Cocke County

Cocke County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Tennessee
Administrative headquarters :	Newport
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse Annex 360 E. Main Street Newport, TN 37821
Foundation :	October 9, 1797
Made up from:	Jefferson County
Area code :	001 423
Demographics
Residents :	35,662  (2010)
Population density :	31.7 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1148 km²
Water surface :	23 km²
map

Cocke County is a county in the state of Tennessee in the United States . The county seat is Newport .

geography

The county is located in eastern Tennessee, bordering North Carolina and has an area of ​​1,148 square kilometers, of which 23 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Hamblen County , Greene County , Madison County, North Carolina, Haywood County, North Carolina, Sevier County, and Jefferson County .

history

Cocke County was formed on October 9, 1797 from parts of Jefferson County. It was named after William Cocke , a well-known politician in Virginia , North Carolina , Tennessee, and the Northwest Territory .

The Swaggerty Blockhouse is one of eleven entries for the county in the NRHP.

Eleven structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of August 11, 2018).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1900	19,153		-
1910	19,399		1.3%
1920	20,782		7.1%
1930	21,775		4.8%
1940	24,083		10.6%
1950	22,991		-4.5%
1960	23,390		1.7%
1970	25,283		8.1%
1980	28,792		13.9%
1990	29,141		1.2%
2000	33,565		15.2%
2010	35,662		6.2%
1900-1990 2000

Cocke County age pyramid

As of the 2000 census , Cocke County had 33,565 people in 13,762 households and 9,715 families. The population density was 30 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 96.16 percent white, 1.99 percent African American, 0.40 percent Native American, 0.15 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.32 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.96 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.05 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 13,762 households, 29.5 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 53.1 percent were married couples living together, 13.0 percent were single mothers, and 29.4 percent were non-families. 25.7 percent were single households and 10.1 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.41 and the average household size was 2.87 people.

22.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.3 percent between 18 and 24, 28.8 percent between 25 and 44, 26.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 13.6 percent were older than 65. The mean age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 94.6 males and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 92.8 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 25,553 , and the median income for a family is $ 30,418. Males had a median income of $ 26,062 versus $ 18,826 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,881. 18.7 percent of families and 22.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

See also

• List of cities in Tennessee

Individual evidence

1. ^ Cocke County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011
2. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 11, 2018.
3. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
4. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
5. ^ Cocke County, Tennessee , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : Cocke County, Tennessee  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 35 ° 56 ′  N , 83 ° 7 ′  W