Warren County (Tennessee)

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

Geography

The County is located east of the geographic center of Tennessee and has an area of ​​1124 square kilometers, of which 4 square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: DeKalb County, White County, Van Buren County, Sequatchie County, Grunby County, Coffee County and Cannon County.

History

Warren County was formed on November 26, 1807 from parts of White County. It was named for Joseph Warren, the first U.S. soldier who died in the Revolutionary War.

Demographic data

2000

According to the census in 2000 lived in Warren County 38 276 people in 15,181 households and 10,824 families. The population density was 34 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 91.66 percent White, 3.16 percent African American, 0.21 percent Native American, 0.42 percent Asian, 0.05 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 3.56 percent from other races groups; 0.94 percent were descended from two or more races. 4.92 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 15,181 households out of which 31.9 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 56.2 percent were married couples living together, 11.2 percent were single mothers and 28.7 percent were non-families. 25.0 percent of all households and 10.5 percent lived in persons aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average household size was 2.93 people.

24.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 9.1 percent between 18 to 24, 29.4 percent between 25 and 44, 23.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 13.9 percent were older than 65, the average age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 96.5 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.7 males.

The median income for a household was $ 30,920, and the median income for a family was $ 37,835. Males have a median income of $ 28,409, women $ 20,863. The per capita income was $ 15,759. 13.0 percent of families and 16.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.