Webster County, Kentucky

administration

US state :	Kentucky
Administrative headquarters :	Dixon
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 155 Dixon, KY 42409-0155
Foundation :	February 29, 1860
Made up from:	Henderson County Hopkins County Union County
Area code :	001 270
Demographics
Residents :	13,621 (2010)
Population density :	15.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	869 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

Website : www.webstercountyky.com

The Webster County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Kentucky . In 2010 , the county had 13,621 residents and a population density of 15.7 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Dixon , named after Archibald Dixon , a US Senator . 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 western Kentucky, about 15 km to the west from Illinois , to the northeast about 25 km from Indiana , and covers an area of 869 square kilometers, of which two square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Webster County:

Union County	Henderson County	McLean County

Crittenden County	Caldwell County	Hopkins County

history

D. Webster

Webster County was formed on February 29, 1860 from parts of Henderson County, Hopkins County and Union County. It was named after Daniel Webster (1782-1852), who was US Secretary of State between 1841 and 1843 .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	20.097	-
1910	20,974	4.4%
1920	20,762	-1 %
1930	20,534	-1.1%
1940	19.198	-6.5%
1950	15,555	-19%
1960	14,244	-8.4%
1970	13,282	-6.8%
1980	14,832	11.7%
1990	13,955	-5.9%
2000	14,120	1.2%
2010	13,621	-3.5%
1900-2000 2010

As of the 2010 census , Webster County had 13,621 people in 4,992 households. The population density was 15.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.69 people in each of the 4992 households.

The racial the population was composed of 93.3 percent white, 4.3 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 4.7 percent of the population.

23.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.3 percent were 65 years or older. 50.5 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 39,635 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,879. 16.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.