Jackson County (Tennessee)

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

Geography

The County is located north-west of the geographic center of Tennessee, is located in the north about 30 miles from Kentucky and has an area of 828 square kilometers, of which 28 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Clay County, Overton County, Putnam County, Smith County and Macon County.

History

Jackson County was formed on November 6, 1801 from parts of Smith County. It was named after Andrew Jackson, the seventh U.S. president.

Demographic data

2000

According to the census in 2000, lived in Jackson County 10,984 people in 4,466 households and 3,139 families. The population density was 14 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 98.63 percent White, 0.15 percent African American, 0.34 percent Native American, 0.06 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.12 percent from other races groups; 0.67 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.81 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 4,466 households out of which 28.8 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 55.3 percent were married couples living together, 10.3 percent were single mothers and 29.7 percent were non-families. 25.5 percent of all households and 10.2 percent lived in persons aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average household size was 2.89 people.

22.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 7.8 percent between 18 to 24, 28.2 percent between 25 and 44, 26.8 percent between 45 and 64 and 15.0 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 94.9 males.

The median income for a household was $ 26,502, and the median income for a family was $ 32,088. Males have a median income of $ 24,759, women $ 19,511. The per capita income was $ 15,020. 15.1 percent of families and 18.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.