Lauderdale County, Tennessee

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Lauderdale County Courthouse
Lauderdale County Courthouse
administration
US state : Tennessee
Administrative headquarters : Ripley
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
100 Court Square
Ripley, TN 38063-1590
Foundation : November 24, 1835
Made up from: Dyer County
Haywood County
Tipton County
Area code : 001 731
Demographics
Residents : 27,815  (2010)
Population density : 22.8 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1313 km²
Water surface : 95 km²
map
Map of Lauderdale County within Tennessee

The Lauderdale County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Tennessee . At the 2010 census , the county had 27,815 residents and a population density of 22.8 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Ripley .

geography

The county is west of Tennessee and - separated by the Mississippi River - west of Arkansas . It has an area of ​​1313 square kilometers, of which 95 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Lauderdale County:

Dyer County
Mississippi County
(Arkansas) 		Compass card (de) .svg Crockett County
Tipton County Haywood County

history

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1900 21,971 -
1910 21,105 -3.9%
1920 21,494 1.8%
1930 23,406 8.9%
1940 24,461 4.5%
1950 25,047 2.4%
1960 21,844 -12.8%
1970 20,271 -7.2%
1980 24,555 21.1%
1990 23,491 -4.3%
2000 27.101 15.4%
2010 27,815 2.6%
1900-2000 2010

Lauderdale County was formed on November 24, 1835 from parts of Dyer County, Haywood County and Tipton County. It was named after James Lauderdale (1780-1814), an officer who served under Andrew Jackson and was killed in the British-American War .

Fort Pillow (2002)

One place in the county has National Historic Landmark status , Fort Pillow . Five buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of August 18, 2018).

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Lauderdale Counties had 27,815 people in 9,365 households. The population density was 22.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.66 people lived in the 9,365 households.

The racial the population was composed of 63.0 percent white, 34.9 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.1 percent of the population.

23.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.7 percent were 65 years or older. 47.5 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 32,894  USD . The per capita income was $ 16,006. 24.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Lauderdale County localities

Towns

Unincorporated Communities

structure

Lauderdale County is divided into eight numbered districts:

District Population (2010) FIPS
1 3321 47-90098
2 3460 47-90288
3 3214 47-90478
4th 4100 47-90668
5 3313 47-90858
6th 3774 47-91048
7th 3292 47-91238
8th 3341 47-91428

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lauderdale County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.Retrieved February 22, 2011
  2. ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Lauderdale County, TN ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 14, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / quickfacts.census.gov
  3. ^ National Association of Counties.Retrieved September 14, 2012
  4. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
  5. ↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 173 .
  6. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Tennessee . National Park Service , accessed August 18, 2018.
  7. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 18, 2018.
  8. ↑ Missouri Census Data Center - Tennessee  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 14, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mcdc.missouri.edu  

Web links

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Coordinates: 35 ° 46 ′  N , 89 ° 38 ′  W