Henry County, Kentucky

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Henry County, Kentucky
Map
Location in the state of Kentucky
Kentucky's location in the U.S.
Statistics
Founded	1799
Seat	New Castle
Largest city	Eminence
Area - Total - Land - Water	291 sq mi (754 km²) 289 sq mi (749 km²) 2 sq mi (5 km²), 0.61%
Population - (2000) - Density	15,060 52/sq mi (20/km²)
Time zone	Eastern: UTC-5/-4
Website: www.henrycountygov.com
Named for: Patrick Henry (1736–1799), Revolutionary War patriot.

Henry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1799. As of 2000, the population is 15,060. Its county seat is New Castle^[1]. the county is named for Patrick Henry. The farmer-poet Wendell Berry lives in Henry County. Since the 1990s it has become an increasingly important exurb county for the city of Louisville, especially as land prices have skyrocketed in neighboring Oldham County.

With regard to the sale of alcohol, it is classified as a moist county—a county in which alcohol sales are prohibited (a dry county), but containing a "wet" city, in this case Eminence, where package alcohol sales are allowed.^[2]

1 Geography
- 1.1 Adjacent counties
2 Demographics
3 Cities and communities
4 See also
5 Notes and references

[edit] Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 291 square miles (754 km²), of which, 289 square miles (749 km²) of it is land and 2 square miles (5 km²) of it (0.61%) is water.

Henry County Courthouse

[edit] Adjacent counties

Carroll County (north)
Owen County (east)
Franklin County (southeast)
Shelby County (south)
Oldham County (west)
Trimble County (northwest)

[edit] Demographics

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1800	3,258	—
1810	6,777	108.0%
1820	10,816	59.6%
1830	11,387	5.3%
1840	10,015	-12.0%
1850	11,442	14.2%
1860	11,949	4.4%
1870	11,066	-7.4%
1880	14,492	31.0%
1890	14,164	-2.3%
1900	14,620	3.2%
1910	13,716	-6.2%
1920	13,411	-2.2%
1930	12,564	-6.3%
1940	12,220	-2.7%
1950	11,394	-6.8%
1960	10,987	-3.6%
1970	10,910	-0.7%
1980	12,740	16.8%
1990	12,823	0.7%
2000	15,060	17.4%
Est. 2006	16,025	6.4%
http://ukcc.uky.edu/~census/21103.txt

As of the census^[3] of 2000, there were 15,060 people, 5,844 households, and 4,330 families residing in the county. The population density was 52 people per square mile (20/km²). There were 6,381 housing units at an average density of 22 per square mile (9/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 93.97% White, 3.30% Black or African American, 0.24% Native American, 0.35% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 1.26% from other races, and 0.86% from two or more races. 2.25% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 5,844 households out of which 33.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.70% were married couples living together, 10.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.90% were non-families. 22.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 2.97.

The age distribution was 25.40% under the age of 18, 7.90% from 18 to 24, 29.70% from 25 to 44, 24.70% from 45 to 64, and 12.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 99.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $37,263, and the median income for a family was $45,009. Males had a median income of $31,478 versus $21,982 for females. The per capita income for the county was $17,846. About 10.40% of families and 13.70% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.50% of those under age 18 and 19.90% of those age 65 or over.