Nelson County (Kentucky)
Nelson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Bardstown, which was named after William Bard, a patron of the city.
Geography
The County is located just north of the geographic center of Kentucky, is located in the northwest about 50 km from the state of Indiana and has an area of 1098 square kilometers, of which four square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Spencer County, Anderson County, Washington County, Marion County, LaRue County, Hardin County and Bullitt County.
History
Nelson County was formed on October 18, 1784 from parts of Jefferson County. It was named for Thomas Nelson Jr., a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2000, lived in Nelson County 37,477 people in 13,953 households and 10,269 families. The population density was 34 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 92.84 percent White, 5.51 percent African American, 0.13 percent Native American, 0.51 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.37 percent from other races groups; 0.63 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.05 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 13,953 households out of which 38.0 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 56.9 percent were married couples living together, 12.1 percent were single mothers, 26.4 percent were non-families, 22.3 percent of all households and 7.5 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.08.
Based on the county the population was spread out 27.7 percent of residents under the age of 18, 8.7 per cent between 18 and 24 years, 30.8 percent between 25 and 44 years, 22.2 percent between 45 and 64 years and 10.6 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 96.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.5 men statistically.
The median income for a household in 39.010 United States dollars, and the median income for a family was $ 44,600. Males had a median income of $ 32,015, women $ 21,838. The per capita income was $ 18,120. 10.0 percent of families and 12.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 15.7 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 17.4 percent of those 65 years.
Places in County
- Ball Town
- Bardstown
- Bellwood
- Bloomfield
- Blue Gap
- Boston
- Botland
- Bourbon Springs
- Chaplin
- Coxs Creek
- Cravens
- Culvertown
- Deatsville
- East Bardstown
- Fairfield
- Gethsemane
- Greenbrier
- Highgrove
- Howard Town
- Hunters
- Lenore
- Nazareth
- Nelsonville
- New Haven
- New Hope
- Samuels
- Stiles
- Withrow
- Woodlawn