Greene County (Tennessee)
Greene County is a county located in the state of Tennessee in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Greeneville.
Geography
The County is located in northeastern Tennessee, bounded on the southeast by North Carolina, is located in the north about 35 miles from Virginia and has an area of 1616 square kilometers, of which 6 square kilometers is water area. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Hawkins County, Washington County, Unicoi County, Madison County ( North Carolina), Cocke County and Hamblen County.
Towns
- Afton ( unincorporated )
- Baileyton
- Chuckey ( unincorporated )
- Greeneville
- Limestone ( unincorporated )
- Mohawk ( unincorporated )
- Mosheim
- Tusculum
History
Greene County was formed on April 18, 1783 from parts of Washington County. It was named after Nathanael Greene, a major general in the American colonial army in the American Revolutionary War.
Demographic data
2000
According to the census in 2000, lived in Greene County 62 909 people in 25 756 households, and 18,132 families. The population density was 39 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 96.42 percent White, 2.11 percent African American, 0.18 percent Native American, 0.27 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.43 percent from other races groups; 0.56 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.02 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 25 756 households out of which 29.2 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 55.7 percent were married couples living together, 10.8 percent were single mothers and 29.6 percent were non-families. 25.8 percent of all households and 10.7 percent lived in persons aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average household size was 2.84 people.
22.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.1 percent between 18 to 24, 28.7 percent between 25 and 44, 26.1 percent between 45 and 64 and 14.8 percent were older than 65, the average age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 95.1 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.4 males.
The median income for a household was $ 30,382, and the median income for a family was $ 36,889. Males had a median income of $ 26,331, women $ 20,304. The per capita income was $ 15,746. 11.2 percent of families and 14.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.