Adair County, Kentucky

administration
The Adair County Courthouse in Columbia, listed on NRHP No. 74000847
US state :	Kentucky
Administrative headquarters :	Columbia
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse Annex 424 Public Square Columbia, KY 42728-1465
Foundation :	December 11, 1801
Made up from:	Green County
Area code :	001 270
Demographics
Residents :	18,656 (2010)
Population density :	17.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1068 km²
Water surface :	14 km²
map

Website : www.adaircounty.ky.gov

The Adair County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Kentucky . In 2010 , the county had 18,656 residents and a population density of 17.7 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Columbia , named in memory of Christopher Columbus . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located south of the geographic center of Kentucky and about 25 miles south of Tennessee . It has an area of 1068 square kilometers, of which 14 square kilometers are water.

In the northeast, the county is traversed by the Green River , a left tributary of the Ohio. About half of Green River Lake , a reservoir of the Green River, is in Adair County.

The following neighboring counties border Adair County:

Green County	Taylor County	Casey County
		Russell County
Metcalfe County	Cumberland County

history

J. Adair

Adair County was formed on December 11, 1801 from former parts of Green County. It was named after John Adair (1757-1840), a former US Senator from Kentucky (1805-1806), commander of the Kentucky troops in the Battle of New Orleans and governor of Kentucky (1820-1824).

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1810	6011	-
1820	8765	45.8%
1830	8217	-6.3%
1840	8466	3%
1850	9898	16.9%
1860	9509	-3.9%
1870	11,065	16.4%
1880	13,078	18.2%
1890	13,721	4.9%
1900	14,888	8.5%
1910	16,503	10.8%
1920	17,289	4.8%
1930	16.401	-5.1%
1940	18,566	13.2%
1950	17.603	-5.2%
1960	14,699	-16.5%
1970	13,037	-11.3%
1980	15,233	16.8%
1990	15,360	0.8%
2000	17,244	12.3%
2010	18,656	8.2%
2012 estimate	18,675	0.1%
1810–1890 1900–1990 2000 2010–2012

population

According to the 2010 census , Adair County had 18,656 people in 6,717 households. The population density was 17.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.54 people lived in each of the 6717 households.

The racial the population was composed of 94.9 percent white, 2.7 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.

22.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.3 percent were 65 years or older. 50.6 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 29,200 USD . The per capita income was $ 15,349. 24.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.