Fort Wright, Kentucky

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Fort Wright is a city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 5,681 at the 2000 census.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] Geography

Fort Wright is located at 39°3′4″N, 84°32′6″W (39.051011, -84.535042)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.0 km² (3.5 mi²). 9.0 km² (3.5 mi²) of it is land and 0.29% is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 5,681 people, 2,430 households, and 1,569 families residing in the city. The population density was 633.9/km² (1,642.1/mi²). There were 2,573 housing units at an average density of 287.1/km² (743.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.32% White, 0.99% African American, 0.05% Native American, 0.79% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.21% from other races, and 0.62% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.69% of the population.

There were 2,430 households out of which 25.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.8% were married couples living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.4% were non-families. 30.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the city the population was spread out with 21.5% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 30.9% from 25 to 44, 24.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 94.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $52,394, and the median income for a family was $62,464. Males had a median income of $46,736 versus $35,220 for females. The per capita income for the city was $27,448. About 3.9% of families and 3.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.1% of those under age 18 and 2.6% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Trivia

Fort Wright is the hometown of Chris Harris, a professional wrestler working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in Orlando, Florida.
Battery Hooper, now the James A. Ramage Civil War Museum, was an artillery battery built to protect Cincinnati during the civil war.