McMinn County, Tennessee

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

Geography

The County is located almost in the extreme southeast of Tennessee, is in the east about 40 miles from North Carolina, located in the south about 45 km from Georgia and has an area of ​​1119 square kilometers, of which 5 square kilometers is water area. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Roane County, Loudon County, Monroe County, Polk County, Bradley County and Meigs County.

History

McMinn County was formed on 13 November 1819 Cherokee Land. It was named after Joseph McMinn, a member of the Constituent Assembly ( Constitunional Convention ) of Tennessee and later governor.

During the so-called Battle of Athens war returnees demanded an end to the long-standing corruption and electoral fraud in McMinn County, which culminated during the elections on August 1, 1946 in a skirmish between the sheriff and former soldiers.

Demographic data

2000

According to the census in 2000 lived in McMinn County 49 015 people in 19 721 households, and 14,317 families. The population density was 44 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 92.72 percent White, 4.48 percent African American, 0.27 percent Native American, 0.70 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.75 percent from other races groups; 1.06 per cent were descended from two or more races. 1.80 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 19 721 households out of which 31.4 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 58.7 percent were married couples living together, 10.6 percent were single mothers and 27.4 percent were non-families. 24.4 percent of all households and 10.4 percent lived in persons aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average household size was 2.90 people.

23.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.4 percent between 18 to 24, 28.5 percent between 25 and 44, 24.8 percent between 45 and 64 and 14.3 percent were older than 65, the average age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 93.4 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.8 males.

The median income for a household was $ 31,919, and the median income for a family was $ 38,992. Males have a median income of $ 31,051, women $ 20,524. The per capita income was $ 16,725. 10.9 percent of families and 14.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.