Carter County (Tennessee)

Carter County is a county located in the state of Tennessee in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Elizabethton.

Geography

The County is located almost in the extreme northeast of Tennessee, on the east by North Carolina, is located in the north about 30 miles from Virginia and has an area of 900 square kilometers, of which 17 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Sullivan County, Johnson County, Avery County ( North Carolina), Mitchell County ( North Carolina), Unicoi County and Washington County.

History

Carter County was formed on April 9, 1796 from parts of Washington County. It was named for Landon Carter, an officer in the American War of Independence and politician from Tennessee.

Demographic data

2000

According to the census in 2000 lived in Carter County 56 742 people in 23 486 households, and 16,346 families. The population density was 64 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 97.49 percent White, 1.00 percent African American, 0.20 percent Native American, 0.26 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.27 percent from other races groups; 0.78 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.89 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 23 486 households out of which 28.5 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 54.9 percent were married couples living together, 11.0 percent were single mothers and 30.4 percent were non-families. 26.5 percent of all households and 11.0 percent lived in persons aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average household size was 2.83 people.

21.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 9.2 percent between 18 to 24, 29.0 percent between 25 and 44, 25.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 15.0 percent were older than 65, the average age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 94.5 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.6 males.

The median income for a household was $ 27,371, and the median income for a family was $ 33,825. Males have a median income of $ 26,394, women $ 19,687. The per capita income was $ 14,678. 12.8 percent of families and 16.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.