Laurel County

administration
Laurel County Courthouse
US state :	Kentucky
Administrative headquarters :	London
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 101 S. Main Street London, KY 40741-1373
Foundation :	December 12, 1825
Made up from:	Clay County Knox County Rockcastle County Whitley County
Area code :	001 606
Demographics
Residents :	58,849 (2010)
Population density :	52.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1149 km²
Water surface :	21 km²
map

Laurel County is a county in the state of Kentucky in the United States . The county seat is London . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located southeast of the geographic center of Kentucky, is 40 km to the south from Tennessee , 60 km to the southeast from Virginia , and covers an area of 1,149 square kilometers, of which 21 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Jackson County , Clay County , Knox County , Whitley County , McCreary County , Pulaski County, and Rockcastle County .

history

Laurel County was formed on December 12, 1825 from parts of Clay County, Knox County, Rockcastle County and Whitley County. It was named after the Laurel River . At Wildcat Mountain on October 21, 1861, during the Civil War , about 7,000 men fought each other in a battle that the Union troops could win.

A total of nine buildings and sites in the county are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (as of October 9, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	2206	-
1840	3079	39.6%
1850	4145	34.6%
1860	5488	32.4%
1870	6016	9.6%
1880	9131	51.8%
1890	13,747	50.6%
1900	17,592	28%
1910	19,872	13%
1920	19,814	-0.3%
1930	21,109	6.5%
1940	25,640	21.5%
1950	25,797	0.6%
1960	24,901	-3.5%
1970	27,386	10%
1980	38,982	42.3%
1990	43,438	11.4%
2000	52,715	21.4%
2010	58,849	11.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Laurel County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Federal Building Courthouse in London, listed on the NRHP

According to the 2000 census , Laurel County had 52,715 people in 20,353 households and 15,366 families. The population density was 47 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.66 percent white, 0.63 percent African American, 0.37 percent Native American, 0.35 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.08 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.90 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.55 percent of the population.

Of the 20,353 households, 35.2 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 60.6 percent were married couples living together, 11.4 percent were single mothers, 24.5 percent were non-families, 21.7 percent were single households and 8.2 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 2.97 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 25.4 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 9.2 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 30.4 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 23.5 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 11.5 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 95.6 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 92.8 men.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 27,015 , and the median income for a family was $ 31,318 . Males had a median income of $ 27,965 versus $ 19,757 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,165. 17.8 percent of families and 21.3 percent of the population are below the poverty line. Of these, 28.8 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 20.1 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Places in the county

Web links

Commons : Laurel County - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 516909. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 9, 2017.

^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 18, 2011

↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 18, 2011

↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010) ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 2, 2012 @1@ 2

↑ Laurel County, Kentucky , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

37.11 -84.12Coordinates: 37 ° 7 ′ N , 84 ° 7 ′ W

[1] GNIS-ID: 516909. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[2] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 9, 2017.

[3] US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 18, 2011

[4] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 18, 2011