Kenton County, Kentucky

Kenton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is in the two cities Independence and Covington, which was named after Leonard Covington, a general in the War of 1812.

Geography

The County is located in the extreme north of Kentucky, bordering Ohio, separated by the Ohio River and has an area of 426 square kilometers, of which six square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Campbell County, Pendleton County, Grant County and Boone County.

History

Kenton County was formed on January 29, 1840 from portions of Campbell County. It was named after Simon Kenton.

Historical buildings

In Covington is the historic building of the Bavarian Brewing Company. The former brewery was taken in 1996 by the National Register of Historic Places.

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000 2010

According to the census in 2000 lived in Kenton County 151 464 people in 59 444 households, and 39,470 families. The population density was 361 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 93.99 percent White, 3.84 percent African American, 0.15 percent Native American, 0.59 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.41 percent from other races groups; 1.00 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.10 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 59 444 households out of which 33.4 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 50.1 percent were married couples living together, 12.1 percent were single mothers, 33.6 percent were non-families, 27.8 percent of all households and 9.0 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.11.

Based on the county the population was spread from 26.3 percent population under 18 years, 9.2 percent between 18 and 24 years, 31.9 percent between 25 and 44 years, 21.4 percent between 45 and 64 years and 11.1 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 96.2 males. For every 100 females aged 18 years old or over, there were 91.9 men statistically.

The median income for a household was $ 43,906, and the median income for a family was $ 52,953. Males had a median income of $ 37,845, women $ 27,253. The per capita income was $ 22,085. 7.1 percent of families and 9.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 12.0 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 7.7 percent of those 65 years.

Places in County

  • Alexander
  • Atwood
  • Bank Lick
  • Bracht
  • Bromley
  • Covington
  • Crescent Park
  • Crescent Springs
  • Crestview Hills
  • DeCoursey
  • Edgewood
  • Elsmere
  • Erlanger
  • Fairview
  • Fiskburg
  • Forest Hills
  • Fort Mitchell
  • Fort Wright
  • Grant
  • Independence
  • Kenton
  • Kenton Hills
  • Kenton Vale
  • Lakeside Park
  • Lakeview
  • Lamb
  • Latonia
  • Latonia Lakes
  • Lookout Heights
  • Ludlow
  • Maurice
  • Morning View
  • Nicholson
  • Oak Ridge
  • Park Hills
  • Piner
  • Ricedale
  • Ryland
  • Ryland Heights
  • Sanford Town
  • South Fort Mitchell
  • Springdale
  • Spring Lake
  • Stafford castle
  • Summit Hills Heights
  • Sunny Acres
  • Taylor Mill
  • Villa Hills
  • Visalia
  • West Covington
  • White Tower
  • White Villa
  • Winston Park
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