Lewis County, Kentucky

administration
Lewis County Courthouse
US state :	Kentucky
Administrative headquarters :	Vanceburg
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 514 2nd Street Vanceburg, KY 41179-1089
Foundation :	December 2, 1806
Made up from:	Mason County
Area code :	001 606
Demographics
Residents :	13,870 (2010)
Population density :	11.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1284 km²
Water surface :	29 km²
map

Lewis County is a county in the state of Kentucky in the United States . The county seat is Vanceburg , named after its founder Joseph Calvin Vance .

geography

The county is located in northeast Kentucky, borders the state of Ohio , separated by the Ohio River and has an area of 1,284 square kilometers, of which 29 square kilometers are water. In Kentucky, it is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Greenup County , Carter County , Rowan County , Fleming County, and Mason County .

history

Lewis County was formed on December 2, 1806 from parts of Mason County. It was named after Meriwether Lewis , an American explorer, soldier, and administrative officer. He was instrumental in the planning and execution of the Lewis and Clark Expedition ( Corps of Discovery , Discovery Corps involved).

Five buildings in the county are on the National Register of Historic Places (as of October 10, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1810	2357	-
1820	3973	68.6%
1830	5229	31.6%
1840	6306	20.6%
1850	7202	14.2%
1860	8361	16.1%
1870	9115	9%
1880	13,154	44.3%
1890	14,803	12.5%
1900	17,868	20.7%
1910	16,887	-5.5%
1920	15,829	-6.3%
1930	14,315	-9.6%
1940	15,686	9.6%
1950	13,520	-13.8%
1960	13,115	-3%
1970	12,355	-5.8%
1980	14,545	17.7%
1990	13,029	-10.4%
2000	14.092	8.2%
2010	13,870	-1.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Lewis County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Union Monument in Vanceburg

As of the 2000 census , Lewis County had 14,092 people in 5,422 households and 4,050 families. The population density was 11 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.92 percent white, 0.21 percent African American, 0.21 percent Native American, 0.03 percent Asian and 0.09 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.55 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.44 percent of the population.

Of the 5,422 households, 35.1 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 60.4 percent were married couples living together, 9.7 percent were single mothers, 25.3 percent were non-families, 22.5 percent were single households, and 10.0 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 2.98 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 25.3 percent of residents under the age of 18, 9.1 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 29.4 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 23.7 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 12.5 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 99.0 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 97.0 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 22,208 , and the median income for a family is $ 26,109. Males had a median income of $ 25,522 versus $ 18,764 for females. The per capita income was $ 12,031. 23.5 percent of families and 28.5 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 36.4 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 21.3 percent were people over 65 years of age.