Haywood County, Tennessee

administration
Haywood County Courthouse
US state :	Tennessee
Administrative headquarters :	Brownsville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 1 N. Washington Street Brownsville, TN 38012-2561
Foundation :	1823
Area code :	001 731
Demographics
Residents :	18,787 (2010)
Population density :	13.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1383 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

Website : www.haywoodcountybrownsville.com/HaywoodCounty

The Haywood County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Tennessee . In 2010 , the county had 18,787 residents and a population density of 13.6 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Brownsville .

geography

The county is located in western Tennessee, about 50 km from Arkansas and has an area of 1,383 square kilometers, of which 2 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Haywood County:

Lauderdale County	Crockett County
Tipton County		Madison County
	Fayette County	Hardeman County

history

Haywood County was formed on November 3, 1823. It was named after John Haywood (1753–1826), an Attorney General and judge on the Tennessee Supreme Court . Haywood was also known by his nickname The father of Tennessee history .

The Joshua K. Hutchison House is one of ten entries of the county in the NRHP.

Ten buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of August 17, 2018).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	25.189	-
1910	25,910	2.9%
1920	25,386	-2%
1930	26,063	2.7%
1940	27,699	6.3%
1950	26,212	-5.4%
1960	23,393	-10.8%
1970	19,596	-16.2%
1980	20,318	3.7%
1990	19,437	-4.3%
2000	19,797	1.9%
2010	18,787	-5.1%
1900-2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Haywood County had 18,787 people in 7,445 households. The population density was 13.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.53 people lived in each of the 7,445 households.

The racial the population was composed of 48.5 percent white, 50.2 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 4.0 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.

25.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.1 percent were 65 years or older. 53.1 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 32.414 USD . The per capita income was 17,047 USD. 26.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.