Graves County

administration
Graves County Courthouse
US state :	Kentucky
Administrative headquarters :	Mayfield
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 201 E. College Street Mayfield, KY 42066-2728
Foundation :	1824
Made up from:	Hickman County
Area code :	001 270
Demographics
Residents :	37,121 (2010)
Population density :	25.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1441 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

Website : www.gravescountyky.com

The Graves County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Kentucky . In 2010 the county had 37,121 residents and a population density of 25.8 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Mayfield , which was named after Mayfield Creek . 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 extreme southwest of Kentucky, borders Tennessee in the south , is about 15 km from Illinois in the north and has an area of 1,441 square kilometers, of which two square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Graves County:

Carlisle County	McCracken County	Marshall County
		Calloway County
Hickman County	Weakley County, Tennessee	Henry County (Tennessee)

history

Confederate Memorial and Graves County Courthouse in Mayfield, listed on the NRHP since 1997 and 1996 respectively

Graves County was formed in 1824 from parts of Hickman County. It was named after Major Benjamin Franklin Graves (1771-1813), who was killed in the Battle of Frenchtown in 1813 .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	2504	-
1840	7465	198.1%
1850	11,397	52.7%
1860	16,233	42.4%
1870	19,398	19.5%
1880	24,138	24.4%
1890	28,534	18.2%
1900	33.204	16.4%
1910	33,539	1 %
1920	32,483	-3.1%
1930	30,778	-5.2%
1940	31,763	3.2%
1950	31,364	-1.3%
1960	30,021	-4.3%
1970	30,939	3.1%
1980	34,049	10.1%
1990	33,550	-1.5%
2000	37,028	10.4%
2010	37.121	0.3%
1830-1890 1900-200 2010

According to the 2010 census , Graves County had 37,121 people in 14,807 households. The population density was 25.8 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 90.4 percent white, 4.3 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 5.7 percent of the population.

Statistically, there were 2.49 people in each of the 14,807 households.

24.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.6 percent were 65 years or older. 51.0 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 34,550 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,315. 20.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Graves County

Citys

Census-designated places (CDP)

other unincorporated communities

^{1 - partially in McCracken County}

structure

Graves County is divided into seven Census County Divisions (CCD):

CCD	Population (2010)	FIPS
Fancy Farm CCD	2367	21-91208
Farmington CCD	2841	21-91216
Hickory-Lowes CCD	4936	21-91722
Mayfield CCD	14,952	21-92256
Sedalia CCD	2905	21-93128
Symsonia CCD	5222	21-93432
Wingo-Water Valley CCD	3898	21-93752