Meade County, Kentucky

administration
The Meade County Courthouse in Brandenburg
US state :	Kentucky
Administrative headquarters :	Brandenburg
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 516 Fairway Drive Brandenburg, KY 40108-1241
Foundation :	December 17, 1823
Made up from:	Breckinridge County Hardin County
Area code :	001 270
Demographics
Residents :	28,602 (2010)
Population density :	35.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	840 km²
Water surface :	41 km²
map

Website : www.visitmeadecounty.org

Meade County is a county in the US state of Kentucky . The administrative seat ( county seat ) is Brandenburg , which was named after Solomon Brandenburg , who made the land available for the city's foundation.

geography

The county is located in northwest Kentucky, bordering the state of Indiana to the north , separated by the Ohio River, and has an area of 840 square kilometers, of which 41 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Hardin County and Breckinridge Counties .

history

Meade County was formed on December 17, 1823 from parts of Breckinridge County and Hardin County. It was named after James Meade , who was killed at the Battle of River Raisin in 1813 .

13 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of October 12, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	4131	-
1840	5780	39.9%
1850	7393	27.9%
1860	8898	20.4%
1870	9485	6.6%
1880	10,323	8.8%
1890	9484	-8.1%
1900	10,533	11.1%
1910	9783	-7.1%
1920	9442	-3.5%
1930	8042	-14.8%
1940	8827	9.8%
1950	9422	6.7%
1960	18,938	101%
1970	18,796	-0.7%
1980	22,854	21.6%
1990	24,170	5.8%
2000	26,349	9%
2010	28,602	8.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Age pyramid of Meade County (as of 2000)

Doe Run Creek near Brandenburg

The former Meade County Jail , listed on the NRHP

According to the 2000 census , Meade County had 26,349 people. 108 of these people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 9,470 households and 7,396 families. The population density was 33 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 92.37 percent white, 4.13 percent African American, 0.59 percent Native American, 0.53 percent Asian, 0.13 percent from the Pacific island area and 0.83 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.43 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.15 percent of the population.

Of the 9,470 households, 42.2 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 64.1 percent were married couples living together, 9.7 percent were single mothers, 21.9 percent were non-families, 18.4 percent were single households and 6.5 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.77 and the average family size was 3.15.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 29.8 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 9.1 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 32.7 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 20.3 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 8.1 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 100.4 males. For every 100 women 18 years of age or older, there were 98.3 men statistically.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 36,966 , and the median income for a family is $ 40,592. Males had a median income of $ 30,835 versus $ 22,038 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,000. 9.3 percent of families and 11.3 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 13.8 percent were children or young people under the age of 18 and 12.3 percent were people over 65 years of age.