Perry County (Kentucky)
Perry County is a county located in the state of Kentucky in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Hazard.
Geography
The County is located in Eastern Kentucky, is located in the southeast about 20 miles from Virginia and has an area of 887 square kilometers, of which one square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Breathitt County, Knott County, Letcher County, Harlan County, Leslie County and Clay County.
History
Perry County was formed on November 2, 1820 from parts of Clay County and Floyd County. It was named after Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, a war hero of the Navy of 1812.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2000, lived in Perry County 29,390 people in 11,460 households and 8,491 families. The population density was 33 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 97.34 percent White, 1.64 percent African American, 0.05 percent Native American, 0.49 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.04 percent from other races groups; 0.43 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.52 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 11,460 households out of which 34.2 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 56.7 percent were married couples living together, 13.2 percent were single mothers, 25.9 percent were non-families, 23.3 percent of all households and 9.3 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.98.
Based on the county the population was spread from 24.4 percent population under 18 years, 9.1 percent between 18 and 24 years, 30.7 percent between 25 and 44 years, 24.6 percent between 45 and 64 years and 11.2 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 91.3 men statistically.
The median income for a household in the 22 089 U.S. dollars, and the median income for a family was $ 26,718. Males have a median income of $ 31,702, women $ 20,502. The per capita income was $ 12,224. 26.1 percent of families and 29.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 36.0 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 20.6 percent of those 65 years.
Places in County
- Airport Gardens
- Allais
- Allock
- Ary
- Avawam
- Blue Diamond
- Bonnyman
- Browns Fork
- Buckhorn
- Bulan
- Busy
- Butterfly
- Chavies
- Christopher
- Clemons
- Combs
- Cornettsville
- Daisy
- Darfork
- Defiance
- Delphia
- Slide block
- Dice
- Doorway
- Dow
- Dunraven
- Dwarf
- Engle
- Farler
- Fourseam
- Fusonia
- Gays Creek
- Glomawr
- Grigsby
- Happy
- Hardburly
- Harveyton
- Hazard
- Hilton
- Jeff
- Kodak
- Krypton
- Lamont
- Leatherwood
- Lothair
- Manuel
- Napfor
- Saul
- Scuddy
- Slemp
- Tilford
- Tribbey
- Typo
- Vicco
- Viper
- Walkertown
- Wentz
- Woodland Park
- Yerkes
- Adamson