Knox County, Kentucky

administration
The Knox County Courthouse in Barbourville.
US state :	Kentucky
Administrative headquarters :	Barbourville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 173 Barbourville, KY 40906-0173
Foundation :	December 19, 1799
Made up from:	Lincoln County
Area code :	001 606
Demographics
Residents :	31,883 (2010)
Population density :	31.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1004 km²
Water surface :	0.1 km²
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Knox County is a county in the state of Kentucky in the United States . The county seat is Barbourville , named after James Barbour , who provided the land for the district court building. 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 southeast Kentucky, about 20 km to the south from Tennessee , about 30 km to the southeast from Virginia , and covers an area of 1004 square kilometers with no significant body of water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Clay County , Bell Counties , Whitley Counties , and Laurel Counties .

history

Knox County was formed on December 19, 1799 from parts of Lincoln County . It was named after Henry Knox , a general and US Secretary of War. On September 19, 1861, near Barbourville, a battle between about 300 Union troops and 800 Confederates took place as part of the Civil War , which the Confederates won.

A total of eight buildings and sites in the county, including the Knox County Courthouse in Barbourville, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of October 9, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1810	5875	-
1820	3661	-37.7%
1830	4315	17.9%
1840	5722	32.6%
1850	7050	23.2%
1860	7707	9.3%
1870	8294	7.6%
1880	10,587	27.6%
1890	13,762	30%
1900	17,372	26.2%
1910	22,116	27.3%
1920	24,172	9.3%
1930	26,266	8.7%
1940	31,029	18.1%
1950	30,409	-2%
1960	25,258	-16.9%
1970	23,689	-6.2%
1980	30,239	27.6%
1990	29,676	-1.9%
2000	31,795	7.1%
2010	31,883	0.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Knox County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

As of the 2000 census , Knox County had 31,795 people in 12,416 households and 8,939 families. The population density was 32 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.84 percent white, 0.82 percent African American, 0.25 percent Native American, 0.17 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.08 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.82 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.57 percent of the population.

Of the 12,416 households, 34.4 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 54.3 percent were married couples living together, 13.6 percent were single mothers, 28.0 percent were non-families, 25.7 percent were single households and 10.6 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.01.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 26.2 percent of residents under the age of 18, 9.7 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 28.1 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 23.2 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 12.8 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 92.9 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over, there were 88.7 men statistically.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 18,294 , and the median income for a family is $ 23,136. Males had a median income of $ 24,833 versus $ 18,390 for females. The per capita income was $ 10,660. 29.6 percent of families and 34.8 percent of the population are below the poverty line. Of these, 42.4 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 28.9 percent were people over 65 years of age.