Editing Athens, Tennessee (section)

===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