Midtown is a

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(CDP) in Roane County,

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, United States. Its population was 1,360 as of the 2010 census. Twice in the 1990s residents voted to incorporate as a town, and for a time the community maintained a municipal government, but the incorporation was challenged in court and eventually overturned after the state statute under which Midtown incorporated was ruled unconstitutional.See

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,
Implementation of Tennessee's Growth Policy Act: A Staff Information Report on the History of Public Chapter 1101 and the Early Stages of its Implementation
', March 1999, an
Tennessee's Growth Policy Act, a Vision for the Future
, April 2000. It was a city at the time of the 2000 census, when the population was 1,306. It is included in the

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Geography

Midtown is located at (35.882070, -84.564672). According to the

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, the city had a total area of , all of it land.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,306 people, 561 households, and 368 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 626 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 94.10%

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, 3.29%

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, 0.54% Native American, 0.08% Asian, 0.54% from other races, and 1.45% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.54% of the population. There were 561 households, out of which 28.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.8% were

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living together, 13.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.4% were non-families. 29.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.84. In the city the population was spread out, with 23.0% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 23.9% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.4 males. The median income for a household in the city was $23,409, and the median income for a family was $26,917. Males had a median income of $21,765 versus $16,823 for females. The

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for the city was $15,678. About 18.6% of families and 21.9% of the population were below the

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, including 33.7% of those under age 18 and 8.0% of those age 65 or over.

References

{{authority control Former municipalities in Tennessee Census-designated places in Roane County, Tennessee Census-designated places in Tennessee Tennessee populated places on the Tennessee River Populated places disestablished in 2005