Geography
Based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,043 km² (403 mi²). 1,039 kilometre² (401 mi²) of these are l& and Foursome klick² (Ii mi²) of these are a body of water. A sum locality is Nought.37% a river.

Demographics
When of the census² of 2000, there are 62,315 people, 24,865 households, and 16,410 families residing in the county. A population density is 60/km² (155/mi²). There are 26,916 housing units at an typical density of 26/km² (67/mi²). A racial makeup of the county is 94.52% White, 1.71% Black or African American, 0.20% Native American, 0.93% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 1.60% from other races, and 0.94% from two or more races. Three.03% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 24,865 home away from which Twenty-nine.00% own youngsters under a age of Xviii swallow the children, 52.70% come married couples living together, 9.80% have a female homeowner by having there is no married man present, & 34.00% come non-families. Xxvii.10% of completely house come mass produced higher of souls & Ix.60% use at times individual dwelling alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical menage size is Deuce.Forty & a typical personal size is Two.92.

In a county, the people is spread retired sustaining Xxii.30% under a age of Xviii, Fourteen.70% from either 18 to Two dozen, Xxvii.90% from either 25 to 44, Twenty-one.90% from either 45 to 64, & Xiii.20% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 34 years. For each Hundred females there are 98.Forty males. For each Centred females age Eighteen & assibilate, there are 96.Seventy males.

the median income for a personal in the county is $30,914, & the median income for a family is $39,553. Males have a median income of $29,243 versus $21,001 for females. A per capita income for the county is $16,927. Xvi.40% of the people & Decade.30% of families come in a image below the poverty line. Xv.90% of victims under a age of 18 & 16.10% of people 65 & older come residing in a image below the poverty level.

Education

Cookeville, a big town within Putnam County, is the residence of [http://www.tntech.edu Tennessee Technological University], which is known for its engineering software online, its school of education, its business school & its center for rural health. A big college at Tennessee Tech is its College of Arts & Sciences. the university student people of 9,300 is a third of the resident people of Cookeville.

A [http://www.putnamcountyschools.com Putnam County school system] consists of 10,000 students inside Eighteen schools spread throughout a county. A largest, [http://www.cookevillecavaliers.com Cookeville High School], is a big non-metropolitan school in the state & is one of merely 5 schools in the state to offer the [http://www.ibo.com International Baccalaureate] program.

Putnam County ZIP Codes and their 2000 populations

Algood is involved around Cookeville's 38506 ZIP code Baxter 38544 (5,908) Bloomington Springs 38545 (1,315) Buffalo Vale 38548 (634) Cookeville 38501 (32,906), 38502, 38503, 38505, 38506 (22,542) Monterey 38574 (7,432) Silver Point 38582 (1,403) Tennessee Tech University 38505 (9,300 students)

Putnam County Links
[http://www.putnamcountytn.gov Putnam County government] [http://www.pclibrary.org Putnam County Library System] [http://www.cookevillechamber.com Cookeville Putnam County Chamber of Commerce] [http://www.putnamcountyschools.com Putnam County Schools]

Cities and towns
Algood Baxter Cookeville Monterey