Hardeman County, Tennessee

administration
Hardeman County Courthouse
US state :	Tennessee
Administrative headquarters :	Bolivar
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 100 North Main Street Bolivar, TN 38008-2351
Foundation :	October 16, 1823
Made up from:	Chickasaw land
Area code :	001 731
Demographics
Residents :	27,253 (2010)
Population density :	15.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1736 km²
Water surface :	7 km²
map

Website : www.hardemancotn.org

The Hardeman County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Tennessee . In 2010 , the county had 27,253 people and a population density of 15.8 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Bolivar .

geography

The county is located in southwest Tennessee and borders Mississippi to the south . It has an area of 1736 square kilometers, of which 7 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Hardeman County:

Haywood County	Madison County	Chester County
Fayette County		McNairy County
Benton County, Mississippi	Tippah County (Mississippi)	Alcorn County, Mississippi

history

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	22,976	-
1910	23,011	0.2%
1920	22,278	-3.2%
1930	22,193	-0.4%
1940	23,590	6.3%
1950	23,311	-1.2%
1960	21,517	-7.7%
1970	22,435	4.3%
1980	23,873	6.4%
1990	23,377	-2.1%
2000	28.105	20.2%
2010	27,253	-3%
1900–1990 2000 2010

Hardeman County was formed from Chickasaw Land on October 16, 1823 . It was named after Thomas Jones Hardeman (1788-1854), a member of the government of the Republic of Texas . At his suggestion, the capital of Texas was named Austin .

The Allen-White School is one of eleven entries for the county in the NRHP.

One place in the county has National Historic Landmark status , the Siege and Battle of Corinth Sites . Eleven structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of August 16, 2018).

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Hardeman County had 27,253 people in 8,993 households. The population density was 15.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.62 people in each of the 8,993 households.

The racial the population was composed of 56.8 percent white, 41.4 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

20.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.5 percent were 65 years or older. 45.5 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 32,539 USD . The per capita income was $ 15,838. 20.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.