Bradley County (Tennessee)

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

Geography

The County is located almost in the extreme southeast of Tennessee, on the south by Georgia, is about 50 km to the east of North Carolina and has an area of 859 square kilometers, of which 7 square kilometers is water area. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Meigs County, McMinn County, Polk County, Murray County ( Georgia), Whitfield County ( Georgia) and Hamilton County.

Towns and Citys

• Charleston
• Cleveland

Unincorporated communities

• East Cleveland
• Georgetown
• Hopewell
• South Cleveland
• Wildwood Lake

History

Bradley County was formed on February 10, 1836 from Cherokee country. It was named after Edward Bradley, a member of the House of Representatives in the 13th Congress.

Demographic data

2000

According to the census in 2000 lived in Bradley County 87 965 people in 34 281 households, and 24,648 families. The population density was 103 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 92.98 percent White, 3.99 percent African American, 0.28 percent Native American, 0.57 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.89 percent from other races groups; 1.27 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.07 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 34 281 households out of which 32.0 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 57.3 percent were married couples living together, 10.9 percent were single mothers and 28.1 percent were non-families. 23.4 percent of all households and 8.2 percent lived in persons aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average household size was 2.94 people.

23.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 11.3 percent between 18 to 24, 29.8 percent between 25 and 44, 23.5 percent between 45 and 64 and 11.7 percent were older than 65, the average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 95.1 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.2 males.

The median income for a household was $ 35,034, and the median income for a family was $ 41,779. Males have a median income of $ 30,654, women $ 21,407. The per capita income was $ 18,108. 9.0 percent of families and 12.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.