Owsley County

administration
Owsley County Courthouse
US state :	Kentucky
Administrative headquarters :	Booneville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 749 Booneville, KY 41314-0749
Foundation :	January 23, 1843
Made up from:	Breathitt County Clay County Estill County
Area code :	001 606
Demographics
Residents :	4755 (2010)
Population density :	9.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	513 km²
Water surface :	0 km²
map

Website : www.owsleycountykentucky.org

Owsley County is a county in the state of Kentucky in the United States . The administrative headquarters ( the county seat ) is Booneville , that after the border guards Daniel Boone was named. 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 east central Kentucky, about 90 km to the southeast from Virginia , and has an area of 513 square kilometers with no significant body of water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Lee County , Breathitt County , Perry County , Clay County, and Jackson County .

history

Owsley County was formed on January 23, 1843 from parts of Breathitt County, Clay County and Estill County. It was named after William Owsley , a judge and governor.

One building in the county is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of October 19, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	3774	-
1860	5335	41.4%
1870	3889	-27.1%
1880	4942	27.1%
1890	5975	20.9%
1900	6874	15%
1910	7979	16.1%
1920	7820	-2%
1930	7223	-7.6%
1940	8957	24%
1950	7324	-18.2%
1960	5369	-26.7%
1970	5023	-6.4%
1980	5709	13.7%
1990	5036	-11.8%
2000	4858	-3.5%
2010	4755	-2.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Owsley County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Owsley County had a population of 4,858 people as of the 2000 census . 96 of these people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 1,894 households and 1,388 families. The population density was 9 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 99.22 percent white, 0.10 percent African American, 0.06 percent Native American, 0.04 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.02 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.54 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.72 percent of the population.

Of the 1,894 households, 32.6 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 54.8 percent were married couples living together, 12.7 percent were single mothers, 26.7 percent were non-families, 24.5 percent were single households, and 10.7 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 2.98 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 24.6 percent of residents under the age of 18, 8.9 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 27.0 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 24.5 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 15.0 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 101.8 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 96.7 men.

The median income for a household in the 15,805 USD , and the median income for a family was 18,034 USD. Males had a median income of $ 25,100 versus $ 18,203 for females. The per capita income was $ 10,742. 41.7 percent of families and 45.4 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 56.3 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 34.5 percent were people over 65 years of age.