Lawrence County, Kentucky

administration
Lawrence County Courthouse
US state :	Kentucky
Administrative headquarters :	Louisa
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 122 South Main Cross Louisa, KY 41230-1700
Foundation :	December 14, 1821
Made up from:	Floyd County Greenup County
Area code :	001 606
Demographics
Residents :	15,860 (2010)
Population density :	14.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1088 km²
Water surface :	4 km²
map

Lawrence County is a county in the state of Kentucky in the United States . The county seat is Louisa . 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 northeast Kentucky, on the border with West Virginia and has an area of 1,088 square kilometers, of which four square kilometers are water. In Kentucky, it is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Carter County , Boyd County , Martin County , Johnson County , Morgan County, and Elliott Counties .

history

Lawrence County was formed on December 14, 1821 from parts of Floyd County and Greenup County. It was named after Captain James Lawrence , who became famous with the saying: "Don't give up the ship" in the British-American War of 1812 after he was fatally wounded.

A total of ten 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	3900	-
1840	4730	21.3%
1850	6281	32.8%
1860	7601	21%
1870	8497	11.8%
1880	13,262	56.1%
1890	17,702	33.5%
1900	19,612	10.8%
1910	20,067	2.3%
1920	17,643	-12.1%
1930	16,713	-5.3%
1940	17,275	3.4%
1950	14,418	-16.5%
1960	12.134	-15.8%
1970	10,726	-11.6%
1980	14,121	31.7%
1990	13,998	-0.9%
2000	15,569	11.2%
2010	15,860	1.9%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Lawrence County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Lawrence County had 15,569 people in 5,954 households and 4,477 families. The population density was 14 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.93 percent white, 0.10 percent African American, 0.28 percent Native American, 0.07 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.05 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.56 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.41 percent of the population.

Of the 5,954 households, 35.0 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 61.3 percent were married couples living together, 10.5 percent were single mothers, 24.8 percent were non-families, 22.4 percent were single households, and 10.0 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.02.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 25.3 percent of residents under the age of 18, 8.8 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 28.7 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 24.7 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 12.4 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 97.3 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 93.0 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 21,610 , and the median income for a family is $ 26,113. Males had a median income of $ 30,735 versus $ 19,174 for females. The per capita income was $ 12,008. 25.3 percent of families and 30.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 40.0 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 27.3 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Places in the county

Web links

Commons : Lawrence County (Kentucky) - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 516910. 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

↑ Lawrence County, Kentucky , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

38.06 -82.73Coordinates: 38 ° 4 ′ N , 82 ° 44 ′ W

[1] GNIS-ID: 516910. 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