Giles County (Tennessee)

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

Geography

The County is located in southern Tennessee, bordering Alabama and has an area of 1583 square kilometers, of which 1 square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Maury County, Marshall County, Lincoln County, Limestone County ( Alabama) and Lawrence County.

History

Giles County was formed on November 14, 1809 from parts of Maury County. It was named after William B. Giles, a U.S. Senator and Governor of Virginia.

Demographic data

2000

According to the census in 2000, lived in Giles County 29 447 people in 11,713 households and 8,363 families. The population density was 19 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 86.44 percent White, 11.80 percent Black or African American, 0.30 percent Native American, 0.35 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.21 percent from other races groups; 0.89 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.90 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 11,713 households out of which 31.4 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 55.8 percent were married couples living together, 11.9 percent were single mothers and 28.6 percent were non-families. 25.7 percent of all households and 11.2 percent lived in persons aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average household size was 2.96 people.

24.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.3 percent between 18 to 24, 27.9 percent between 25 and 44, 24.8 percent between 45 and 64 and 14.5 percent were older than 65, the average age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 94.4 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.2 males.

The median income for a household was $ 34,824, and the median income for a family was $ 41,714. Males had a median income of $ 31,221, women $ 22,221. The per capita income was $ 17,543. 9.0 percent of families and 11.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.