Green County, Kentucky

administration
The Old Green County Courthouse in the Downtown Greensburg Historic District in Greensburg, listed in the NRHP
US state :	Kentucky
Administrative headquarters :	Greensburg
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 203 West Court Street Greensburg, KY 42743-1552
Foundation :	December 20, 1792
Made up from:	Lincoln County Nelson County
Area code :	001 270
Demographics
Residents :	11,258 (2010)
Population density :	15.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	748 km²
Water surface :	0 km²
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Green County is a county in the state of Kentucky in the United States . The administrative seat ( county seat ) is Greensburg .

geography

The county is just south of the geographic center of Kentucky, about 75 km to the south from Tennessee , and covers an area of 748 square kilometers with no significant body of water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: LaRue County , Taylor County , Adair County , Metcalfe County, and Hart County .

history

Green County was formed on December 20, 1792 from parts of Lincoln County and Nelson County. It was named after Nathaniel Greene , a general in the American Revolutionary War .

46 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of October 1, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1800	6096	-
1810	6735	10.5%
1820	11,943	77.3%
1830	13,138	10%
1840	14,212	8.2%
1850	9060	-36.3%
1860	8806	-2.8%
1870	9379	6.5%
1880	11,871	26.6%
1890	11,463	-3.4%
1900	12,255	6.9%
1910	11,871	-3.1%
1920	11,391	-4%
1930	11,401	0.1%
1940	12,321	8.1%
1950	11,261	-8.6%
1960	11,249	-0.1%
1970	10,350	-8th %
1980	11,043	6.7%
1990	10,371	-6.1%
2000	11,518	11.1%
2010	11,258	-2.3%
1800-1890 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Green County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Goose Creek Foot Bridge , listed on the NRHP

The William Hobson House , listed on the NRHP

The Woodson Lewis House , listed on the NRHP

According to the 2000 census , Green County had 11,518 people in 4,706 households and 3,378 families. The population density was 15 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 96.19 percent white, 2.61 percent African American, 0.10 percent Native American, 0.13 percent Asian and 0.31 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.65 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.95 percent of the population.

Of the 4,706 households, 29.9 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 59.7 percent were married couples living together, 8.5 percent were single mothers, 28.2 percent were non-families, 25.4 percent were single households and 13.2 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.87 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 22.7 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 8.1 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 26.8 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 25.4 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 16.9 percent were 65 years of age or over. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 96.9 males. For every 100 women 18 years of age or older there were statistically 91.9 men.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 25,463 , and the median income for a family was $ 31,852. Males had a median income of $ 25,764 versus $ 17,510 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,107. 15.2 percent of families and 18.4 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 23.1 percent were children or adolescents under the age of 18 and 18.5 percent were people over 65 years of age.