Pike County (Kentucky)
Pike County is a county located in the state of Kentucky in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Pikeville.
Geography
The County is located in the extreme east of Kentucky, bounded on the southeast by Virginia, to the northeast of West Virginia and has an area of 2043 square kilometers, of which three square miles are water. It borders in Kentucky clockwise to the following counties: Martin County, Letcher County, Knott County and Floyd County.
History
Pike County was formed on December 19, 1821 from parts of Floyd County. It was named after Zebulon Pike, a general and explorer of the area.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2000, lived in Pike County 68 736 people in 27 612 households, and 20,377 families. The population density was 34 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 98.35 percent White, 0.45 percent African American, 0.11 percent Native American, 0.41 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.10 percent from other races groups; 0.56 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.65 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 27 612 households out of which 33.7 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 58.8 percent were married couples living together, 11.4 percent were single mothers, 26.2 percent were non-families, 24.1 percent of all households and 9.8 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.90 persons.
Based on the county the population was spread from 23.7 percent population under 18 years, 9.2 percent between 18 and 24 years, 30.0 percent between 25 and 44 years, 24.9 percent between 45 and 64 years and 12.3 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 95.5 males. For every 100 females aged 18 years old or over, there were 91.2 men statistically.
The median income for a household was $ 23,930, and the median income for a family was $ 29,302. Males had a median income of $ 32,332, women $ 19,229. The per capita income was $ 14,005. 20.6 percent of families and 23.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 30.2 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 16.1 percent of those 65 years.
Places in County
- Adamson
- Aflex
- Argo
- Ashcamp
- Beaver bottom
- Beefhide
- Belcher
- Belfry
- Big Branch
- Biggs
- Board Tree
- Boldman
- Broad bottom
- Burn Well
- Buskirk
- Canada
- Cedarville
- Coal Run Village
- Coleman
- Collins
- Dorton
- Douglas
- Draffin
- Dry Fork
- Dunlap
- Dunleary
- Edgewater
- Elimer
- Elkhorn City
- Ellwood
- Francesco
- Etty
- Federal
- Fedscreek
- Fords Branch
- Forest Hills
- Freeburn
- Garden Village
- Goody
- Greasy Creek
- Gulnare
- Hardy
- Hartley
- Hatfield
- Heenon
- Hellier
- Henry Clay
- Honey Fork
- Huddy
- Hylton
- Jamboree
- Jonancy
- Justiceville
- Kewanee
- Kimper
- Leckieville
- Levisa Junction
- Lick Creek
- Lionilli
- Little Dixie
- Lookout
- Majestic
- Mayo Village
- McAndrews
- McCarr
- McCombs
- McVeigh
- Meta
- Mikegrady
- Millard
- Mossy bottom
- Mouthcard
- Myra
- Nelse
- New Camp
- Nigh
- Owsley
- Pauley
- Paw Paw
- Penny
- Phelps
- Phyllis
- Pigeon
- Pikeville
- Pinsonfork
- Piso
- Pleasant Valley
- Raccoon
- Ransom
- Ratliff
- Republic
- Robinson Creek
- Rockhouse
- Rural
- Sharondale
- Shelbiana
- Sidney
- Simers
- South Williamson
- Speight
- Stanley addition
- Stone
- Stopover
- Sutton
- Titan Siding
- Toler
- Toonerville
- Turkey Creek
- Varney
- Venters
- Virgie
- Wales
- Wolfpit
- Woodman
- Woodside
- Yeager
- Yorktown
- Zebulon
Personalities
- Paul E. Patton ( born 1937 ), former Governor of Kentucky
- Dwight David Yoakam ( born 1956 ), country singer
- Patty Loveless ( born 1957 ), country singer
- James Blake Miller ( born 1984 ), U.S. Navy, who became famous by a photograph from the Iraq war