Wilson County, Tennessee

Wilson County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Tennessee
Administrative headquarters :	Lebanon
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 228 East Main Street Lebanon, TN 37087-2888
Foundation :	October 26, 1799
Made up from:	Sumner County
Area code :	001 615
Demographics
Residents :	113,993  (2010)
Population density :	77.2 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1510 km²
Water surface :	33 km²
map
Website : www.wilsoncountytn.com

Wilson County is a county in the state of Tennessee in the United States . The county seat is Lebanon .

geography

The county is east of the geographic center of Tennessee and has an area of ​​1,510 square kilometers, of which 33 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Trousdale County , Smith County , DeKalb County , Cannon County , Rutherford County , Davidson County, and Sumner County .

history

Wilson County was formed on October 26, 1799 from parts of Sumner County. It was named after Major David Wilson (1752-1804), a veteran of the American Revolutionary War and member of the administration of the Southwest Territory in 1794.

In the Lebanon Commercial Historic District . This Historic District is one of the county's 24 entries in the NRHP.

24 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of September 14, 2018).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1900	27,078		-
1910	25,394		-6.2%
1920	26,241		3.3%
1930	23,929		-8.8%
1940	25,267		5.6%
1950	26,318		4.2%
1960	27,668		5.1%
1970	36,999		33.7%
1980	56.064		51.5%
1990	67,675		20.7%
2000	88,809		31.2%
2010	113.993		28.4%
1900-1990 2000

Wilson County Age Pyramid

According to the 2000 census , Wilson County had 88,809 people in 32,798 households and 25,582 families. The population density was 60 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 91.50 percent white, 6.26 percent African American, 0.32 percent Native American, 0.48 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.48 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.92 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.27 percent of the population.

Of the 32,798 households, 37.2 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 64.2 percent were married or living together, 10.1 percent were single mothers, and 22.0 percent were non-families. 18.1 percent were single households and 6.1 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.67 and the average household size was 3.03.

26.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 7.7 percent between 18 and 24; 31.7 percent between 25 and 44; 24.7 percent were between 45 and 64 and 9.7 percent were over 65. The mean age was 36 years. Statistically, for every 100 females there were 97.4 males and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 94.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 50,140 , and the median income for a family was $ 56,650. Males had a median income of $ 39,848 versus $ 26,794 for females. The per capita income was $ 22,739. 4.6 percent of families and 6.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wilson 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. 331 .
3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed September 14, 2018.
4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
5. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
6. ^ Wilson County, Tennessee , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

Coordinates: 36 ° 10 ′  N , 86 ° 18 ′  W