Overton County, Tennessee

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

Geography

The County is located north-east of the geographic center of Tennessee, is located in the north about 25 miles from Kentucky and has an area of 1126 square kilometers, of which 4 square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Pickett County, Fentress County, Putnam County, Jackson County and Clay County.

History

Overton County was formed on September 11, 1806 from parts of Jackson Vounty. It was named for John Overton, one of the founders of Memphis, Tennessee.

Demographic data

2000

According to the census in 2000, lived in Overton County 20,118 people in 8,110 households and 5,920 families. The population density was 18 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 98.59 percent White, 0.28 percent African American, 0.28 percent Native American, 0.09 percent Asian, 0.05 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.22 percent from other races groups; 0.49 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.69 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 8,110 households out of which 29.2 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 59.2 percent were married couples living together, 9.9 percent were single mothers and 27.0 percent were non-families. 24.1 percent of all households and 11.0 percent lived in persons aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average household size was 2.90 people.

23.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.4 percent between 18 to 24, 27.7 percent between 25 and 44, 25.9 percent between 45 and 64 and 15.0 percent were older than 65, the average age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 96.2 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.1 males.

The median income for a household was $ 26,915, and the median income for a family was $ 32,156. Males had a median income of $ 25,287, women $ 19,674. The per capita income was $ 13,910. 12.3 percent of families and 16.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.