Nicholas County, Kentucky

administration
Nicholas County Courthouse
US state :	Kentucky
Administrative headquarters :	Carlisle
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 167 Carlisle, KY 40311-0167
Foundation :	December 18, 1799
Made up from:	Bourbon County Mason County
Area code :	001 859
Demographics
Residents :	7135 (2010)
Population density :	14 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	510 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map

Nicholas County is a county in the state of Kentucky in the United States . The county seat is Carlisle .

geography

The county is located in northeast Kentucky, about 45 km to the north from the state of Ohio , and has an area of 510 square kilometers, one square kilometer of which is water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Robertson County , Fleming County , Bath County , Bourbon County, and Harrison County .

history

Nicholas County was formed on December 18, 1799 from parts of Bourbon County and Mason County. It was named after George Nicholas , an attorney general.

A total of twelve buildings and sites in the county are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (as of October 19, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1810	4898	-
1820	7973	62.8%
1830	8834	10.8%
1840	8745	-1 %
1850	10,361	18.5%
1860	11,030	6.5%
1870	9129	-17.2%
1880	11,869	30%
1890	10,764	-9.3%
1900	11,952	11%
1910	10,601	-11.3%
1920	9894	-6.7%
1930	8571	-13.4%
1940	8617	0.5%
1950	7532	-12.6%
1960	6677	-11.4%
1970	6508	-2.5%
1980	7157	10%
1990	6725	-6%
2000	6813	1.3%
2010	7135	4.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Nicholas County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Nicholas County had a population of 6,813 people as of the 2000 census . 103 of them lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 2,710 households and 1,951 families. The population density was 13 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.3 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.5 percent of the population.

Of the 2,710 households, 31.5 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 57.5 percent were married couples living together, 10.0 percent were single mothers, 28.0 percent were non-families, 24.6 percent were single households and 12.0 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.92 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 23.6 percent of residents under the age of 18, 8.3 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 28.2 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 24.5 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 15.4 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 93.7 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were 89.3 men statistically.

The median income for a household in the 29,886 US dollars , and the median income for a family was 35,491 USD. Males had a median income of $ 26,960 versus $ 21,102 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,880. 9.7 percent of families and 13.2 percent of the population are below the poverty line. Of these, 14.2 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 16.8 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Places in the county

Web links

Commons : Nicholas County (Kentucky) - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 516937. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 19, 2017.

^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 18, 2011

↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 18, 2011

↑ Excerpt from census.gov (2000 + 2010) ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 2, 2012 @1@ 2

^ Nicholas County, Kentucky , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

38.34 -84.01Coordinates: 38 ° 20 ′ N , 84 ° 1 ′ W

[1] GNIS-ID: 516937. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[2] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 19, 2017.

[3] US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 18, 2011

[4] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 18, 2011