Lawrence County (Tennessee)

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

Geography

The County is located in southern Tennessee, bordering Alabama and has an area of 1600 square kilometers, of which 2 square kilometers is water area. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Lewis County, Maury County, Giles County, Lauderdale County ( Alabama) and Wayne County.

History

Lawrence County was formed on October 21, 1817 from parts of Hickman County and Maury County. It was named after James Lawrence, a naval officer who with the saying: was the British -American War of 1812, after he had been mortally wounded, known as " Do not give up the ship ."

Demographic data

2000

According to the census in 2000 lived in Lawrence County 39 926 people in 15,480 households and 11,362 families. The population density was 25 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 96.83 percent White, 1.47 percent African American, 0.32 percent Native American, 0.24 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.39 percent from other races groups; 0.73 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.00 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 15,480 households out of which 33.7 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 59.1 percent were married couples living together, 10.6 percent were single mothers and 26.6 percent were non-families. 23.7 percent of all households and 11.4 percent lived in persons aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average household size was 3.02 people.

26.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.4 percent between 18 to 24, 28.1 percent between 25 and 44, 23.0 percent between 45 and 64 and 14.4 percent were older than 65, the average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 94.3 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.2 males.

The median income for a household was $ 30,498, and the median income for a family was $ 35,326. Males had a median income of $ 27,742, women $ 20,928. The per capita income was $ 15,848. 10.7 percent of families and 14.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.