DeKalb County, Tennessee

administration
DeKalb County Courthouse
US state :	Tennessee
Administrative headquarters :	Smithville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 1 Public Square Smithville, TN 37166-1443
Foundation :	December 11, 1837
Made up from:	Cannon County Jackson County Warren County White County Wilson County
Area code :	001 615
Demographics
Residents :	18,723 (2010)
Population density :	23.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	852 km²
Water surface :	63 km²
map

Website : www.smithvilletn.com/government

DeKalb County is a county in the US state of Tennessee in the United States . The county seat is Smithville .

geography

The county is located northeast of the geographic center of Tennessee and has an area of 852 square kilometers, of which 63 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Putnam County , White County , Warren County , Cannon County , Wilson County, and Smith County .

history

DeKalb County was formed on December 11, 1837 from parts of Cannon, Jackson, Warren, White and Wilson Counties. It was named after Johann DeKalb , a German-American major general in the Continental Army in the American War of Independence .

The Alexandria Cemeteries Historic District is one of the county's five entries on the NRHP.

Five buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of August 13, 2018).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	16,460	-
1910	15,434	-6.2%
1920	15,370	-0.4%
1930	14,213	-7.5%
1940	14,588	2.6%
1950	11,680	-19.9%
1960	10,774	-7.8%
1970	11,151	3.5%
1980	13,589	21.9%
1990	14,360	5.7%
2000	17,423	21.3%
2010	18,723	7.5%
1900-1990 2000

DeKalb County age pyramid

According to the 2000 census , DeKalb County had 17,423 people in 6,984 households and 4,986 families. The population density was 22 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 95.58 percent white, 1.43 percent African American, 0.28 percent Native American, 0.14 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 1.62 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.94 percent were descended from two or more races. 3.63 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 6,984 households, 30.1 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 56.1 percent were married couples living together, 11.1 percent were single mothers, and 28.6 percent were non-families. 25.5 percent were single households and 10.7 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.45 and the average household size was 2.90 people.

23.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.5 percent between 18 and 24, 29.3 percent between 25 and 44, 24.6 percent between 45 and 64 and 14.3 percent were older than 65. The mean age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 97.7 males and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 94.9 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 30,359 , and the median income for a family is $ 36,920. Males had a median income of $ 29,483 versus $ 20,953 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,217. 11.8 percent of families and 17.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

^ DeKalb County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011
↑ 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. 82 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 13, 2018.
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
^ DeKalb County, Tennessee , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

35.98 -85.83Coordinates: 35 ° 59 ′ N , 85 ° 50 ′ W

[1] DeKalb County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . 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. 82 .

[3] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 13, 2018.

[4] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011

[5] Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011

[6] DeKalb County, Tennessee , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .