Roane County (Tennessee)
Roane County is a county located in the state of Tennessee in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Kingston.
Geography
The County is located in east-central Tennessee and has an area of 1023 square kilometers, of which 88 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Morgan County, Anderson County, Loudon County, McMinn County, Meigs County and Cumberland County.
Towns
- Harriman
- Kingston
- Midtown ( unincorporated )
- Oak Ridge
- Oliver Springs
- Rockwood
- Ten Mile ( unincorporated )
Ghost town
- Cardiff
History
Roane County was formed on November 6, 1801 from parts of Knox County. It was named after Archibald Roane, a veteran of the American War of Independence and later governor of Tennessee.
Demographic data
2000
According to the census in 2000 lived in Roane County 51 910 people in 21,200 households and 15,242 families. The population density was 56 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 95.24 percent White, 2.71 percent African American, 0.22 percent Native American, 0.40 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.17 percent from other races groups; 1.23 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.69 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 21,200 households out of which 28.6 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 58.3 percent were married couples living together, 10.1 percent were single mothers and 28.1 percent were non-families. 25.0 percent of all households and 11.2 percent lived in persons aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average household size was 2.87 people.
22.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 7.5 percent between 18 to 24, 26.9 percent between 25 and 44, 27.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 16.1 percent were older than 65, the average age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 94.0 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.7 males.
The median income for a household was $ 33,226, and the median income for a family was $ 41,399. Males have a median income of $ 32,204, women $ 22,439. The per capita income was $ 18,456. 10.3 percent of families and 13.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.