Fayette County /

Fayette County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of 2010, the population was 38,413. It was named after the Marquis de la Fayette, French hero of the American Revolution. Its county seat is Somerville. Fayette County is part of the Memphis, TN–MS–AR Metropolitan Statistical Area. Rhea "Skip" Taylor is currently the county mayor. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 706 square miles (1,828.5 km), of which 704 square miles (1,823.4 km) is land and 2 square miles (5.2 km) (0.24%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 28,806 people, 10,467 households, and 8,017 families residing in the county. The population density was 41 people per square mile (16/km²). There were 11,214 housing units at an average density of 16 per square mile (6/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 62.48% White, 35.95% Black or African American, 0.19% Native American, 0.22% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.39% from other races, and 0.76% from two or more races. 1.03% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. By 2005 Fayette County was 67.9% non-Hispanic whites. Its population was 28.2% African-American, 1.9% Latino and 1.2% Asian. In