Leslie County

administration
Leslie County Courthouse
US state :	Kentucky
Administrative headquarters :	Hyden
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 619 Hyden, KY 41749-0619
Foundation :	March 29, 1878
Made up from:	Clay County Harlan County Perry County
Area code :	001 606
Demographics
Residents :	11,310 (2010)
Population density :	10.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1047 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map

Website : www.lesliecounty.net

Leslie County is a county in the state of Kentucky in the United States . The county seat is Hyden , named after John Hyden , a Kentucky Senator. 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 60 km from Tennessee to the southwest , about 30 km to the southeast from Virginia , and covers an area of 1,047 square kilometers, one square kilometer of which is water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Perry County , Harlan County , Bell County, and Clay Counties .

history

Leslie County was formed on March 29, 1878 from parts of Clay County, Harlan County and Perry County. It was named after the governor Preston H. Leslie .

A building in Leslie County has the status of a National Historic Landmark , the Wendover , because of its special historical significance . A total of five buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of October 9, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	3740	-
1890	3964	6%
1900	6753	70.4%
1910	8976	32.9%
1920	10.097	12.5%
1930	10,765	6.6%
1940	14,981	39.2%
1950	15,537	3.7%
1960	10,941	-29.6%
1970	11,623	6.2%
1980	14,882	28%
1990	13,642	-8.3%
2000	12,401	-9.1%
2010	11,310	-8.8%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

As of the 2000 census , Leslie County had 12,401 people. Of these, 110 people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 4,885 households and 3,668 families. The population density was 12 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 99.15 percent white, 0.07 percent African American, 0.09 percent Native American, 0.12 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.05 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.50 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.62 percent of the population.

Of the 4,885 households, 35.5 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 58.3 percent were married couples living together, 12.9 percent were single mothers, 24.9 percent were non-families, 22.4 percent were single households and 8.7 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.94.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 24.6 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 9.2 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 30.9 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 23.9 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 95.1 males. For every 100 women 18 years of age or older there were statistically 91.2 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 18,546 , and the median income for a family is $ 22,225. Males had a median income of $ 28,708 versus $ 18,080 for females. The per capita income was $ 10,429. 30.2 percent of families and 32.7 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 38.8 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 27.0 percent were people over 65 years of age.