Grainger County, Tennessee

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

Geography

The County is located in northeast Tennessee, is in the north just 35 miles from the southwest corner of Virginia and has an area of 783 square kilometers, of which 57 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Hancock County, Hamblen County, Jefferson County, Knox County, Union County and Claiborne County.

History

Grainger County was formed on April 22, 1796 from parts of Hawkins County and Knox County. It was named for Mary Grainger Blount, wife of William Blount and First Lady of the territory south of the Ohio River, which later became Tennessee.

Demographic data

2000

According to the census in 2000 lived in Grainger County 20,659 people in 8,270 households and 6,161 families. The population density was 28 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 98.41 percent White, 0.32 percent African American, 0.15 percent Native American, 0.09 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.40 percent from other races groups; 0.61 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.09 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 8,270 households out of which 31.4 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 61.9 percent were married couples living together, 8.8 percent were single mothers and 25.5 percent were non-families. 22.5 percent of all households and 9.1 percent lived in persons aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average household size was 2.89 people.

22.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.2 percent between 18 to 24, 30.5 percent between 25 and 44, 25.8 percent between 45 and 64 and 12.5 percent were older than 65, the average age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 99.0 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.5 males.

The median income for a household was $ 27,997, and the median income for a family was $ 33,347. Males have a median income of $ 25,781, women $ 19,410. The per capita income was $ 14,505. 15.1 percent of families and 18.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.