Bullitt County

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Bullitt County Courthouse
Bullitt County Courthouse
administration
US state : Kentucky
Administrative headquarters : Shepherdsville
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
P.O. Box 397
Shepherdsville, KY 40165-0397
Foundation : December 13, 1796
Made up from: Jefferson County
Nelson County
Area code : 001 502
Demographics
Residents : 74,319  (2010)
Population density : 95.9 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 778 km²
Water surface : 3 km²
map
Map of Bullitt County within Kentucky
Website : www.ltadd.org/bullitt

Bullitt County is a county in the US state of Kentucky . The county seat is Shepherdsville , named after Adam Shepherd, an early settler and mill owner.

geography

The county is located north of the geographic center of Kentucky, is only two kilometers to the west from the Ohio River and Indiana , and has an area of ​​778 square kilometers, of which three square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Jefferson Counties , Spencer Counties , Nelson Counties , and Hardin Counties .

history

Bullitt County was formed on December 13, 1796 from parts of Jefferson County and Nelson County. It was named after the governor Alexander Scott Bullitt .

9 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 3542 -
1810 4311 21.7%
1820 5831 35.3%
1830 5652 -3.1%
1840 6334 12.1%
1850 6774 6.9%
1860 7289 7.6%
1870 7781 6.7%
1880 8521 9.5%
1890 8291 -2.7%
1900 9602 15.8%
1910 9487 -1.2%
1920 9328 -1.7%
1930 8868 -4.9%
1940 9511 7.3%
1950 11,349 19.3%
1960 15,726 38.6%
1970 26,090 65.9%
1980 43,346 66.1%
1990 47,567 9.7%
2000 61,236 28.7%
2010 74,319 21.4%
1830-1890

1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Bullitt County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the census in 2000 , 61,236 people lived here in 22,171 households and 17,736 families. The population density was 79 inhabitants per km². The racial the population was composed of 98.07% White, 0.38% African American, 0.34% Native American, 0.27% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, and 0.16% other ethnic groups. 0.77% were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.63% of the population.

Of the 22,171 households, 39.0 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 65.4 percent were married couples living together, 10.4 percent were single mothers, 20.0 percent were non-families, 16.4 percent were single households and 5.4 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.07.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 27.2 percent of residents under the age of 18, 8.6 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 32.7 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 23.7 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 7.8 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 98.9 males. For every 100 women 18 years of age or older there were statistically 97.2 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 45,106 , and the median income for a family is $ 49,481. Males had a median income of $ 35,851 versus $ 24,098 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,339. 6.2 percent of families and 7.9 percent of the population were below the poverty line. 11.4 percent of these were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 7.6 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Places in the county

See also

Web links

Commons : Bullitt County  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 516861. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed September 6, 2017.
  3. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing - Retrieved February 17, 2011
  4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 17, 2011
  5. ↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed April 2, 2012
  6. ^ Bullitt County, Kentucky , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 37 ° 58 ′  N , 85 ° 42 ′  W