Nelson County, Kentucky

administration
The Nelson County Courthouse in Bardstown, listed on the NRHP
US state :	Kentucky
Administrative headquarters :	Bardstown
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 113 E. Stephen Foster Avenue Bardstown, KY 40004-1500
Foundation :	October 18, 1784
Made up from:	Jefferson County
Area code :	001 502
Demographics
Residents :	43,437 (2010)
Population density :	39.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1098 km²
Water surface :	4 km²
map

Website : www.nelsoncountyky.com

Nelson County is a county in the US state of Kentucky . The county seat is Bardstown , named after William Bard , a patron of the city.

geography

The county is located just north of the geographic center of Kentucky, is about 50 km to the northwest from the state of Indiana and has an area of 1,098 square kilometers, of which four square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Spencer County , Anderson County , Washington County , Marion County , LaRue County , Hardin County, and Bullitt County .

history

Nelson County was formed on October 18, 1784 from parts of Jefferson County. It was named after Thomas Nelson junior , a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

A total of 43 buildings 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%
1790	11,315	-
1800	9866	-12.8%
1810	14,078	42.7%
1820	16,273	15.6%
1830	14,932	-8.2%
1840	13,637	-8.7%
1850	14,789	8.4%
1860	15,799	6.8%
1870	14,804	-6.3%
1880	16.609	12.2%
1890	16,417	-1.2%
1900	16,587	1 %
1910	16,830	1.5%
1920	16,137	-4.1%
1930	16,551	2.6%
1940	18.004	8.8%
1950	19,521	8.4%
1960	22,168	13.6%
1970	23,477	5.9%
1980	27,584	17.5%
1990	29,710	7.7%
2000	37,477	26.1%
2010	43,437	15.9%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

The Bardstown Farmers Bank , listed on the NRHP

The Ben Johnson House in Bardstown, listed on the NRHP

As of the 2000 census , Nelson County had 37,477 people in 13,953 households and 10,269 families. The population density was 34 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 92.84 percent white, 5.51 percent African American, 0.13 percent Native American, 0.51 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.37 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.63 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.05 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 13,953 households, 38.0 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 56.9 percent were married couples living together, 12.1 percent were single mothers, 26.4 percent were non-families, 22.3 percent were single households, and 7.5 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.08.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 27.7 percent of residents under the age of 18, 8.7 percent between the ages of 18 and 24, 30.8 percent between the ages of 25 and 44, and 22.2 percent between the ages of 45 and 64 10.6 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 96.7 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were 94.5 men.

The median income for a household in the United States is 39,010, and the median income for a family is $ 44,600. Males had a median income of $ 32,015 versus $ 21,838 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,120. 10.0 percent of families and 12.2 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 15.7 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 17.4 percent were people over 65 years of age.