Claiborne County, Tennessee

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Claiborne County Courthouse
Claiborne County Courthouse
administration
US state : Tennessee
Administrative headquarters : Tazewell
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
P.O. Drawer K
Tazewell, TN 37879-0000
Foundation : October 29, 1801
Made up from: Grainger County
Hawkins County
Area code : 001 423
Demographics
Residents : 32,213  (2010)
Population density : 28.6 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1144 km²
Water surface : 19 km²
map
Map of Claiborne County within Tennessee
Website : www.claibornecounty.com

Claiborne County is a county in the state of Tennessee in the United States . The county seat is Tazewell .

geography

The county is located in northeast Tennessee, borders Kentucky and Virginia to the north and has an area of ​​1,144 square kilometers, of which 19 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Bell County, Kentucky, Lee County, Virginia, Hancock County , Grainger County , Union County , Campbell County, and Whitley County, Kentucky.

To the north, the Cumberland Gap connects Claiborne County with Kentucky. The county is traversed by the Powell River , the southern border is the Clinch River . Both rivers feed Norris Lake in which Claiborne County also has a share.

places

Claiborne County has four self-governing parishes (one city and three towns ) and several dependent localities:

history

Claiborne County was formed on October 29, 1801 from parts of Grainger County and Hawkins County. It was named after William CC Claiborne , who was the first governor of Louisiana and the Mississippi and Orleans Territories and later a senator .

The Powell Valley Male Academy is one of the county's twelve entries in the NRHP.

Twelve buildings and sites 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 20,696 -
1910 23,504 13.6%
1920 23,286 -0.9%
1930 24,313 4.4%
1940 24,657 1.4%
1950 24,788 0.5%
1960 19,067 -23.1%
1970 19,420 1.9%
1980 24,595 26.6%
1990 26,137 6.3%
2000 29,862 14.3%
2010 32,213 7.9%
1900-1990

2000

Claiborne County Age Pyramid

According to the 2000 census , Claiborne County had 29,862 people in 11,799 households and 8,684 families. The population density was 27 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.79 percent white, 0.75 percent African American, 0.24 percent Native American, 0.28 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.19 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.74 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.64 percent of the population.

Of the 11,799 households, 32.0 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 58.8 percent were married couples living together, 11.0 percent were single mothers, and 26.4 percent were non-families. 23.4 percent were single households and 10.0 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.48 and the average household size was 2.91 people.

23.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.9 percent between 18 and 24, 28.7 percent between 25 and 44, 25.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 13.4 percent were older than 65. The mean age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 93.3 males and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 91.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 25,782 , and the median income for a family was $ 31,234. Males had a median income of $ 26,280 versus $ 19,951 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,032. 18.4 percent of families and 22.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Claiborne County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
  2. ↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 57 .
  3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 10, 2018.
  4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
  5. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
  6. ^ Claiborne County, Tennessee , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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Coordinates: 36 ° 29 ′  N , 83 ° 40 ′  W