Harlan County (Kentucky)
Harlan County is a county located in the state of Kentucky in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Harlan.
Geography
The County is located in southeastern Kentucky, is bordered by the state of Virginia and has an area of 1212 square kilometers, of which two square miles are water. It borders in Kentucky clockwise to the following counties: Perry County, Letcher County, Bell County and Leslie County.
History
Harlan County was formed on January 28, 1819 from parts of Floyd County and Knox County. It was named for Major Silas Harlan, an early settler in the area and military leaders in the Battle of Blue Licks.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2000 lived in Harlan County 33 202 people in 13,291 households and 9,449 families. The population density was 27 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 95.56 percent White, 2.62 percent African American, 0.48 percent Native American, 0.29 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.08 percent from other races groups; 0.95 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.65 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 13,291 households out of which 32.2 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 54.3 percent were married couples living together, 13.2 percent were single mothers, 28.9 percent were non-families, 27.0 percent of all households and 12.6 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.00.
Based on the county the population was spread from 25.0 percent population under 18 years, 8.5 percent between 18 and 24 years, 27.5 percent between 25 and 44 years, 25.2 percent between 45 and 64 years and 13.9 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 91.8 males. For every 100 females aged 18 years old or over, there were 87.8 men statistically.
The median income for a household was $ 18,665, and the median income for a family was $ 23,536. Males have a median income of $ 29,148, women $ 19,288. The per capita income was $ 11,585. 29.1 percent of families and 32.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 40.1 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 21.0 percent of those 65 years.
Places in County
- Ages
- Alva
- Bailey Creek
- Bardo
- Baxter
- Benham
- Benito
- Big Laurel
- Black Bottom
- Black Mountain
- Blackjoe
- Blair
- Bledsoe
- Bobs Creek
- Brookside
- Cawood
- Chad
- Chevrolet
- Closplint
- Clover
- Clover -Darby
- Clovertown
- Clutts
- Coldiron
- Colts
- Coxton
- Cranks
- Crummies
- Cumberland
- Dark Mont
- Dillon
- Dione
- Divide
- Dizney
- Dressen
- Elcomb
- Evarts
- Farmers Mill
- Fresh Meadows
- Gano
- Gatun
- Georgetown
- Golden Ash
- Harlan
- Harlan gas
- Highsplint
- Hiram
- Holmes Mill
- Keith
- Kentenia
- Kenvir
- Kildav
- Kitts
- Shop
- Layman
- Lenarue
- Liggett
- Longton
- Louellen
- Loyall
- Lynch
- Martins Fork
- Mary Alice
- Mary Helen
- Molus
- Nolan castle
- Pathfork
- Pine Mountain
- Putney
- Redbud
- Rex
- Rhea
- Ridgeway
- Rileyville
- Rio Vista
- River Ridge
- Ross Point
- Rutherford
- Sampson
- Sandhill
- Short Town
- Smith
- South Wallins
- Stanfill
- Sunshine
- Tacky Town
- Teetersville
- Ten spot
- Three Points
- Totz
- Tremont
- Tway
- Twila
- Verda
- Wallins Creek
- Woods
- Yancey