Livingston County, Kentucky

administration
Livingston County Courthouse
US state :	Kentucky
Administrative headquarters :	Smithland
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 70 Smithland, KY 42081-0070
Foundation :	December 13, 1798
Made up from:	Christian County
Area code :	001 270
Demographics
Residents :	9519 (2010)
Population density :	11.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	886 km²
Water surface :	68 km²
map

Website : www.livingstonco.ky.gov

The Livingston County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Kentucky . In 2010 , the county had 9,519 people and a population density of 11.6 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Smithland , named after James Smith , an explorer of the region. The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1800	2856	-
1810	3674	28.6%
1820	5824	58.5%
1830	5971	2.5%
1840	9025	51.1%
1850	6578	-27.1%
1860	7213	9.7%
1870	8200	13.7%
1880	9165	11.8%
1890	9474	3.4%
1900	11,354	19.8%
1910	10,627	-6.4%
1920	9732	-8.4%
1930	8608	-11.5%
1940	9127	6%
1950	7184	-21.3%
1960	7029	-2.2%
1970	7596	8.1%
1980	9219	21.4%
1990	9062	-1.7%
2000	9804	8.2%
2010	9519	-2.9%
Before 1900 1900-200 2010

The county is located in western Kentucky at the confluence of the Tennessee River and the Cumberland River in the Ohio , which also forms the northern border with Illinois . It has an area of 886 square kilometers, of which 68 square kilometers are water. The following counties border Livingston County:

Pope County, Illinois	Hardin County (Illinois)	Crittenden County
Massac County (Illinois)
McCracken County	Marshall County	Lyon County

history

R. Livingston

Livingston County was formed on December 13, 1798 from former parts of Christian County. It was named after Robert Livingston (1746–1813), one of the founding fathers of the USA.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Livingston County had 9,519 people in 3,955 households. The population density was .. inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 97.9 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American and other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.3 percent of the population, regardless of ethnicity.

Statistically, 2.41 people lived in 3,955 households.

20.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.1 percent were 65 years or older. 51.0 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 40,921 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,379. 14.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.