Hamblen County, Tennessee

Hamblen County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Morristown.

Geography

The County is located in northeast Tennessee, is located in the north about 50 miles from Virginia and has an area of 456 square kilometers, of which 38 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Hawkins County, Greene County, Cocke County, Jefferson County and Grainger County.

History

Hamblen County was formed in 1870. The county courthouse was completed in 1874 provides gesture, extended by 1955 and completely renovated in 1968-1970.

Demographic data

2000

According to the census in 2000 lived in Hamblen County 58 128 people in 23,211 households and 16,595 families. The population density was 139 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 90.72 percent White, 4.12 percent African American, 0.22 percent Native American, 0.58 percent Asian, 0.06 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 3.32 percent from other races groups; 0.99 percent were descended from two or more races. 5.68 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 23,211 households out of which 30.5 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 56.1 percent were married couples living together, 11.3 percent were single mothers and 28.5 percent were non-families. 24.7 percent of all households and 9.6 percent lived in persons aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average household size was 2.91 people.

23.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.9 percent between 18 to 24, 29.6 percent between 25 and 44, 24.9 percent between 45 and 64 and 13.3 percent were older than 65, the average age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 97.1 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.5 males.

The median income for a household was $ 32,350, and the median income for a family was $ 39,138. Males have a median income of $ 30,009, women $ 21,309. The per capita income was $ 17,743. 14.4 percent of the population and 10.5 percent of families are below the poverty line.

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