Cookeville Demographics

GENERAL DEMOGRAPHICS
CITY OF COOKEVILLE

  TOTAL POPULATION

1990
CENSUS

2000
CENSUS

1990-2000 INCREASE

2001
CERTIFIED

1990-2001 INCREASE

21,744

23,923

2,179 – 10.0%

25,065*

3,321 – 15.3%

2008
CERTIFIED

1990-2008
INCREASE

2000-2008 INCREASE

26,656*

4,912 – 22.6%

2,733 – 11.4%

 * Special Census of annexed areas certified by the State of Tennessee, Department of Economic and Community Development

SEX AND AGE

 

1990 CENSUS

2000 CENSUS

MALE

10,803 – 49.7%

12,046 – 50.4%

 

 

 

FEMALE

10,941 – 50.3%

11,877 – 49.6%

 

 

 

MEDIAN AGE

28.1

29.0

 

 

 

AGE 65 OR OLDER

2,796 – 12.7%

3,284 – 13.7%

 

 

 

UNDER AGE 18

3,837 – 17.6%

4,295 – 18.0%

 

 

 

AGE 25 TO 34

3,168 – 14.6%

3,314 – 13.9%

RACE

 

1990 CENSUS

2000 CENSUS

WHITE

20,660 – 95.0%

21,797 – 91.1%

 

 

 

BLACK

623 – 2.9%

697 – 2.9%

 

 

 

OTHER

461 – 2.1%

1,429 – 6.0%

 HOUSEHOLDS

 

1990 CENSUS

2000 CENSUS

TOTAL HOUSEHOLDS

8,563

9,938

 

 

 

PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD

2.23

2.19

 

 

 

PERSONS IN HOUSEHOLDS

19,117 – 87.9%

21,733 – 90.8%

 

 

 

GROUP QUARTERS

2,627 – 12.1%

2,190 – 9.2%

 

 

 

NONINSTITUTIONAL GROUP QUARTERS

2,400

1,877

HOUSING

 

1990 CENSUS

2000 CENSUS

TOTAL UNITS

9,284

10,746

 

 

 

VACANT UNITS

721 – 7.8%

808 – 7.5%

 

 

 

OWNER-OCCUPIED

4,306 – 50.3%

4,521 – 45.5%

 

 

 

RENTER-OCCUPIED

4,257 – 49.7%

5,417 – 54.5%