Hopkins County (Kentucky)
Hopkins County is a county located in the state of Kentucky in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Madisonville, which was named after President James Madison.
Geography
The County is located in western Kentucky, is in the south about 70 miles from Tennessee, located in the north about 50 miles from Indianapolis and has an area of 1435 square kilometers, of which ten square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Webster County, McLean County, Muhlenberg County, Christian County and Caldwell County.
History
Hopkins County was formed on December 9, 1806 from parts of Henderson County. It was named for Samuel Hopkins, a general and a member of Congress.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2000 lived in Hopkins County 46 519 people in 18,820 households and 13,399 families. The population density was 33 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 92.02 percent White, 6.21 percent African American, 0.19 percent Native American, 0.34 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.37 percent from other races groups; 0.86 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.91 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 18,820 households out of which 31.6 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 56.3 percent were married couples living together, 11.9 percent were single mothers, 28.8 percent were non-families, 25.8 percent of all households and 11.5 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.91.
Based on the county the population was spread from 24.2 percent population under 18 years, 8.3 percent between 18 and 24 years, 28.2 percent between 25 and 44 years, 24.6 percent between 45 and 64 years and 14.7 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 91.0 males. For every 100 females aged 18 years old or over, there were 87.7 men statistically.
The median income for a household was $ 30,868, and the median income for a family was $ 36,794. Males have a median income of $ 31,400, women $ 20,014. The per capita income was $ 17,382. 13.6 percent of families and 16.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 24.4 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 10.5 percent of those 65 years.
Places in County
- Anton
- Ashbyburg
- Barnsley
- Beulah
- Brentwood
- Charleston
- Coiltown
- Dalton
- Daniel Boone
- Dawson Springs
- Dozier Heights
- Earlington
- Fiddle Bow
- Nasty
- Grapevine
- Hamby
- Hanson
- Hecla
- Ilsley
- Jewel City
- Kirkwood Springs
- Little Valley
- Madisonville
- Manitou
- Mannington
- Mitchell Hill
- Mortons Gap
- Mount Carmel
- Murphy Ford
- Nebo
- Nortonville
- Oak Hill
- Olney
- Oriole
- Pee Vee
- Rabbit Ridge
- Richland
- Saint Charles
- Sixth Vein
- Vandetta
- Veazey
- Victoria
- Wesco
- Westside Heights
- White Plains