Editing Athens, Tennessee (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1860= 678
|1870= 974
|1880= 1100
|1890= 2224
|1900= 1849
|1910= 2264
|1920= 2580
|1930= 5385
|1940= 6930
|1950= 8618
|1960= 12103
|1970= 11790
|1980= 12080
|1990= 12054
|2000= 13220
|2010= 13458
|2020= 14084
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="GR2" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Census of Population and Housing|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|access-date=December 10, 2013|publisher=US Census Bureau}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Athens (city) QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/47/4702320.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212162143/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/47/4702320.html|archive-date=December 12, 2013|access-date=December 10, 2013|publisher=US Census Bureau}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:47&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 15, 2022}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Athens racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4702320&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 27, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 10,660
| 75.80%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 1,395
| 10.28%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 35
| 0.25%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 197
| 1.4%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 4
| 0.03%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 752
| 5.34%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 1,041
| 7.39%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 14,084 people, 5,530 households, and 2,991 families residing in the city.

===2010 census===
As of the [[2010 United States Census|census of 2010]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=<!--Not stated--> |title=U.S. Census website |url=https://www.census.gov |access-date=October 5, 2019 |website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> there were 13,458 people, 5,704 households, and 3,498 families residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 84.87% [[White Americans|White]], 9.12% [[African Americans|Black]], 0.35% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 1.64% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 0.04% [[Pacific Islands Americans|Pacific Islander]], and 2.61% from [[Multiracial Americans|two or more races]]. Those of [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] origins constituted 5.27% of the population.

Out of all of the households, 61.33% were family households, 42.39% were married couples living together, 26.30% had children under the age of 18 living in them, 4.33% had a male householder with no wife present, and 14.60% had a female householder with no husband present. 34.52% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.39% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.91.

The population was spread out, with 22.69% under the age of 18, 59.97% ages 18 to 64, and 17.34% age 65 and over. The median age was 39.1 years. 53.52% of the population were females and 46.48% were males.

The [[median household income]] was $31,062 and the [[median family income]] was $44,419. Males had a median income of $37,120 versus $28,889 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $18,259. About 22.2% of families and 24.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 35.8% of those under the age of 18 and 17.2% of those age 65 and over

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 13,220 people, 5,550 households, and 3,590 families residing in the city.  The population density was {{convert|976.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 6,086 housing units at an average density of {{convert|449.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 86.33% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 9.32% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.23% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.38% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.07% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.34% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.33% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.01% of the population.

There were 5,550 households, out of which 30.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.3% were non-families. 31.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.89.

The population consisted of 23.9% under the age of 18, 10.1% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 16.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 84.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $29,277, and the median income for a family was $39,563.  Males had a median income of $32,170 versus $20,917 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $16,877.  About 14.6% of families and 18.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 22.6% of those under age 18 and 22.1% of those age 65 or over.