Lewis County (Tennessee)
Lewis County is a county located in the state of Tennessee in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Hohenwald.
Geography
The County is located southwest of the geographic center of Tennessee and has an area of 732 square kilometers, of which one square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Hickman County, Maury County, Lawrence County, Wayne County and Perry County.
History
Lewis County was formed on December 21, 1843 from parts of Hickman County, Lawrence County, Maury County and Wayne County. It was named after Meriwether Lewis, an American explorer, soldier, and administration officials. He was instrumental in the planning and execution of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Demographic data
2000
According to the census in 2000 lived in Lewis County 11,367 people in 4,381 households and 3,215 families. The population density was 16 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 97.07 percent White, 1.45 percent African American, 0.20 percent Native American, 0.18 percent Asian, and 0.29 percent from other races; 0.80 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.20 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 4,381 households out of which 33.2 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 58.9 percent were married couples living together, 10.7 percent were single mothers and 26.6 percent were non-families. 23.5 percent of all households and 10.6 percent lived in persons aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average household size was 2.98 people.
25.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.3 percent between 18 to 24, 27.4 percent between 25 and 44, 24.8 percent between 45 and 64 and 13.6 percent were older than 65, the average age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 96.9 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.8 males.
The median income for a household was $ 30,444, and the median income for a family was $ 35,972. Males have a median income of $ 27,060, women $ 19,847. The per capita income was $ 14,664. 10.3 percent of families and 13.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.