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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 10.42
The average living wage for the state of Tennessee is $28.97/hr, while the states minimum wage is $7.25/hr, which can not be set above the state standard, and is not extended to farm workers. This gives Tennessee a minimum wage score of 16.5 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $2.13/hr, which gives Tennessee a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 8.97 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Tennessee is $145, resulting in a UI benefit score of 12.47 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 33.33

✓ Tennessee does provide accommodations for pregnant workers.
✓ Tennessee does offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
✓ Tennessee does mandate equal pay across gender and race.
X Tennessee does not prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
X Tennessee does not restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
X Tennessee does not provide some form of paid family leave.
X Tennessee does not provide some form of paid sick leave.
X Tennessee does not provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
X Tennessee does not mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
X Tennessee does not provide split shift pay regulation.
X Tennessee does not provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
✓ Tennessee does provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
X Tennessee does not extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
X Tennessee does not extend worker protections to domestic workers.

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 30

X Tennessee does have a "right-to-work" law.
X Tennessee does not legalize project labor agreements to ensure a fair wage to workers on contract.
X Tennessee does not protect workers against wage theft retaliation.
✓ Tennessee does partially require collective bargaining for public workers.
✓ Tennessee does provide collective bargaining for teachers.
✓ Tennessee does provide wage negotiations for teachers.

Data from Oxfam America, Inc.
A global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice.

Voting

Sequatchie County voted Republican in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 77.83% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Republican: 80.74%
Democratic: 17.9%
Other: 1.37%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 37397
Latitude : 35.172722
Longitude : -85.514387
TimeZone : Central (GMT -06:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : South
Average Elevation : 641 ft.
Area Code(s) : 423

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.52
Male Population Estimate : 48.53%
Female Population Estimate : 50.38%
Median Age : 40.9
Male Median Age : 40.0
Female Median Age : 42.1

White Population Estimate : 97.33%
Black Population Estimate : 0.79%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 0.97%
Asian Population Estimate : 0.20%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.03%
Indian Population Estimate : 0.90%
Other Population Estimate : 0.55%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Whitwell specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Sequatchie County: Data Not Available
Average # of Violent Crimes for Sequatchie County: About 389 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Sequatchie County is about 26% higher than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.