Henderson County, Tennessee

administration
Henderson County Courthouse
US state :	Tennessee
Administrative headquarters :	Lexington
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 17 Monroe Avenue Lexington, TN 38351-2183
Foundation :	November 7, 1821
Made up from:	Chickasaw land
Area code :	001 731
Demographics
Residents :	27,769 (2010)
Population density :	20.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1362 km²
Water surface :	15 km²
map

The Henderson County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Tennessee . In 2010 , the county had 27,769 residents and a population density of 20.6 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Lexington .

geography

The county is located in west central Tennessee and has an area of 1,362 square kilometers, of which 15 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border da Henderson County:

	Carroll County
Madison County		Decatur County
Chester County		Hardin County

history

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	18,117	-
1910	17,030	-6%
1920	18,436	8.3%
1930	17,655	-4.2%
1940	19,220	8.9%
1950	17.173	-10.7%
1960	16,115	-6.2%
1970	17,291	7.3%
1980	21,390	23.7%
1990	21,844	2.1%
2000	25,522	16.8%
2010	27,769	8.8%
1900–1990 2000 2010

Henderson County was formed from Chickasaw Land on November 7, 1821 . It was named after James Henderson (? –1815), a colonel in the Tennessee militia and quartermaster under Andrew Jackson in the British-American War .

The Parker's Crossroads Battlefield is one of four entries for the county in the NRHP.

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

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Henderson County had 27,769 people in 10,850 households. The population density was 20.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 10,850 households there were statistically 2.49 people each.

The racial the population was composed of 89.7 percent white, 8.0 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.1 percent of the population.

24 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15 percent were 65 years or older. 51.8 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 38,887 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,988. 16.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.