:
Parsons: | 7.0% (74) |
Tennessee: | 7.5% (102,765) |
30 to 34 minutes - Females:
Parsons: | 15.0% (157) |
Tennessee: | 14.0% (191,251) |
35 to 39 minutes - Females:
Parsons: | 2.5% (27) |
Tennessee: | 3.3% (44,712) |
40 to 44 minutes - Females:
Parsons: | 4.0% (42) |
Tennessee: | 3.0% (40,551) |
45 to 59 minutes - Females:
Parsons: | 5.4% (57) |
Tennessee: | 7.3% (99,329) |
60 to 89 minutes - Females:
Parsons: | 3.2% (34) |
Tennessee: | 4.0% (55,170) |
90 or more minutes - Females:
Parsons: | 0.7% (8) |
Tennessee: | 1.5% (20,895) |
Means of transportation to work
Drove car alone:
Parsons: | 94.8% (1,849) |
Tennessee: | 86.6% (1,182,254) |
Carpooled:
Parsons: | 5.2% (102) |
Tennessee: | 9.9% (142,525) |
Drove car alone:
Parsons: | 75.5% (727) |
Tennessee: | 81.7% (2,140,377) |
Carpooled:
Parsons: | 18.5% (178) |
Tennessee: | 12.5% (328,321) |
Walked:
Parsons: | 1.9% (18) |
Tennessee: | 1.5% (39,689) |
Other means:
Parsons: | 1.9% (18) |
Tennessee: | 0.7% (17,308) |
Drove car alone - Males:
Parsons: | 91.8% (778) |
Tennessee: | 86.8% (1,182,254) |
Carpooled - Males:
Parsons: | 8.2% (69) |
Tennessee: | 9.4% (142,525) |
Drove car alone - Females:
Parsons: | 97.1% (1,071) |
Tennessee: | 86.4% (1,182,254) |
Carpooled - Females:
Parsons: | 2.9% (32) |
Tennessee: | 10.4% (142,525) |
Private vehicle occupancy
Drove alone:
Parsons: | 80.6% (677) |
Tennessee: | 89.7% (2,520,406) |
In 2 person carpool:
Parsons: | 19.4% (163) |
Tennessee: | 7.8% (220,446) |
Drove alone:
Parsons: | 80.3% (727) |
Tennessee: | 86.7% (2,140,377) |
In 2 person carpool:
Parsons: | 13.3% (120) |
Tennessee: | 10.4% (257,957) |
In 3 person carpool:
Parsons: | 1.3% (12) |
Tennessee: | 1.8% (44,143) |
In 4 person carpool:
Parsons: | 4.6% (42) |
Tennessee: | 0.6% (14,756) |
In 5-6 person carpool:
Parsons: | 0.4% (4) |
Tennessee: | 0.3% (7,676) |
Class of workers
Employee of private company:
Parsons: | 71.8% (729) |
Tennessee: | 69.4% (2,369,609) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers:
Parsons: | 1.4% (15) |
Tennessee: | 7.7% (261,180) |
Local government workers:
Parsons: | 9.6% (97) |
Tennessee: | 6.9% (234,837) |
State government workers:
Parsons: | 5.4% (54) |
Tennessee: | 3.5% (118,092) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business:
Parsons: | 11.9% (120) |
Tennessee: | 7.0% (239,148) |
Employee of private company:
Parsons: | 73.4% (715) |
Tennessee: | 70.0% (1,855,123) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business:
Parsons: | 3.6% (35) |
Tennessee: | 2.3% (60,116) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers:
Parsons: | 3.9% (38) |
Tennessee: | 6.2% (164,441) |
Local government workers:
Parsons: | 7.2% (70) |
Tennessee: | 7.1% (189,357) |
State government workers:
Parsons: | 5.6% (55) |
Tennessee: | 4.0% (107,075) |
Federal government workers:
Parsons: | 0.4% (4) |
Tennessee: | 2.7% (72,605) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business:
Parsons: | 5.9% (57) |
Tennessee: | 7.3% (194,497) |
Employee of private company - Males:
Parsons: | 79.3% (433) |
Tennessee: | 72.1% (1,295,850) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Males:
Parsons: | 0.6% (3) |
Tennessee: | 4.9% (88,366) |
Local government workers - Males:
Parsons: | 4.2% (23) |
Tennessee: | 5.0% (90,602) |
State government workers - Males:
Parsons: | 3.3% (18) |
Tennessee: | 2.8% (50,575) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Males:
Parsons: | 12.7% (69) |
Tennessee: | 8.3% (149,461) |
Employee of private company - Females:
Parsons: | 63.0% (297) |
Tennessee: | 66.4% (1,073,759) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Females:
Parsons: | 2.4% (12) |
Tennessee: | 10.7% (172,814) |
Local government workers - Females:
Parsons: | 15.8% (74) |
Tennessee: | 8.9% (144,235) |
State government workers - Females:
Parsons: | 7.8% (37) |
Tennessee: | 4.2% (67,517) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Females:
Parsons: | 10.9% (51) |
Tennessee: | 5.5% (89,687) |