Culture+of+Target+Community

= **﻿Cultural Overview ** = 
 * **Small rural Upper East Tennessee community **
 * **Ethnicity 98.1% Caucasion**
 * **Resilient/self reliant personalities **
 * **Defining traits are Traditionalism and Fatalism **
 * **Tight community bonds in churches/schools **
 * **Lack of community organizations for assistance **
 * **Healthcare access limitations **
 * **﻿****12.9% of the 2000 census population is over 65 **
 * **11.1% of population are over 65/living alone **
 * **Unemployment rate currently at 9.5% in Watauga vs. National at 9.1% **
 * **10.4% of population over 65 living below poverty line **