La Follette is a somewhat small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 7,197 people and seven associated neighborhoods, La Follette is the 84th largest community in Tennessee.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, La Follette is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 43.59% of the La Follette workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, La Follette is a city of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in La Follette who work in sales jobs (11.59%), office and administrative support (11.37%), and food service (10.95%). La Follette is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.La Follette ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 5.47% of people over 25 have a college degree. The per capita income in La Follette in 2022 was $21,294, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $85,176 for a family of four. However, La Follette contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. La Follette also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.37% of its population below the federal poverty line. The people who call La Follette home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of La Follette residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in La Follette include Irish, German, Scottish, English, and French. The most common language spoken in La Follette is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
