Gainesboro, Tennessee

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The 2000 Census showed that Gainesboro had a population of 879 people^<1>.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Gainesboro had 430 Housing Units^<2> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Gainesboro has an area^<3> of 1.56 square miles [4.05 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Gainesboro had a 2000 population density of 562 people per square mile [217.2 people/km²], making it the state's 170th most densely populated area.

Jackson County

The town of Gainesboro is located in Jackson County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 11,031 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 879 people, Gainesboro contained 7.97% of the Jackson County total.

In addition, where the community of Gainesboro has a population density of 562 people per square mile [217.2 people/km²], Jackson County averages 35.71 people per square mile [13.79 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Jackson County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Gainesboro and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Gainesboro. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<4>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Gainesboro.

A Census Quickfact is available for Jackson County (QF-47087).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Jackson County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Clay	QF-47027	NE	7,794	2.37% decrease
	Macon	QF-47111	NW	21,838	6.81% increase
	Overton	QF-47133	E	20,975	3.99% increase
	Putnam	QF-47141	SE	71,160	13.85% increase
	Smith	QF-47159	SW	19,107	7.4% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Gainesboro:

Gainesboro is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #6 (the East South-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Gainesboro.

The Commemorative Quarter for Tennessee<5>

Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Gainesboro. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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