Clinton (Tennessee)
| Clinton | |||
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 Market Street in the center of Clinton |
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| Location in Tennessee | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1801 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Tennessee | ||
| County : | Anderson County | ||
| Coordinates : | 36 ° 6 ′ N , 84 ° 8 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
9,841 (status: 2010) 698,030 (status: 2010) |
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| Population density : | 332.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 31.1 km 2 (approx. 12 mi 2 ) of which 29.6 km 2 (approx. 11 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 250 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 37716, 37717 | ||
| Area code : | +1 865 | ||
| FIPS : | 47-15580 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1305981 | ||
| Website : | clintontn.net | ||
| Mayor : | Scott Burton | ||
 The Anderson County Courthouse in Clinton |
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Clinton is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Anderson County in the US -amerikanischen State Tennessee . In 2010 , Clinton had 9,841 residents.
Clinton is part of the Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area , the metropolitan area around the city of Knoxville .
geography
Clinton is located in eastern Tennessee in the southwestern Appalachian Mountains . The city lies on both sides of the Clinch River , which forms part of the Mississippi River basin across the Tennessee River and Ohio .
The geographical coordinates of Clinton are 36 ° 06'12 "north latitude and 84 ° 07'55" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 31.1 km², which is spread over 29.6 km² of land and 1.5 km² of water.
Neighboring locations to Clinton are Rocky Top (9 miles north), Norris (8 miles northeast), Powell (11 miles southeast), and Oak Ridge (11 miles southwest).
Knoxville city center is 19 miles to the southeast. The nearest other major cities are Lexington , Kentucky in (253 km north), Charlotte in North Carolina (395 km east-southeast), Atlanta , Georgia (346 km south), Chattanooga (190 km southwest), Nashville (278 km west) and Louisville in Kentucky (360 north northwest).
traffic
The US Highway 25 W into a north-south direction as the main road through Clinton and meets in the center of the Tennessee State Highway 9 and 61 . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
In the urban area of Clinton, several railroad lines meet for freight traffic.
The nearest airport is 53.2 kilometers south to McGhee Tyson Airport in Alcoa , south of Knoxville.
population
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1870 | 325 | - | |
| 1880 | 263 | -19.1% | |
| 1890 | 1198 | 355.5% | |
| 1900 | 1111 | -7.3% | |
| 1910 | 1090 | -1.9% | |
| 1920 | 1409 | 29.3% | |
| 1930 | 1927 | 36.8% | |
| 1940 | 2761 | 43.3% | |
| 1950 | 3712 | 34.4% | |
| 1960 | 4943 | 33.2% | |
| 1970 | 4794 | -3% | |
| 1980 | 5245 | 9.4% | |
| 1990 | 8972 | 71.1% | |
| 2000 | 9409 | 4.9% | |
| 2010 | 9841 | 4.6% | |
| 2012 estimate | 9872 | 0.3% | |
| 1870-2000 2010 2012 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Clinton had 9,841 people in 4,419 households. The population density was 332.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.2 people lived in each of the 4419 households.
The racial the population was composed of 94.9 percent white, 2.0 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.
21.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.3 percent were 65 years or older. 53.0 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 39,614 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,966. 11.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved February 15, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on February 15, 2014
- ↑ US Decennial Census.Retrieved February 15, 2014
- ↑ State & County QuickFacts - Clinton, Tennessee ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 15, 2014
