Decatur County, Tennessee

administration
US state :	Tennessee
Administrative headquarters :	Decaturville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 22 West Main Street Decaturville, TN 38329-0488
Foundation :	November 1845
Made up from:	Perry County
Area code :	001 731
Demographics
Residents :	11,757 (2010)
Population density :	13.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	893 km²
Water surface :	29 km²
map

Website : www.decaturcountytn.org

The Decatur County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Tennessee . In 2010 , the county had 11,757 residents and a population density of 13.6 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Decaturville .

geography

The county is located in west central Tennessee on the west bank of the Tennessee River . It has an area of 893 square kilometers, of which 29 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Decatur County:

Carroll County	Benton County
Henderson County		Perry County
	Hardin County	Wayne County

history

Decatur

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	10,439	-
1910	10.093	-3.3%
1920	10.198	1 %
1930	10,106	-0.9%
1940	10,261	1.5%
1950	9442	-8th %
1960	8324	-11.8%
1970	9457	13.6%
1980	10,857	14.8%
1990	10,472	-3.5%
2000	11,731	12%
2010	11,757	0.2%
1900–1990 2000 2010

Decatur County was formed from parts of Perry County in November 1845 and the administrative organization was completed on March 6, 1846. It was named after Stephen Decatur (1779-1820), a commanding American naval officer a. a. in the British-American War and the American-Tripolitan War .

The John P. Rains Hotel is one of six entries for the county in the NRHP.

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

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Decatur County's population was 11,757 in 4,985 households. The population density was 13.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.3 people lived in each of the 4,985 households.

The racial the population was composed of 95.3 percent white, 3.0 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.9 percent of the population.

21.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.9 percent were 65 years or older. 50.9 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 30,445 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,757. 20.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.