Morgan County, Kentucky

administration
Morgan County Courthouse in West Liberty, listed on NRHP No. 76000929
US state :	Kentucky
Administrative headquarters :	West Liberty
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 450 Prestonsburg Street West Liberty, KY 41472-1140
Foundation :	December 7, 1822
Made up from:	Bath County Floyd County
Area code :	001 606
Demographics
Residents :	13,923 (2010)
Population density :	14.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	994 km²
Water surface :	6 km²
map

Morgan County is a county in the state of Kentucky in the United States . The county seat is West Liberty . 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, about 45 km to the east from West Virginia , to the north about 60 km from Ohio , and has an area of 994 square kilometers, of which six square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Rowan County , Elliott County , Lawrence County , Johnson County , Magoffin County , Wolfe County, and Menifee Counties .

history

Morgan County was formed on December 7, 1822 from parts of Bath County and Floyd Counties. It was named after Daniel Morgan, a general in the American Revolutionary War .

Nine structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of October 19, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	2857	-
1840	4603	61.1%
1850	7620	65.5%
1860	9237	21.2%
1870	5975	-35.3%
1880	8455	41.5%
1890	11,249	33%
1900	12,792	13.7%
1910	16,259	27.1%
1920	16,518	1.6%
1930	15,130	-8.4%
1940	16,827	11.2%
1950	13,624	-19%
1960	11,056	-18.8%
1970	10,019	-9.4%
1980	12,103	20.8%
1990	11,648	-3.8%
2000	13,948	19.7%
2010	13,923	-0.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Morgan County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Morgan County had a population of 13,948 people as of the 2000 census . 1,843 of these people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 4,752 households and 3,568 families. The population density was 14 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 94.59 percent white, 4.38 percent African American, 0.15 percent Native American, 0.16 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.06 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.65 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.61 percent of the population.

Of the 4,752 households, 34.8 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 62.4 percent were married couples living together, 9.2 percent were single mothers, 24.9 percent were non-families, 22.6 percent were single households, and 10.3 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 2.97 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 22.4 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 10.6 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 32.9 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 22.3 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 11.8 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 123.3 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 128.4 men.

The median income for a household in the 21,869 USD , and the median income for a family was 26,135 USD. Males had a median income of $ 23,966 versus $ 18,463 for females. The per capita income was $ 12,657. 27.2 percent of the population and 23.5 percent of the population are below the poverty line. Of these, 33.9 percent were children or adolescents under the age of 18 and 28.5 percent were people over 65 years of age.