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Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population is 10,916. Its county seat is Springfield6. The county is named for George Washington. The center of population of Kentucky is located in Washington County, in the city of Willisburg [1]. The county is dry, meaning that the sale of alcohol is prohibited, but contains the wet city of Springfield, where retail alcohol sales are allowed. This makes Washington County a moist county. Three wineries also operate in the county and are licensed to sell to the public despite lying in otherwise dry territory.[1] GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 781 km² (302 mi²). 779 km² (301 mi²) of it is land and 2 km² (1 mi²) of it (0.31%) is water.Adjacent Counties
Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there were 10,916 people, 4,121 households, and 3,020 families residing in the county. The population density was 14/km² (36/mi²). There were 4,542 housing units at an average density of 6/km² (15/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 90.62% White, 7.51% Black or African American, 0.16% Native American, 0.28% Asian, 0.61% from other races, and 0.82% from two or more races. 1.60% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 4,121 households out of which 33.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.50% were married couples living together, 10.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.70% were non-families. 24.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.40% 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 3.03. The age distribution was 25.30% under the age of 18, 8.80% from 18 to 24, 27.90% from 25 to 44, 23.10% from 45 to 64, and 15.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 96.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.90 males. The median income for a household in the county was $33,136, and the median income for a family was $39,240. Males had a median income of $27,624 versus $21,593 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,722. About 10.30% of families and 13.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.40% of those under age 18 and 19.60% of those age 65 or over. Cities, towns and communities
Coordinates: References1. ^ Wet & Dry Counties in Kentucky (PDF). Kentucky Office of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Retrieved on March 21, 2007. Commonwealth of Kentucky Flag of Kentucky Seal Nickname(s): Bluegrass State Motto(s): United we stand, divided we fall Official language(s) English[1] Capital Frankfort ..... Click the link for more information. Motto "In God We Trust" (since 1956) "E Pluribus Unum" ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional) Anthem ..... Click the link for more information. 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1760s 1770s 1780s - 1790s - 1800s 1810s 1820s 1789 1790 1791 - 1792 - 1793 1794 1795 : Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - ..... Click the link for more information. A county seat is a term for an administrative center for a county, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there. ..... Click the link for more information. Springfield, Kentucky Seal Motto: 250px Coordinates: Country United States State Kentucky County Washington Government ..... Click the link for more information. Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. The term Surface area is the summation of the areas of the exposed sides of an object. UnitsUnits for measuring surface area include:
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..... Click the link for more information. population is the collection of people or organisms of a particular species living in a given geographic area or mortality, and migration, though the field encompasses many dimensions of population change including the family (marriage and divorce), public health, work and the ..... Click the link for more information. The Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census. ..... Click the link for more information. Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, humans in particular. Biological population densities..... 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Daylight saving time (DST; also summer time in British English) is the convention of advancing clocks so that afternoons have more daylight and mornings have less. ..... Click the link for more information. George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799)[1][2] was a central, critical figure in the founding of the United States of America, as well as the nation's first president (1789–1797). ..... Click the link for more information. Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. If you are prevented from editing this page, and you wish to make a change, please discuss changes on the talk page, request unprotection, log in, or . ..... Click the link for more information. ..... Click the link for more information. Not to be confused with a country. A county is generally a sub-unit of regional self-government within a sovereign jurisdiction. Originally, in continental Europe, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count...... Click the link for more information. United States of America This article is part of the series: Politics and government of the United States Federal government Constitution Taxation President Vice President Cabinet Congress Senate ..... Click the link for more information. Commonwealth of Kentucky Flag of Kentucky Seal Nickname(s): Bluegrass State Motto(s): United we stand, divided we fall Official language(s) English[1] Capital Frankfort ..... Click the link for more information. 20th century - 21st century 1970s 1980s 1990s - 2000s - 2010s 2020s 2030s 1997 1998 1999 - 2000 - 2001 2002 2003 2000 by topic: News by month Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun ..... Click the link for more information. A county seat is a term for an administrative center for a county, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there. ..... Click the link for more information. Springfield, Kentucky Seal Motto: 250px Coordinates: Country United States State Kentucky County Washington Government ..... Click the link for more information. geographic coordinate system enables every location on the earth to be specified by the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system aligned with the spin axis of the Earth. ..... Click the link for more information. George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799)[1][2] was a central, critical figure in the founding of the United States of America, as well as the nation's first president (1789–1797). ..... Click the link for more information. worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. ..... Click the link for more information. Willisburg, Kentucky Downtown Willisburg Seal Motto: Location of Willisburg, Kentucky Coordinates: Country United States State Kentucky County Washington ..... Click the link for more information. dry county is a county in the United States whose government forbids the sale of alcoholic beverages. Some prohibit off-premises sale, some prohibit on-premises sale, and some prohibit both. ..... Click the link for more information. An alcoholic beverage (also known as booze in slang term) is a drink containing ethanol, commonly known as alcohol, although in chemistry the definition of alcohol includes many other compounds. ..... Click the link for more information. This article is copied from an article on Wikipedia® - the free encyclopedia created and edited by online user community. The text was not checked or edited by anyone on our staff. 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