Trousdale County, Tennessee

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

Geography

The County is located in northern Tennessee, is about 40 km away from Kentucky and has an area of 302 square kilometers, of which 6 square kilometers is water area. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Macon County, Smith County, Wilson County and Sumner County.

History

Trousdale County was formed on June 21, 1870 from parts of Macon, Smith, Sumner and Wilson County. It was named after William Trousdale, a brigadier general in the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) and later governor of Tennessee.

Demographic data

2000

According to the census in 2000 lived in Trousdale County 7,259 people in 2,780 households and 2,034 families. The population density was 25 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 86.57 percent White, 11.35 percent Black or African American, 0.23 percent Native American, 0.11 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.99 percent from other races groups; 0.72 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.52 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 2,780 households out of which 31.9 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 58.3 percent were married couples living together, 11.3 percent were single mothers and 26.8 percent were non-families. 23.0 percent of all households and 10.3 percent lived in persons aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average household size was 2.99 people.

24.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.5 percent between 18 to 24, 28.1 percent between 25 and 44, 24.9 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 96.9 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.4 males.

The median income for a household was $ 32,212, and the median income for a family was $ 37,401. Males have a median income of $ 27,466, women $ 21,207. The per capita income was $ 15,838. 9.7 percent of families and 13.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.