Van Buren County, Tennessee

administration
Van Buren County Courthouse
US state :	Tennessee
Administrative headquarters :	Spencer
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 217 Spencer, TN 38585-0217
Foundation :	January 3, 1840
Made up from:	Bledsoe County Warren County White County
Area code :	001 931
Demographics
Residents :	5548 (2010)
Population density :	7.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	711 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
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Van Buren County is a county in the state of Tennessee in the United States . The county seat is Spencer .

geography

The county is east of the geographic center of Tennessee and has an area of 711 square kilometers, of which 3 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: White County , Cumberland County , Bledsoe County , Sequatchie County, and Warren County .

history

Van Buren County was formed on January 3, 1840 from parts of Bledsoe County, Warren County and White County. It was named after Martin Van Buren , the eighth US president .

The Crain Hill School and Church is one of three entries for the county in the NRHP.

Three buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of September 5, 2018).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	3126	-
1910	2784	-10.9%
1920	2624	-5.7%
1930	3516	34%
1940	4090	16.3%
1950	3985	-2.6%
1960	3671	-7.9%
1970	3758	2.4%
1980	4728	25.8%
1990	4846	2.5%
2000	5508	13.7%
2010	5548	0.7%
1900-1990 2000

Van Buren County Age Pyramid

According to the 2000 census , Van Buren County had 5,508 people in 2,180 households and 1,619 families. The population density was 8 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 99.02 percent white, 0.13 percent African American, 0.18 percent Native American, 0.07 percent Asian and 0.09 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.51 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.33 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 2,180 households, 30.5 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 59.5 percent were married couples living together, 11.0 percent were single mothers, and 25.7 percent were non-families. 21.9 percent were single households and 8.7 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.49 and the average household size was 2.90 people.

23.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 9.2 percent between 18 and 24, 27.5 percent between 25 and 44, 26.3 percent between 45 and 64 and 14.0 percent were older than 65. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 99.3 males and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 95.3 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 28,165 , and the median income for a family is $ 34,949. Males had a median income of $ 25,938 versus $ 20,911 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,497. 13.7 percent of families and 15.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.