South Cleveland is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

(CDP) in Bradley County,

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, United States. The population was 7,673 at the 2020 census. The community is located directly south of the city of

Cleveland, Tennessee Cleveland is the county seat of, and largest city in, Bradley County, Tennessee. The population was 47,356 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Cleveland metropolitan area, Tennessee (consisting of Bradle ...

. It is included in the

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Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

South Cleveland is located at . According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , all of it land. The southern portion of the beltway bypass around Cleveland known as

APD-40 APD-40 or APD 40 is a road composed of the U.S. Route 64 Bypass (US 64 Byp.) and a section of Tennessee State Route 60, State Route 60 (SR 60) which forms a partial beltway around the business district of Cleveland, Tennessee. The ro ...

(U.S. 64 Bypass) passes through the community. U.S. 11/ 64 (South Lee Highway) run along the western boundary, and

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(Dalton Pike) runs along the eastern. Several ridges run through the community, including (from west to east)

Candies Creek Ridge Candies Creek Ridge, also known (more commonly in the past) as Clingan Ridge, is a geographic feature ridge located primarily in Bradley County, Tennessee, on the southeastern border of the state. It overlooks Candies Creek and is in north Clevela ...

, Lead Mine Ridge, and Blue Springs Ridge.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 7,673 people, 3,066 households, and 2,178 families residing in the CDP.

2000 census

As of the

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of 2000, there were 6,216 people, 2,314 households, and 1,828 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 2,473 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.88%

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, 1.98%

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, 0.14% Native American, 0.27% Asian, 0.92% from other races, and 1.80% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 2.09% of the population. There were 2,314 households, out of which 34.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.3% were

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living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.0% were non-families. 17.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.01. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 25.6% under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 30.9% from 25 to 44, 24.4% from 45 to 64, and 9.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.6 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $35,995, and the median income for a family was $39,983. Males had a median income of $28,181 versus $20,650 for females. The

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for the CDP was $15,370. About 8.2% of families and 10.0% of the population were below the

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, including 14.2% of those under age 18 and 8.1% of those age 65 or over.

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in Bradley County, Tennessee Census-designated places in Tennessee Cleveland, Tennessee Cleveland metropolitan area, Tennessee

Geography

Demographics

2020 census

2000 census

See also

References