Crittenden County, Kentucky

administration
Crittenden County Courthouse
US state :	Kentucky
Administrative headquarters :	Marion
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 107 South Main Street Marion, KY 42064-1500
Foundation :	January 26, 1842
Made up from:	Livingston County
Area code :	001 270
Demographics
Residents :	9315 (2010)
Population density :	9.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	961 km²
Water surface :	23 km²
map

The Crittenden County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Kentucky . In 2010 , the county had 9,315 people and a population density of 9.9 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Marion , which was named after Francis Marion , a general in the American Revolutionary War . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located in western Kentucky, borders the state of Illinois in the northwest , separated by the Ohio River and has an area of 961 square kilometers, of which 23 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Crittenden County:

Hardin County (Illinois)	Union County	Webster County
Livingston County
	Lyon County	Caldwell County

history

JJ Crittenden

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	6351	-
1860	8796	38.5%
1870	9381	6.7%
1880	11,688	24.6%
1890	13,119	12.2%
1900	15.191	15.8%
1910	13,296	-12.5%
1920	13,125	-1.3%
1930	11,931	-9.1%
1940	12,115	1.5%
1950	10,818	-10.7%
1960	8648	-20.1%
1970	8493	-1.8%
1980	9207	8.4%
1990	9196	-0.1%
2000	9384	2%
2010	9315	-0.7%
1830-1890 1900-2000 2010

Crittenden County was formed on January 26, 1842 from parts of Livingston County. It was named after John J. Crittenden (1786–1863), a former governor of Kentucky (1848–1850).

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , there were 9,315 people in 3,749 households in Crittenden County. The population density was 9.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 3749 households there were statistically 2.45 people each.

The racial the population was composed of 97.7 percent white, 0.9 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 0.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

22.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.6 percent were 65 years or older. 49.9 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 34,623 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,463. 17 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.