Union County (Tennessee)

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

Geography

The County is located in northeast Tennessee, is located in the north about 40 km from the southwestern tip of Virginia and has an area of 640 square kilometers, of which 61 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Claiborne County, Grainger County, Knox County, Anderson County and Campbell County.

History

Union County was formed on January 3, 1850 from parts of Anderson County, Campbell County, Claiborne County, Grainger County and Knox County. It was named for Union membership at the outbreak of the debates on secession because of desire.

Demographic data

2000

According to the census in 2000 living in Union County 17,808 people in 6,742 households and 5,191 families. The population density was 31 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 98.46 percent White, 0.10 percent African American, 0.23 percent Native American, 0.16 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.17 percent from other races groups; 0.86 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.79 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 6,742 households out of which 35.4 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 62.2 percent were married couples living together, 10.5 percent were single mothers and 23.0 percent were non-families. 19.8 percent of all households and 7.4 percent lived in persons aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average household size was 2.99 people.

25.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.9 percent between 18 and 24, 31.0 percent between 25 and 44, 23.6 percent between 45 and 64 and 10.8 percent were older than 65, the average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 98.8 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.6 males.

The median income for a household was $ 27,335, and the median income for a family was $ 31,843. Males had a median income of $ 26,436, women $ 18,665. The per capita income was $ 13,375. 16.8 percent of families and 19.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.