Editing Fayette County, Tennessee (section)

===2010 census===
As of the [[2010 United States Census|census of 2010]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|title=U.S. Census website|author=<!--Not stated-->|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 14, 2020}}</ref> there were 38,413 people, 14,505 households, and 11,029 families residing in the county. The population density was 54.49 persons per square mile and the housing unit density was 20.57 units per square mile. The racial makeup of the county was 69.19% [[White Americans|White]], 28.07% [[Black people|Black]] or [[African Americans|African American]], 0.48% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 0.28% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 0.01% [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]], 1.08% from other races, and 0.89% from [[Multiracial Americans|two or more races]]. Those of [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] origins were 2.23% of the population.

Of the 14,505 households, 32.58% had children under the age of 18 living in them, 58.24% were [[marriage|married couples]] living together, 4.64% had a male householder with no wife present, 13.15% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.96% were non-families. 20.77% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.71% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.02

Of the 38,413 residents, 23.11% were under the age of 18, 62.01% were between the ages of 18 and 64, and 14.88% were 65 years of age or older. The [[median age]] was 41.9 years. 50.42% of the residents were female, and 49.58% were male.

The [[median household income]] in the county was $57,919 and the [[median family income]] was $68,159. Males had a median income of $50,560 versus $40,412 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $30,471. About 9.9% of families and 14.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 22.1% of those under the age of 18 and 9.8% of those age 65 and over.