Fayette County, Tennessee

administration
Fayette County Courthouse
US state :	Tennessee
Administrative headquarters :	Somerville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 218 Somerville, TN 38068-0218
Foundation :	September 29, 1824
Made up from:	Hardeman County Shelby County
Area code :	001 901
Demographics
Residents :	38,413 (2010)
Population density :	21 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1829 km²
Water surface :	4 km²
map

Website : www.fayettetn.us

The Fayette County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Tennessee . In 2010 , the county had 38,413 residents and a population density of 21 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Somerville .

Fayette County is part of the Memphis metropolitan area .

geography

The county is located in southwest Tennessee, borders Mississippi to the south and has an area of 1,829 square kilometers, of which 4 square kilometers are water. Its western border is the Mississippi River , in the well of the whole County flowing through loosahatchie river and the Wolf River flow. The following neighboring counties border Fayette County:

Tipton County	Haywood County
Shelby County		Hardeman County
	Marshall County, Mississippi	Benton County, Mississippi

history

La Fayette

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	8652	-
1840	21,501	148.5%
1850	26,719	24.3%
1860	24,327	-9%
1870	26,145	7.5%
1880	31,871	21.9%
1890	28,878	-9.4%
1900	29,701	2.8%
1910	30,257	1.9%
1920	31,499	4.1%
1930	28,891	-8.3%
1940	30,322	5%
1950	27,535	-9.2%
1960	24,577	-10.7%
1970	22,692	-7.7%
1980	25.305	11.5%
1990	25,559	1 %
2000	28,806	12.7%
2010	38,413	33.4%
before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Fayette County was formed on September 29, 1824 from parts of Hardeman County and Shelby County. It was named after Marie-Joseph Motier, Marquis de La Fayette , who took part in the American Revolutionary War on the side of the colonists and played an important role in the French Revolution .

The Immanuel Church is one of twelve entries of the county in the NRHP.

Twelve 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 , Fayette County had 38,413 people in 13,498 households. The population density was 21 people per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.72 people each in the 13,498 households.

The racial the population was composed of 70.3 percent white, 28.0 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.4 percent of the population.

22.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.5 percent were 65 years or older. 50.3 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household in the county was $ 56.729 . The per capita income was $ 26,898. 13.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.