Robertson County, Kentucky

administration
Robertson County Courthouse, listed on NRHP No. 78001394
US state :	Kentucky
Administrative headquarters :	Mount Olivet
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 76 Mount Olivet, KY 41064-0076
Foundation :	February 11, 1867
Made up from:	Bracken County Harrison County Mason County Nicholas County
Area code :	001 606
Demographics
Residents :	2282 (2010)
Population density :	8.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	259 km²
Water surface :	0 km²
map

Robertson County is a county in the state of Kentucky in the United States . The county seat is Mount Olivet . 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 northeast Kentucky, about 35 km to the north from the state of Ohio and has an area of 259 square kilometers with no significant water surface. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Bracken County , Mason County , Fleming County , Nicholas County, and Harrison County .

history

Robertson County was formed on February 11, 1867 from parts of Bracken County, Harrison County, Mason County and Nicholas County. It was named after George Robertson , a judge and member of the US Congress .

Three of the county's structures are on the National Register of Historic Places (as of October 20, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1870	5399	-
1880	5814	7.7%
1890	4684	-19.4%
1900	4900	4.6%
1910	4121	-15.9%
1920	3871	-6.1%
1930	3344	-13.6%
1940	3419	2.2%
1950	2881	-15.7%
1960	2443	-15.2%
1970	2163	-11.5%
1980	2265	4.7%
1990	2124	-6.2%
2000	2266	6.7%
2010	2282	0.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Robertson County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Robertson County had 2,266 people. Of these, 70 people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 866 households and 621 families. The population density was 9 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.6 percent white and 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.9 percent of the population.

Of the 866 households, 31.1 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 57.6 percent were married couples living together, 9.1 percent were single mothers, 28.2 percent were non-families, 24.7 percent were single households and 11.1 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.00 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 23.8 percent of residents under the age of 18, 6.7 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 27.1 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 25.5 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 16.9 percent were 65 years of age or over. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 94.8 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 92.5 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 30,581 , and the median income for a family is $ 35,521. Males had a median income of $ 27,656 versus $ 20,476 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,404. 17.5 percent of families and 22.2 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 30.3 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 24.1 percent were people over 65 years of age.