Morrison is a town in
Warren County Warren County is the name of fourteen counties in the USA. Some are named after General Joseph Warren, who was killed in the Battle of Bunker Hill in the American Revolutionary War:
* Warren County, Georgia
* Warren County, Illinois
* Warren County ...
,
Tennessee
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, United States. The population was 684 at the 2000 census and 694 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Morrison is located at (35.604869, -85.915004).
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the town has a total area of , all of it land.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the
2020 United States census
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, there were 733 people, 202 households, and 151 families residing in the town.
2000 census
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 684 people, 254 households, and 185 families residing in the town. The
population density
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was 251.9 people per square mile (97.1/km
2). There were 276 housing units at an average density of 101.6 per square mile (39.2/km
2). The racial makeup of the town was 88.45%
White
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, 9.65%
African American
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, 0.15%
Native American, 1.02% from
other races
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, and 0.73% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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of any race were 2.49% of the population.
There were 254 households, out of which 37.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.3% were
married couples
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living together, 15.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.8% were non-families. 22.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.6% 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 3.05.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 28.7% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.5 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $23,819, and the median income for a family was $31,250. Males had a median income of $28,125 versus $21,250 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the town was $13,105. About 20.6% of families and 23.9% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 33.9% of those under age 18 and 9.2% of those age 65 or over.
Notable people
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Robert Brown, cartoonist.
*
P. Allen Smith, gardening and lifestyle expert.
References
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Towns in Tennessee
Towns in Warren County, Tennessee