Pike County, Kentucky

administration
Pike County Courthouse
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
map

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
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 Pike County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Aerial view of Pike County-Hatcher Airport

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

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

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

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 @1@ 2

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

37.47 -82.39Coordinates: 37 ° 28 ′ N , 82 ° 23 ′ W

[1] GNIS-ID: 516944. 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