Chester County, Tennessee

administration
The Chester County Courthouse in Henderson, listed on the NRHP since 1979
US state :	Tennessee
Administrative headquarters :	Henderson
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 159 E. Main Street Henderson, TN 38340-2345
Foundation :	March 4, 1875
Made up from:	Hardeman County Henderson County Madison County McNairy County
Area code :	001 731
Demographics
Residents :	17,131 (2010)
Population density :	22.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	748 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map

Website : chestercountytn.org

The Chester County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Tennessee . In 2010 , the county had 17,131 residents and a population density of 22.9 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Henderson .

geography

The county located in central southwest Tennessee and about 50 km from Mississippi to the south. It has an area of 748 square kilometers, of which 1 square kilometer is water. The following neighboring counties border Chester County:

Madison County		Henderson County

Hardeman County	McNairy County	Hardin County

history

The Chester County was formed on March 4, 1875 from parts of Hardeman County, Henderson County, Madison County and McNairy County. It was named after Robert I. Chester (1793-1892), a politician from Tennessee.

The National Teacher's Normal and Business College Administration Building is one of the county's three entries in the NRHP.

Three buildings in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of August 10, 2018).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	9896	-
1910	9090	-8.1%
1920	9669	6.4%
1930	10,603	9.7%
1940	11,124	4.9%
1950	11,149	0.2%
1960	9569	-14.2%
1970	9927	3.7%
1980	12,727	28.2%
1990	12,819	0.7%
2000	15,540	21.2%
2010	17.131	10.2%
1900–1990 2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Chester County had 17,131 people in 5,987 households. The population density was 22.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.62 people in each of the 5987 households.

The racial the population was composed of 88.1 percent white, 9.4 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.2 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

22.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.7 percent were 65 years or older. 51.9 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 39,915 USD . The per capita income was $ 17,343. 15.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.