Todd County, Kentucky

administration
Todd County Courthouse
US state :	Kentucky
Administrative headquarters :	Elkton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 355 Elkton, KY 42220-0355
Foundation :	December 30, 1819
Made up from:	Christian County Logan County
Area code :	001 270
Demographics
Residents :	12,460 (2010)
Population density :	12.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	976 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

Todd County is a county in the state of Kentucky in the United States . The county seat is Elkton , named after a former waterhole for elk.

geography

The county is located in southwest Kentucky, borders the state of Tennessee to the south and has an area of 976 square kilometers, of which two square kilometers are water. In Kentucky, it is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Muhlenberg County , Logan County, and Christian County .

history

Todd County was formed on December 30, 1819 from parts of Christian County and Logan County. It was named after Colonel John Todd.

15 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of October 21, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	8680	-
1840	9991	15.1%
1850	12,268	22.8%
1860	11,575	-5.6%
1870	12,612	9%
1880	15,994	26.8%
1890	16,814	5.1%
1900	17,371	3.3%
1910	16,488	-5.1%
1920	15,694	-4.8%
1930	13,520	-13.9%
1940	14,234	5.3%
1950	12,890	-9.4%
1960	11,364	-11.8%
1970	10,823	-4.8%
1980	11,874	9.7%
1990	10,940	-7.9%
2000	11,971	9.4%
2010	12,460	4.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Todd County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Rock formations in Pilot Rock

According to the 2000 census , Todd County's population was 11,971. 126 people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 4,569 households and 3,367 families. The population density was 12 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 89.32 percent white, 8.75 percent African American, 0.15 percent Native American, 0.17 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.87 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.71 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.66 percent of the population.

Of the 4,569 households, 33.5 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 58.7 percent were married couples living together, 11.6 percent were single mothers, 26.3 percent were non-families, 23.0 percent were single households and 11.1 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.05.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 26.6 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 8.7 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 28.4 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 22.4 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 14.0 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 94.8 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 92.7 men.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 29,718 , and the median income for a family was $ 36,043. Males had a median income of $ 28,502 versus $ 20,340 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,462. 14.7 percent of families and 17.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 21.9 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 22.0 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Places in the county

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 516956. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 21, 2017.
^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 18, 2011
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 18, 2011
↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed April 2, 2012
^ Todd County, Kentucky , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

36.84 -87.18Coordinates: 36 ° 50 ′ N , 87 ° 11 ′ W

[1] GNIS-ID: 516956. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[2] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 21, 2017.

[3] US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 18, 2011

[4] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 18, 2011

[5] Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed April 2, 2012

[6] Todd County, Kentucky , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .