Carlisle County

administration
Carlisle County Courthouse
US state :	Kentucky
Administrative headquarters :	Bardwell
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 176 Bardwell, KY 42023-0279
Foundation :	April 3, 1886
Made up from:	Ballard County
Area code :	001 270
Demographics
Residents :	5104 (2010)
Population density :	10.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	515 km²
Water surface :	17 km²
map

Website : www.carlislecounty.org

The Carlisle County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Kentucky . In 2010 , the county had 5,104 residents and a population density of 10.2 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Bardwell . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located almost in the far west of Kentucky, borders the state of Missouri to the west , separated by the Mississippi River and has an area of 515 square kilometers, of which 17 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Carlisle County:

	Ballard County	McCracken County
Mississippi County (Missouri)		Graves County
	Hickman County

history

J. G. Carlisle

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1890	7612	-
1900	10.195	33.9%
1910	9048	-11.3%
1920	8231	-9%
1930	7363	-10.5%
1940	7650	3.9%
1950	6206	-18.9%
1960	5608	-9.6%
1970	5354	-4.5%
1980	5487	2.5%
1990	5238	-4.5%
2000	5351	2.2%
2010	5104	-4.6%
1890 1900-2000 2010

Carlisle County was formed on April 3, 1886 from parts of Ballard County. It was named after John Griffin Carlisle (1834-1910), a congressman and Treasury Secretary (1893-1897) of the United States.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Carlisle County had 5,104 people in 2,062 households. The population density was 10.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.44 people in each of the 2062 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.1 percent white, 1.0 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

22.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.7 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 33,909 USD . The per capita income was $ 17,260. 15.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.