Houston County (Tennessee)

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

Geography

The County is located in northwest Tennessee, is located in the north about 50 miles from Kentucky and has an area of 536 square kilometers, of which 17 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Stewart County, Montgomery County, Dickson County, Humphreys County and Benton County.

History

Houston County was formed on January 23, 1871 from parts of Dickson County, Humphreys County and Stewart County. It was named after Sam Houston, President of the Republic of Texas and later U.S. Senator and Governor of Texas after his admission into the Union.

Demographic data

2000

According to the census in 2000 lived in Houston County 8,088 people in 3,216 households and 2,299 families. The population density was 16 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 94.58 percent White, 3.31 percent African American, 0.19 percent Native American, 0.12 percent Asian, 0.06 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.78 percent from other races groups; 0.95 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.25 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 3,216 households out of which 31.1 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 57.0 percent were married couples living together, 10.4 percent were single mothers and 28.5 percent were non-families. 25.3 percent of all households and 12.1 percent lived in persons aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average household size was 2.92 people.

24.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 7.3 percent between 18 to 24, 26.1 percent between 25 and 44, 25.6 percent between 45 and 64 and 16.7 percent were older than 65, the average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 97.8 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.0 males.

The median income for a household was $ 29,968, and the median income for a family was $ 35,395. Males have a median income of $ 29,528, women $ 19,983. The per capita income was $ 15,614. 14.3 percent of families and 18.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.