Jefferson County (Tennessee)

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

Geography

The County is located in northeast Tennessee, is located in the southeast about 45 miles from North Carolina and has an area of 814 square kilometers, of which 105 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Hamblen County, Cocke County, Sevier County, Knox County and Grainger County.

History

Jefferson County was formed on June 11, 1792 from parts of Greene County and Hawkins County. It was named after Thomas Jefferson, the third U.S. president.

Demographic data

2000

According to the census in 2000 lived in Jefferson County 44,294 people in 17,155 households and 12,608 families. The population density was 62 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 95.66 percent White, 2.32 percent African American, 0.31 percent Native American, 0.27 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.63 percent from other races groups; 0.77 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.33 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 17,155 households out of which 31.0 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 59.9 percent were married couples living together, 9.8 percent were single mothers and 26.5 percent were non-families. 22.5 percent of all households and 8.2 percent lived in persons aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average household size was 2.89 people.

22.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 10.6 percent between 18 and 24, 29.1 percent between 25 and 44, 24.5 percent between 45 and 64 and 12.9 percent were older than 65, the average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 97.5 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.0 males.

The median income for a household was $ 32,824, and the median income for a family was $ 38,537. Males have a median income of $ 29,123, women $ 20,269. The per capita income was $ 16,841. 9.6 percent of families and 13.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.