Oldham County, Kentucky

administration
Oldham County Courthouse, listed on the NRHP
US state :	Kentucky
Administrative headquarters :	La Grange
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 100 W Jefferson Street La Grange, KY 40031-1149
Foundation :	December 15, 1823
Made up from:	Henry County Jefferson County Shelby County
Area code :	001 502
Demographics
Residents :	60,316 (2010)
Population density :	123.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	509 km²
Water surface :	19 km²
map

Website : www.oldhamcounty.net

Oldham County is a county in the state of Kentucky in the United States . The county seat is La Grange . 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 northern Kentucky, bordering the state of Indiana in the northwest , separated by the Ohio River and has an area of 509 square kilometers, of which 19 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Trimble County , Henry County , Shelby County, and Jefferson County .

history

Oldham County was formed on December 15, 1823 from parts of Henry County, Jefferson County, and Shelby County. It was named after Colonel Williamson Simpson Oldham , who was killed in Indian fighting.

46 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%
1830	9588	-
1840	7380	-23%
1850	7629	3.4%
1860	7283	-4.5%
1870	9027	23.9%
1880	7667	-15.1%
1890	6754	-11.9%
1900	7078	4.8%
1910	7248	2.4%
1920	7689	6.1%
1930	7402	-3.7%
1940	10,716	44.8%
1950	11,018	2.8%
1960	13,388	21.5%
1970	14,687	9.7%
1980	27,795	89.2%
1990	43,455	56.3%
2000	46.178	6.3%
2010	60,316	30.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Oldham County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

DW Griffith House in La Grange, listed in the NRHP

According to the 2000 census , Oldham County had 46,178 people in 14,856 households and 12,196 families. The population density was 94 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 93.62 percent white, 4.21 percent African American, 0.21 percent Native American, 0.44 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.55 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.97 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.30 percent of the population.

Of the 14,856 households, 44.1 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 71.5 percent were married couples living together, 7.8 percent were single mothers, 17.9 percent were non-families, 14.9 percent were single households and 4.8 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.85 and the average family size was 3.17.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 27.4 percent of residents under the age of 18, 6.9 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 33.1 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 25.6 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 7.0 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 114.0 males. For every 100 women 18 years of age or older there were statistically 117.9 men.

The median income for a household in the 63,229 US dollars , and the median income for a family was 70,495 USD. Males had a median income of $ 46,962 versus $ 28,985 for females. The per capita income was $ 25,374. 2.9 percent of families and 4.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 4.5 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 6.0 percent were people over 65 years of age.