sentences:  About 6.80% of families and 12.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.50% of those under age 18 and 8.30% of those age 65 or over.Henderson County was historically part of the Cherokee Nation before their removal in the Trail of Tears in 1837–38.As of 2015, the largest self-reported ancestry groups in Henderson County, North Carolina were