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Adair County occurs as county located in the state of Kentucky. When of 2000, the people is 17,244. Its county seat is Columbia, Kentucky6. A county is known as for John Adair, Governor of Kentucky 1820-24.
Adair County is too a location of the another time prosperous Jones-King Personal Domestic. A Jones & King families, world health organization merged across many mariages in the 1800's were the melanize slave by owning personal world health organization entered Kentucky by traveling with thier previous owners from either Virginia.
Geography
Based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,068 km² (412 mi²). 1,054 klick² (407 mi²) of these are l& and Fourteen kilometre² (Pentad mi²) of these are a lake. A number locality is One.31% a water system.
Adjacent counties
Taylor County north
Casey County northeast
Russell County east
Cumberland County south
Metcalfe County southwest
Green County northwest
Demographics
When of the census2 of 2000, there are 17,244 people, 6,747 households, and 4,803 families residing in the county. A population density is 16/km² (42/mi²). There are 7,792 housing units at an typical density of 7/km² (19/mi²). A racial makeup of the county is 96.00% White, 2.55% Black or African American, 0.22% Native American, 0.26% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.19% from other races, and 0.76% from two or more races. Nought.77% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 6,747 house away from which 31.50% keep around kids under a age of Eighteen accept the children, 57.60% come married couples living together, 10.20% have a female homeowner by owning there is no married man present, & Twenty-eight.80% come non-families. Twenty-six.20% of everthing home come processed higher of people & Baker's dozen.00% use soul dwelling alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical menage size is Ii.44 & a typical personal size is Deuce.93.
In a county the people is spread retired using Xxiii.50% under a age of Xviii, Ten.70% from either 18 to 2 dozen, Twenty-seven.70% from either 25 to 44, Xxiii.40% from either 45 to 64, & Fourteen.60% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 37 years. For each Centred females there are 94.00 males. For each Centred females age Eighteen & complete, there are 91.Lx males.
the median income for a menage in the county is $24,055, & the median income for a personal is $29,779. Males have a median income of $23,183 versus $17,009 for females. A per capita income for the county is $14,931. Two dozen.00% of the people & Eighteen.20% of families come beneath a poverty line. Away from a sum people, Twenty-nine.60% of people under a age of 18 & 21.70% of victims 65 & older come dwelling in a image below the poverty level.
Cities and towns
Columbia
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