Sullivan County, Tennessee

administration
Sullivan County Courthouse
US state :	Tennessee
Administrative headquarters :	Blountville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 509 Blountville, TN 37617-0509
Foundation :	October 18, 1779
Made up from:	Washington County
Area code :	001 423
Demographics
Residents :	156,823 (2010)
Population density :	146.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1113 km²
Water surface :	43 km²
map

Website : www.sullivancounty.org

Sullivan County is a county in the state of Tennessee in the United States . The county seat is Blountville .

geography

The county is located almost in the extreme northeast of Tennessee, borders Virginia to the north and has an area of 1113 square kilometers, of which 43 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Scott County, Virginia, Washington County (Virginia), Bristol (Independent City) (Virginia), Johnson County , Carter County , Washington County, and Hawkins County .

Citys and Towns

Unincorporated Communities

history

Sullivan County was formed from parts of Washington County on October 18, 1779, and administrative organization was completed on February 7, 1780. It was named after John Sullivan , a major general in the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War , leader of the 1779 Sullivan expedition (a punitive expedition against the Iroquois ) and later governor of New Hampshire .

Information sign to Long Island of the Holston

One place in the county has the status of a National Historic Landmark , the Long Island of the Holston . 41 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of September 4, 2018).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	24,935	-
1910	28,120	12.8%
1920	36,259	28.9%
1930	51,087	40.9%
1940	69,085	35.2%
1950	95,063	37.6%
1960	114.139	20.1%
1970	127,329	11.6%
1980	143,968	13.1%
1990	143,596	-0.3%
2000	153.048	6.6%
2010	156,823	2.5%
1900-1990 2000

Sullivan County Age Pyramid

According to the 2000 census , Sullivan County had 153,048 people in 63,556 households and 44,806 families. The population density was 143 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 96.55 percent white, 1.89 percent African American, 0.22 percent Native American, 0.43 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.21 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.69 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.71 percent of the population.

Of the 63,556 households, 28.4 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 57.1 percent were married couples living together, 10.2 percent were single mothers, and 29.5 percent were non-families. 26.4 percent were single households and 11.1 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.36 and the average household size was 2.84 people.

21.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 7.3 percent between 18 and 24, 28.4 percent between 25 and 44, 26.5 percent between 45 and 64 and 15.9 percent were older than 65. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 93.3 males and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 90.2 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 33,529 , and the median income for a family is $ 41,025. Males had a median income of $ 31,204 versus $ 21,653 for females. The per capita income was $ 19,202. 9.7 percent of families and 12.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

↑ Sullivan County ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011.
↑ 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. 293 .
↑ List of NHL by State . National Park Service , accessed September 4, 2018.
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed September 4, 2018.
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
^ Sullivan County, Tennessee , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : Sullivan County, Tennessee - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

36.51 -82.3Coordinates: 36 ° 31 ′ N , 82 ° 18 ′ W

[1] Sullivan County ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011.

[2] 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. 293 .

[3] List of NHL by State . National Park Service , accessed September 4, 2018.

[4] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed September 4, 2018.

[5] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011

[6] Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011

[7] Sullivan County, Tennessee , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .