Pike County, Kentucky
Pike County Courthouse |
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US state : | Kentucky |
Administrative headquarters : | Pikeville |
Address of the administrative headquarters: |
County Courthouse 146 Main Street Pikeville, KY 41501-1118 |
Foundation : | December 19, 1821 |
Made up from: | Floyd County |
Area code : | 001 606 |
Demographics | |
Residents : | 65,024 (2010) |
Population density : | 31.9 inhabitants / km 2 |
geography | |
Total area : | 2043 km² |
Water surface : | 3 km² |
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Pike County is a county in the state of Kentucky in the United States . The county seat is Pikeville .
geography
The county is located in the far east of Kentucky, borders Virginia to the southeast , West Virginia to the northeast and has an area of 2043 square kilometers, of which three square kilometers are water. In Kentucky, it is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Martin County , Letcher County , Knott County, and Floyd Counties .
history
Pike County was formed on December 19, 1821 from parts of Floyd County. It was named after Zebulon Pike , a general and explorer of the area.
15 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 | |||
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Census | Residents | ± in% | |
1830 | 2677 | - | |
1840 | 3567 | 33.2% | |
1850 | 5365 | 50.4% | |
1860 | 7384 | 37.6% | |
1870 | 9562 | 29.5% | |
1880 | 13.001 | 36% | |
1890 | 17,378 | 33.7% | |
1900 | 22,686 | 30.5% | |
1910 | 31,679 | 39.6% | |
1920 | 49,477 | 56.2% | |
1930 | 63,267 | 27.9% | |
1940 | 71.122 | 12.4% | |
1950 | 81,154 | 14.1% | |
1960 | 68.264 | -15.9% | |
1970 | 61,059 | -10.6% | |
1980 | 81.123 | 32.9% | |
1990 | 72,583 | -10.5% | |
2000 | 68,736 | -5.3% | |
2010 | 65,024 | -5.4% | |
Before 1900
1900–1990 2000 + 2010 |
According to the 2000 census , Pike County's population was 68,736 people in 27,612 households and 20,377 families. The population density was 34 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.35 percent white, 0.45 percent African American, 0.11 percent Native American, 0.41 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.10 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.56 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.65 percent of the population.
Of the 27,612 households, 33.7 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 58.8 percent were married couples living together, 11.4 percent were single mothers, 26.2 percent were non-families, 24.1 percent were single households and 9.8 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.90.
For the entire county, the population was composed of 23.7 percent of residents under the age of 18, 9.2 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 30.0 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 24.9 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 12.3 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 95.5 males. For every 100 women 18 years of age or older there were statistically 91.2 men.
The median income for a household in the county is $ 23,930 , and the median income for a family is $ 29,302. Males had a median income of $ 32,332 versus $ 19,229 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,005. 20.6 percent of families and 23.4 percent of the population are below the poverty line. Of these, 30.2 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 16.1 percent were people over 65 years of age.
Places in the county
- Adamson
- Aflex
- Argo
- Ashcamp
- Beaver bottom
- Beefhide
- Belcher
- Belfry
- Big Branch
- Biggs
- Board tree
- Boldman
- Broad bottom
- Burnwell
- Buskirk
- Canada
- Cedarville
- Coal Run Village
- Coleman
- Collins
- Dorton
- Douglas
- Draffin
- Dry fork
- Dunlap
- Dunleary
- Edgewater
- Elimer
- Elkhorn City
- Ellwood
- Esco
- Etty
- Federal
- Fedscreek
- Ford's Branch
- Forest Hills
- Freeburn
- Garden Village
- Goody
- Greasy Creek
- Gulnare
- Hardy
- Hartley
- Hatfield
- Heenon
- Hellier
- Henry Clay
- Honey fork
- Huddy
- Hylton
- jamboree
- Jonancy
- Justiceville
- Kewanee
- Kimper
- Leckieville
- Levisa Junction
- Lick Creek
- Lionilli
- Little Dixie
- Lookout
- Majestic
- Mayo Village
- McAndrews
- McCarr
- McCombs
- McVeigh
- Meta
- Mikegrady
- Billion
- Mossy bottom
- Mouthcard
- Myra
- Nelse
- New Camp
- Nigh
- Owsley
- Pauley
- Paw Paw
- penny
- Phelps
- Phyllis
- Pigeon
- Pikeville
- Pinsonfork
- Piso
- Pleasant Valley
- Raccoon
- Ransom
- Ratliff
- Republic
- Robinson Creek
- Rockhouse
- Rural
- Sharondale
- Shelbiana
- Sidney
- Simers
- South Williamson
- Speight
- Stanley addition
- Stone
- Stopover
- Sutton
- Titan Siding
- Toler
- Toonerville
- Turkey Creek
- Varney
- Venters
- Virgie
- Wales
- Wolfpit
- Woodman
- Woodside
- Yeager
- Yorktown
- Zebulon
Personalities
- Paul E. Patton (born 1937), former governor of Kentucky
- Dwight David Yoakam (born 1956), country singer
- Patty Loveless (born 1957), country singer
- James Blake Miller (* 1984), US Marine, who became famous for a photo from the Iraq war
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ GNIS-ID: 516944. 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 16, 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
- ^ Pike County, Kentucky , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .
Coordinates: 37 ° 28 ′ N , 82 ° 23 ′ W