Johnson County (Tennessee)

Johnson County is a county located in the state of Tennessee in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Mountain City.

Geography

The County is located in the extreme northeastern Tennessee, on the east by North Carolina, to the north by Virginia and has an area of 784 square kilometers, of which 11 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Washington County ( Virginia), Grayson County ( Virginia), Ashe County ( North Carolina), Watauga County ( North Carolina), Avery County ( North Carolina), Carter County and Sullivan County.

History

Johnson County was formed on January 2, 1836 from parts of Carter County. It was named for Thomas Johnson, an early settler in the area.

Demographic data

2000

According to the census in 2000 lived in Johnson County 17,499 people in 6,827 households and 4,751 families. The population density was 23 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 96.40 percent White, 2.42 percent African American, 0.34 percent Native American, 0.12 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.23 percent from other races groups; 0.46 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.86 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 6,827 households out of which 26.4 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 55.4 percent were married couples living together, 10.0 percent were single mothers and 30.4 percent were non-families. 26.4 percent of all households and 11.5 percent lived in persons aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average household size was 2.81 people.

19.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 7.4 percent between 18 to 24, 30.8 percent between 25 and 44, 27.1 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 statistically 114.6 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there 114.4 males.

The median income for a household in the U.S. $ 23,067, and the median income for a family was U.S. $ 28,400. Males had a median income of U.S. $ 24,018, U.S. $ 18,817 women. The per capita income was U.S. $ 13,388. 18.7 percent of families and 22.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.