Jackson County, Kentucky

administration
Jackson County Courthouse
US state :	Kentucky
Administrative headquarters :	McKee
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 175 Mc Kee, KY 40447-0175
Foundation :	February 2, 1858
Made up from:	Clay County Estill County Laurel County Madison County Owsley County Rockcastle County
Area code :	001 606
Demographics
Residents :	13,494 (2010)
Population density :	15 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	898 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map

Website : www.eastky.net/jacksonco

Jackson County is a county in the state of Kentucky in the United States . The county seat is McKee . 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 east central Kentucky, about 50 miles to the south from Tennessee , about 90 miles to the southeast from Virginia , and covers an area of 898 square kilometers, one square kilometer of which is water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Estill County , Lee County , Owsley County , Clay County , Laurel County , Rockcastle County, and Madison County .

history

Jackson County was formed on February 2, 1858 from parts of Clay County, Estill County, Laurel County, Madison County, Owsley County, and Rockcastle County. It was named after President Andrew Jackson .

A total of five buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of October 5, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	3087	-
1870	4547	47.3%
1880	6678	46.9%
1890	8261	23.7%
1900	10,561	27.8%
1910	10,734	1.6%
1920	11,687	8.9%
1930	10,467	-10.4%
1940	16,339	56.1%
1950	13.101	-19.8%
1960	10,677	-18.5%
1970	10,005	-6.3%
1980	11,996	19.9%
1990	11,955	-0.3%
2000	13,495	12.9%
2010	13,494	-0%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Jackson County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Jackson County had 13,495 people in 5,307 households and 3,953 families. The population density was 15 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 99.17 percent white, 0.05 percent African American, 0.19 percent Native American, 0.01 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.04 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.52 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.53 percent of the population.

Of the 5,307 households, 35.5 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 60.2 percent were married couples living together, 10.3 percent were single mothers, 25.5 percent were non-families, 23.0 percent were single households and 9.3 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.96 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 26.1 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 9.8 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 29.4 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 22.9 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 11.8 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 97.3 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 95.2 men.

The median income for a household in the 20,177 USD , and the median income for a family was 23,638 USD. Males had a median income of $ 25,087 versus $ 16,065 for females. The per capita income was $ 10,711. 25.8 percent of families and 30.2 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 36.5 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 24.1 percent were people over 65 years of age.