Pendleton County (Kentucky)
Pendleton County is a county located in the state of Kentucky in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Falmouth.
Geography
The County is located in northern Kentucky, bordered with its northeastern tip of the state of Ohio, separated by the Ohio River and has an area of 730 square kilometers, of which three square miles are water. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Kenton County, Campbell County, Bracken County, Harrison County and Grant County.
History
Pendleton County was formed on December 4, 1798 from parts of Bracken County and Campbell County. It was named after Edmund Pendleton, a judge and governor of Virginia.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2000, lived in Pendleton County 14,390 people in 5,170 households and 3,970 families. The population density was 20 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 98.39 percent White, 0.49 percent African American, 0.19 percent Native American, 0.11 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.35 percent from other races groups; 0.44 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.67 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 5,170 households out of which 39.0 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 62.8 percent were married couples living together, 9.6 percent were single mothers, 23.2 percent were non-families, 20.1 percent of all households and 8.3 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.14.
Based on the county the population was spread from 28.4 percent population under 18 years, 8.5 percent between 18 and 24 years, 31.2 percent between 25 and 44 years, 21.5 percent between 45 and 64 years and 10.4 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 100.3 males. For every 100 females aged 18 years old or over, there were 97.9 men statistically.
The median income for a household was $ 38,125, and the median income for a family was $ 42,589. Males have a median income of $ 31,885, women $ 23,234. The per capita income was $ 16,551. 9.8 percent of families and 11.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 14.8 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 11.6 percent of those 65 years.
Places in County
- Bachelors rest
- Boston
- Browning Corner
- Butler
- Caddo
- Caldwell
- Carntown
- Catawba
- Concord
- DeMossville
- Doughton
- Durbintown
- Falmouth
- Four Oaks
- Gardnerville
- Goforth
- Greenwood
- Hayes
- Ivor
- Knoxville
- Lenoxburg
- Locust Grove
- Marcus
- McKinneysburg
- Menzie
- Meridian
- Morgan
- Mount Auburn
- Peach Grove
- Portland