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Indicators Tennessee Davidson County Knox County Shelby County  Populations Total population 6,156,719[1] 619,626[2] 423,874[3] 910,100[4] Families 703,385[5] 61,277[6] 46,220[7] 104,339[8] Children 1,734,687[9] 166,237[10] 107,498[11] 290,193[12]  Households Average family size 3.05[13] 3.20[14] 2.89[15] 3.27[16]  Family Composition One parent (female) 26.74%[17] 34.34%[18] 25.71%[19] 37.70%[20] One parent (male) 7.82%[21] 6.64%[22] 9.89%[23] 8.34%[24] Two-parent 65.44%[25] 59.01%[26] 64.40%[27] 53.96%[28]  Income Median family income $51,945[29] $57,552[30] $56,569[31] $56,803[32] Mean family income $68,638[33] $81,289[34] $75,893[35] $78,474[36] Fair market rent two-bedroom apartment $644[37] $723[38] $633[39] $743[40] Income needed to afford two-bedroom apartment $25,750[41] $28,920[42] $25,320[43] $29,720[44]  Employment Unemployed 6.95%[45] 4.91%[46] 4.40%[47] 9.20%[48]  Families Below Poverty Level Total 18.93%[49] 17.83%[50] 14.49%[51] 24.51%[52] Children under 5 28.53%[53] 34.61%[54] 16.99%[55] 37.41%[56] Children 5-17 20.20%[57] 20.23%[58] 14.41%[59] 27.56%[60]  Education No high school diploma 18.63%[61] 15.27%[62] 12.94%[63] 14.96%[64] High school and above 81.37%[65] 84.73%[66] 87.06%[67] 85.04%[68] Bachelor’s degree and above 21.81%[69] 33.41%[70] 32.83%[71] 27.46%[72] High school dropout rate 2.70%[73] n/a n/a n/a  Teen Birth Rate Percent of total births to teens 13.42%[74] 11.07%[75] 10.17%[76] 15.88%[77] Birth rate ranking 46[78] 347[79] 290[80] 537[81]