Anderson County, Kentucky

administration
Anderson County Courthouse
US state :	Kentucky
Administrative headquarters :	Lawrenceburg
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 137 South Main Street Lawrenceburg, KY 40342-1157
Foundation :	January 16, 1827
Made up from:	Franklin County Mercer County Washington County
Area code :	001 502
Demographics
Residents :	21,421 (2010)
Population density :	40.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	529 km²
Water surface :	4 km²
map

Website : www.andersoncounty.ky.gov

The Anderson County is a county in the US state of Kentucky . The county seat is Lawrenceburg , named after William Lawrence , a local tavern owner.

geography

The county is located slightly northeast of the geographic center of Kentucky and has an area of 529 square kilometers, of which four square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Shelby County	Franklin County
Spencer County		Woodford County
Nelson County	Washington County	Mercer County

history

Anderson County was formed on January 16, 1827 from former parts of Franklin County, Mercer County and Washington County. It was named after Richard C. Anderson (1788-1826), a former member of the US House of Representatives (1817-1821).

On October 26, 1859 and January 13, 1915, the courthouse was almost completely destroyed. However, only insignificant documents were destroyed.

12 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of September 6, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	4520	-
1840	5452	20.6%
1850	6260	14.8%
1860	7404	18.3%
1870	5449	-26.4%
1880	9361	71.8%
1890	10,610	13.3%
1900	10.051	-5.3%
1910	10.146	0.9%
1920	9982	-1.6%
1930	8494	-14.9%
1940	8936	5.2%
1950	8984	0.5%
1960	8618	-4.1%
1970	9358	8.6%
1980	12,567	34.3%
1990	14,571	15.9%
2000	19.111	31.2%
2010	21,421	12.1%
1830-1890 1900-1990 2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Anderson County had 21,421 people in 8,214 households. The population density was 40.8 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 95.5 percent white, 2.0 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.3 percent of the population, regardless of ethnicity.

Statistically, 2.54 people lived in each of the 8,214 households.

25.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.0 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 51,486 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,189. 11.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.