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HOUSEHOLDS WITH SELF-EMPLOYMENT INCOME
SOURCE: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, 2012
Nashville consistently outperforms the nation in various measures of self-employment and entrepreneurship. In
2012, nearly every county demonstrated higher percentages of households with self-employment income compared
to the national average (10.6 percent). The chart below shows the percentage of households in each county with
self-employment income (right), as well as the number of households this corresponds to (left).
Number of
households
Percentage of
county
KEY TAKEAWAY
Entrepreneurship, which is measured by
self-employment income, creates jobs,
fuels the creative industries and helps
propel the economic engine of Middle
Tennessee. On this measure, all but two
counties in the joint region outpace the
national average.
12,148
Williamson
18.7%
2,650
1,382
3,792
1,267
2,807
Cheatham
Hickman
Robertson
Macon
Dickson
18.3%
15.8%
15.7%
15.0%
15.0%
8,823
Sumner
14.6%
999
Smith
Nashville MSA
13.8%
13.6%
4,057
5,373
Maury
Wilson
12.7%
12.6%
32,107
Davidson
12.6%
658
742
342
Cannon
Trigg
Trousdale
12.4%
12.3%
12.0%
11,079
Rutherford
National average
11.6%
10.6%
6,078
Montgomery
Clarksville MSA
9.6%
9.5%
2,231
Christian
8.6%
36.7%
In the Nashville MSA, 36.7 percent of all
households with self-employment income are
in Davidson County.
67.2%
In the Clarksville MSA, approximately two-thirds
(67.2 percent) of households with self-employment
income are in Montgomery County.
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