Trigg County, Kentucky

Trigg County is a county located in the state of Kentucky in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Cadiz. The county is one of the Dry counties, which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

Geography

The County is located in southwestern Kentucky, bounded on the south by the State of Tennessee and has an area of 1246 square kilometers, of which 98 square kilometers are water surface. It borders in Kentucky clockwise to the following counties: Lyon County, Caldwell County, Christian County, Calloway County and Marshall County.

History

Trigg County was formed on January 27, 1820 from parts of Calswell County and Christian County. It was named after Colonel Stephen Trigg, a pioneer in this area.

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000 2010

According to the census of 2000, there were 12,597 people in Trigg County. Of these, 111 people were living in collective centers, the other residents living in 5,215 households and 3,765 families. The population density was 11 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 88.34 percent White, 9.79 percent African American, 0.21 percent Native American, 0.25 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.18 percent from other races groups; 1.22 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.90 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 5,215 households out of which 29.1 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 60.2 percent were married couples living together, 8.4 percent were single mothers, 27.8 percent were non-families, 25.0 percent of all households and 11.6 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.84 persons.

Based on the county the population was spread from 22.9 percent population under 18 years, 6.8 percent between 18 and 24 years, 26.7 percent between 25 and 44 years, 27.0 percent between 45 and 64 years and 16.6 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 96.9 males. For every 100 females aged 18 years old or over, there were 94.1 men statistically.

The median income for a household was $ 33,002, and the median income for a family was $ 40,886. Males have a median income of $ 31,158, women $ 22,081. The per capita income was $ 17,184. 8.8 percent of families and 12.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 13.2 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 14.7 percent of those 65 years.

Places in County

Barkley Shores
Black Hawk
Blue Spring
Blue Spring Estates
Blue Water Estates
Buffalo
Cadiz
Caledonia
Canton
Cedar Point
Cerulean
Cumberland Shores
Donaldson
Fenton
Ferguson Spring
Golden Pond
Linton
Maple Grove
Montgomery
Roaring Spring
Rockcastle
Rockcastle Shores
Shawnee Hills
Trigg Furnace
Wallonia

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