Pickett County, Tennessee

Pickett County is a county located in the State of Tennessee in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Byrdstown.

Geography

The County is located north-east of the geographic center of Tennessee, bounded on the north Kentucky and has an area of 452 square kilometers, of which 30 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Clinton County ( Kentucky), Wayne County (Kentucky), Scott County, Fentress County, Overton County and Clay County.

History

Pickett County was formed on February 27, 1879 from parts of Fentress County and Overton County. It was named after Howell L. Pickett, a politician from Tennessee.

Demographic data

2000

According to the census in 2000 living in Pickett County 4,945 people in 2,091 households and 1,461 families. The population density was 12 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 99.15 percent White, 0.10 percent African American, 0.16 percent Native American, 0.04 percent Asian, and 0.10 percent from other races; 0.44 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.83 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 2,091 households out of which 27.4 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 58.3 percent were married couples living together, 7.8 percent were single mothers and 30.1 percent were non-families. 27.2 percent of all households and 12.9 percent lived in persons aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average household size was 2.83 people.

21.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.6 percent between 18 to 24, 24.7 percent between 25 and 44, 27.7 percent between 45 and 64 and 17.8 percent were older than 65, the average age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 96.8 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.2 males.

The median income for a household was $ 24,673, and the median income for a family was $ 31,355. Males had a median income of $ 22,367, women $ 17,173. The per capita income was $ 14,681. 12.0 percent of families and 15.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

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