Barren County

administration
Barren County Courthouse
US state :	Kentucky
Administrative headquarters :	Glasgow
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 129 Glasgow, KY 42142-0129
Foundation :	December 20, 1796
Made up from:	Green County Warren County
Area code :	001 270
Demographics
Residents :	42,173 (2010)
Population density :	33.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1272 km²
Water surface :	23 km²
map

Website : www.barrencounty.com

The Barren County is a county in the US state of Kentucky . The county seat is Glasgow , named after the city of the same name in Scotland. The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located southwest of the geographic center of Kentucky and covers an area of 1,272 square kilometers, of which 23 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Edmonson County	Hart County
Warren County		Metcalfe County
Allen County		Monroe County

history

Barren County was formed on December 20, 1796 from parts of Green County and Warren County. It was named after its treeless landscape.

It was settled mainly through land allocation to the former soldiers of the American War of Independence .

37 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%
1800	4784	-
1810	11,286	135.9%
1820	10,328	-8.5%
1830	15,079	46%
1840	17,288	14.6%
1850	20,240	17.1%
1860	16,665	-17.7%
1870	17,780	6.7%
1880	22,321	25.5%
1890	21,490	-3.7%
1900	23,197	7.9%
1910	25,293	9%
1920	25,356	0.2%
1930	25,844	1.9%
1940	27,559	6.6%
1950	28,461	3.3%
1960	28,303	-0.6%
1970	28,677	1.3%
1980	34.009	18.6%
1990	34.001	-0%
2000	38.033	11.9%
2010	42.173	10.9%
1800–1890 1900–1990 2000 2010 Barren County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2010 census , Barren County had 42,173 people in 16,465 households. The population density was 33.8 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 92.5 percent white, 3.9 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.6 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.

In the 16,465 households there were statistically 2.45 people each.

24.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.4 percent were 65 years or older. 51.5 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 35,993 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,361. 19.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.