Wayne County (Tennessee)

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

Geography

The County is located southwest of the geographic center of Tennessee, on the south by Alabama and has an area of 1905 square kilometers, of which 4 square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Perry County, Lewis County, Lawrence County, Lauderdale County ( Alabama), Hardin County and Decatur County.

History

Wayne County was formed on November 24, 1817 from parts of Hickman County and Humphreys County. It was named after Anthony Wayne, an American statesman and general in the American Revolutionary War.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2000 lived in Wayne County 16,842 people in 5,936 households and 4,321 families. The population density was 9 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 91.92 percent White, 6.80 percent African American, 0.20 percent Native American, 0.25 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.19 percent from other races groups; 0.63 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.84 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 5,936 households out of which 31.0 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 59.1 percent were married couples living together, 10.1 percent were single mothers and 27.2 percent were non-families. 24.4 percent of all households and 10.9 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.

21.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 9.1 percent between 18 to 24, 31.7 percent between 25 and 44, 24.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 13.6 percent were older than 65, the average age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 121.7 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there 125.5 males.

The median income for a household was $ 26,576, and the median income for a family was $ 30,973. Males have a median income of $ 27,879, women $ 19,034. The per capita income was $ 14,472. 12.9 percent of families and 16.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.