Lincoln County (Kentucky)
Lincoln County is a county located in the state of Kentucky in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Stanford. The county is one of the Dry counties, which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.
Geography
The County just east of the geographic center of Kentucky and has an area of 871 square kilometers, of which one square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Boyle County, Garrard County, Rockcastle County, Pulaski County and Casey County.
History
Lincoln County was formed on May 1, 1780 Original County from the Virginia Territory. It was named for Benjamin Lincoln, a general in the American Revolutionary War.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census of 2000, there were 23,361 people in Lincoln County. Of these, 241 people were living in collective centers, the other residents living in 9,206 households and 6,729 families. The population density was 27 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 96.12 percent White, 2.53 percent African American, 0.15 percent Native American, 0.10 percent Asian, and 0.38 percent from other races; 0.72 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.89 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 9,206 households out of which 33.7 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 58.6 percent were married couples living together, 10.3 percent were single mothers, 26.9 percent were non-families, 23.6 percent of all households and 10.5 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 2.95 persons.
Based on the county the population was spread from 25.7 percent population under 18 years, 8.4 percent between 18 and 24 years, 29.8 percent between 25 and 44 years, 23.1 percent between 45 and 64 years and 13.1 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 96.3 males. For every 100 females aged 18 years old or over, there were 94.1 men statistically.
The median income for a household was $ 26,542, and the median income for a family was $ 32,284. Males have a median income of $ 26,395, women $ 20,517. The per capita income was $ 13,602. 16.4 percent of families and 21.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 27.1 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 22.9 percent of those 65 years.
Places in County
- Blue Lick
- Boneyville
- Broughtentown
- Chicken Bristle
- Crab Orchard
- Dog Walk
- Eubank
- Geneva
- Gilbert
- Halls Gap
- Highland
- Hubble
- Hustonville
- Jumbo
- Kings Mountain
- Logan Town
- Maywood
- McKinney
- Milledgeville
- Miracle
- Moreland
- Mount Salem
- New Salem
- Ottenheim
- Preachersville
- Rowland
- South Fork
- Stanford
- Sugar Grove
- Turkey Town
- Turnersville
- Walnut Flat
- Waynesburg