Montgomery County (Kentucky)
Montgomery County is a county located in the state of Kentucky in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Mount Sterling.
Geography
The County is located in the central northeastern Kentucky and has an area of 515 square kilometers, of which one square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Bourbon County, Bath County, Menifee County, Powell County and Clark County.
History
Montgomery County was formed on December 14, 1796 from parts of Clark County. It was named after Richard Montgomery, a general in the American Revolutionary War
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2000, lived in Montgomery County 22,554 people in 8,902 households and 6,436 families. The population density was 44 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 95.07 percent White, 3.48 percent African American, 0.15 percent Native American, 0.11 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.35 percent from other races groups; 0.82 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.15 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 8,902 households out of which 33.6 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 57.7 percent were married couples living together, 11.2 percent were single mothers, 27.7 percent were non-families, 23.9 percent of all households and 10.5 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.93.
Based on the county the population was spread from 24.9 percent population under 18 years, 8.7 percent between 18 and 24 years, 30.2 percent between 25 and 44 years, 23.4 percent between 45 and 64 years and 12.9 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 94.6 males. For every 100 females aged 18 years old or over, there were 91.0 men statistically.
The median income for a household in the 31 746 U.S. dollars, and the median income for a family was $ 36,939. Males had a median income of $ 31,428, women $ 20,941. The per capita income was $ 16,701. 12.5 percent of families and 15.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 18.1 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 17.3 percent of those 65 years.
Places in County
- Camargo
- Ewington
- Grassy Lick
- Hope
- Howards Mill
- Jeffersonville
- Judy
- Klondike
- Levee
- Lower Spencer
- Lucky Stop
- Mount Sterling
- Prewitt
- Reid Village
- Side View
- StepStone
- Stoops
- Upper Spencer