Alcoa (Tennessee)
| Alcoa | |||
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 Alcoa aluminum factory |
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| Location in Tennessee | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1919 (incorporated) | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Tennessee | ||
| County : | Blount County | ||
| Coordinates : | 35 ° 47 ′ N , 83 ° 58 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
8,449 (as of 2010) 698,030 (as of 2010) |
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| Population density : | 221.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 40.5 km 2 (approx. 16 mi 2 ) of which 38.2 km 2 (approx. 15 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 257 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 37701, 37777, 37801, 37804, 37853, 37920 | ||
| Area code : | +1 865 | ||
| FIPS : | 47-00540 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1304784 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofalcoa-tn.gov | ||
| Mayor : | Donald R. Mull | ||
 Alcoa City Hall |
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Alcoa is a city (with the status " City ") in Blount County in the US -amerikanischen State Tennessee . In 2010 , Alcoa had 8,449 inhabitants, which increased to 8,640 by 2013.
Alcoa is located in the Knoxville Metropolitan Area , the metropolitan area around the city of Knoxville .
geography
Alcoa is located in eastern Tennessee at the confluence of the Little River with the Tennessee River , which is part of the Mississippi River basin across the Ohio .
The geographical coordinates of Alcoa are 35 ° 47'22 "north latitude and 83 ° 58'26" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 40.5 km², which is spread over 38.2 km² of land and 2.3 km² of water.
Neighboring towns of Alcoa are Rockford (on the northeastern city limits), Seymour (15.3 miles northeast), Eagleton Village (on the eastern city limits), Wildwood (7.5 miles east), Walland ( 12.1 miles east -southeast), Maryville ( on the southern city limits), Greenback (15.4 miles southwest), Friendsville (11.4 miles west), and Louisville (on the northwestern city limits).
Knoxville city center is 15 miles north. The nearest other major cities are Lexington , Kentucky (298 km north), Charlotte , North Carolina (371 km east-southeast), Greenville , South Carolina (278 km southeast), Atlanta , Georgia (285 km south), Chattanooga (173 km southwest) , Tennessee's capital Nashville (296 km west), Bowling Green in Kentucky (328 km northwest) and Kentucky's largest city Louisville (404 km north northwest).
traffic
The Interstate Highway 140 , a feeder of I 40 , has its southeastern endpoint in the northeast of Alcoa. Furthermore, Tennessee State Routes 33 , 35 , 115 , 334 and 335 meet in the city of Alcoa . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
In the urban area of Alcoa, several freight railway lines of the CSX Transportation (CSXT) and the Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) meet.
The nearest airport is McGhee Tyson Airport, Knoxville's northwestern city limits .
history
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1920 | 3358 | - | |
| 1930 | 5255 | 56.5% | |
| 1940 | 5131 | -2.4% | |
| 1950 | 6355 | 23.9% | |
| 1960 | 6395 | 0.6% | |
| 1970 | 7739 | 21% | |
| 1980 | 6870 | -11.2% | |
| 1990 | 6400 | -6.8% | |
| 2000 | 7734 | 20.8% | |
| 2010 | 8449 | 9.2% | |
| 2013 estimate | 8640 | 2.3% | |
| 1920-2000 2010-2013 | |||
The place was until 1918 part of Marysville until the area around the by Alcoa Corporation ( Al uminum Co mpany of A separated operated merica) aluminum factory was a year later as an independent City of Alcoa was incorporated.
population
As of the 2010 census , Alcoa had 8,449 people in 3,693 households. The population density was 221.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.28 people lived in each of the 3,693 households.
The racial the population was composed of 79.1 percent white, 14.0 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 3.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 6.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
21.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.3 percent were 65 years or older. 52.2 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 39,258 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,730. 19.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Randall Cobb (* 1990) - American football player - attended school in Alcoa
- Lynn Swann (born 1952) - American football player - born in Alcoa
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Alcoa - City Government ( Memento of October 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved November 19, 2014
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 19, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on December 19, 2014
- ↑ United States Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved December 19, 2014
