- State:TennesseeCounty:Chester CountyZips:38347,38352,38332,38340Coordinates:35.42175255409276, -88.61346173216431Area total:285.96 sq. mi., 740.63 sq. km, 183013.12 acresArea land:285.74 sq. mi., 740.05 sq. km, 182871.04 acresArea water:0.22 sq. mi., 0.58 sq. km, 142.08 acresEstablished:1879Capital seat:
Henderson
Address: 133 East Main Street
County Courthouse
Henderson, TN 38340-2345
Governing Body: Board of Commissioners with 18 board size
Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule
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Chester County, Tennessee, United States
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- Population:17,341; Population change: 1.23% (2010 - 2020)Population density:61 persons per square mileHousehold income:$41,721Households:6,075Unemployment rate:5.70% per 8,390 county labor force
- Sales taxes:9.75%GDP:$347.91 M, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Chester County's population of Tennessee of 10,723 residents in 1930 has increased 1,62-fold to 17,341 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 51.66% female residents and 48.34% male residents live in as of 2020, 58.61% in Chester County, Tennessee are married and the remaining 41.39% are single population.
As of 2020, 58.61% in Chester County, Tennessee are married and the remaining 41.39% are single population.
- Housing units:7,212 residential units of which 90.17% share occupied residential units.
28.1 minutes is the average time that residents in Chester County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
80.25% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 13.42% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool and 2.11% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Chester County, Tennessee 69.22% are owner-occupied homes, another 20.81% are rented apartments, and the remaining 9.97% are vacant.
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The 49.79% of the population in Chester County, Tennessee who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 71.020%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 27.820%) of those eligible to vote in Chester County, Tennessee.
