Lewis County, Tennessee

Lewis County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 11,367. Its is. Lewis County is named for explorer who died and was buried at  in 1809. Lewis's grave is located at the geographic center of the county.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 732 (282 ). 731 km² (282 sq mi) of it is land and 1 km² (0 sq mi) of it (0.13%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 11,367 people, 4,381 households, and 3,215 families residing in the county. The was 16/km² (40/sq mi). There were 4,821 housing units at an average density of 7/km² (17/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 97.07%, 1.45% or , 0.20% , 0.18% , 0.29% from , and 0.80% from two or more races. 1.20% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 4,381 households out of which 33.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.90% were living together, 10.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.60% were non-families. 23.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the county, the population was spread out with 25.80% under the age of 18, 8.30% from 18 to 24, 27.40% from 25 to 44, 24.80% from 45 to 64, and 13.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 96.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,444, and the median income for a family was $35,972. Males had a median income of $27,060 versus $19,847 for females. The for the county was $14,664. About 10.30% of families and 13.40% of the population were below the, including 16.60% of those under age 18 and 12.20% of those age 65 or over.