Carroll County, Kentucky

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Carroll County
County
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Carroll County Courthouse in Carrollton
Map of Kentucky highlighting Carroll County.svg
Location within the U.S. state of Kentucky
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Kentucky's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 38°40′N85°08′W / 38.67°N 85.13°W / 38.67; -85.13
CountryFlag of the United States.svg United States
StateFlag of Kentucky.svg  Kentucky
Founded1838
Named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Seat Carrollton
Largest cityCarrollton
Area
 • Total137 sq mi (350 km2)
 • Land129 sq mi (330 km2)
 • Water8.7 sq mi (23 km2)  6.4%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total10,810
 • Estimate 
(2023)
10,987 Increase2.svg
 • Density79/sq mi (30/km2)
Time zone UTC−5 (Eastern)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district 4th
Website www.carrollcountygov.us

Carroll County is a county located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Kentucky. Its county seat is Carrollton. [1] The county was formed in 1838 and named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last living signer of the Declaration of Independence. [2] It is located at the confluence of the Kentucky and Ohio Rivers.

Contents

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 137 square miles (350 km2), of which 129 square miles (330 km2) is land and 8.7 square miles (23 km2) (6.4%) is water. [3] It is the third-smallest county by area in Kentucky.

Adjacent counties

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1840 3,966—
1850 5,52639.3%
1860 6,57819.0%
1870 6,189−5.9%
1880 8,95344.7%
1890 9,2663.5%
1900 9,8256.0%
1910 8,110−17.5%
1920 8,3462.9%
1930 8,155−2.3%
1940 8,6576.2%
1950 8,517−1.6%
1960 7,978−6.3%
1970 8,5236.8%
1980 9,2708.8%
1990 9,2920.2%
2000 10,1559.3%
2010 10,8116.5%
2020 10,8100.0%
2023 (est.)10,987 [4] 1.6%
U.S. Decennial Census [5]
1790-1960 [6] 1900-1990 [7]
1990-2000 [8] 2010-2020 [9]

As of the census [10] of 2000, there were 10,155 people, 3,940 households, and 2,722 families residing in the county. The population density was 78 per square mile (30/km2). There were 4,439 housing units at an average density of 34 per square mile (13/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 95.16% White, 1.94% Black or African American, 0.23% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 1.42% from other races, and 1.04% from two or more races. 3.25% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 3,940 households, out of which 33.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.40% were married couples living together, 11.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.90% were non-families. 25.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.30% under the age of 18, 9.10% from 18 to 24, 29.90% from 25 to 44, 23.20% from 45 to 64, and 12.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 101.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $35,925, and the median income for a family was $44,037. Males had a median income of $33,588 versus $20,974 for females. The per capita income for the county was $17,057. About 10.40% of families and 14.90% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.80% of those under age 18 and 21.60% of those age 65 or over

Communities

Law enforcement

In 2023, Carroll County Sheriff's Office hired Myles Cosgrove, a police officer who killed Breonna Taylor in 2020 and was subsequently fired by the Louisville Metro Police Department. The Sheriff's Office said it performed a background check on Cosgrove which he passed. [11]

Politics

United States presidential election results for Carroll County, Kentucky [12]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No. %No. %No. %
2020 2,95471.42%1,11626.98%661.60%
2016 2,58867.13%1,10628.69%1614.18%
2012 1,99954.32%1,62944.27%521.41%
2008 2,03252.99%1,71644.75%872.27%
2004 2,17555.81%1,68843.32%340.87%
2000 1,81851.96%1,60145.76%802.29%
1996 1,17036.14%1,68952.18%37811.68%
1992 1,04627.92%2,11956.57%58115.51%
1988 1,70246.81%1,91352.61%210.58%
1984 1,82453.65%1,56446.00%120.35%
1980 1,07632.33%2,12763.91%1253.76%
1976 81526.30%2,25172.64%331.06%
1972 1,22847.71%1,30850.82%381.48%
1968 86827.54%1,76556.00%51916.47%
1964 49115.81%2,59283.48%220.71%
1960 1,13533.78%2,22566.22%00.00%
1956 1,13034.08%2,16965.41%170.51%
1952 1,01928.06%2,60571.72%80.22%
1948 63918.66%2,62676.67%1604.67%
1944 75522.02%2,66277.65%110.32%
1940 80421.55%2,91578.15%110.29%
1936 79422.39%2,71876.63%350.99%
1932 76120.05%3,01579.45%190.50%
1928 1,64946.91%1,86353.00%30.09%
1924 1,30636.59%2,24362.85%200.56%
1920 90621.88%3,20977.49%260.63%
1916 53523.15%1,75776.03%190.82%
1912 31715.09%1,57374.87%21110.04%
1908 54625.91%1,51471.86%472.23%
1904 54625.40%1,54872.00%562.60%
1900 74928.99%1,80869.97%271.04%
1896 68527.19%1,77870.58%562.22%
1892 54224.73%1,57471.81%763.47%
1888 62326.76%1,63270.10%733.14%
1884 43423.47%1,34972.96%663.57%
1880 37220.31%1,46079.69%00.00%

Carroll County was strongly pro-Confederate during the Civil War: only 2.70 percent of its white population volunteered to serve in the Union Army, which constitutes the fourteenth-lowest of 109 counties extant as of the 1860 election, and was indeed lower than for the whole of seceded Tennessee. [13] Consequently, Carroll County remained overwhelmingly Democratic for the next century and a quarter, being the only Kentucky county outside the heavily unionized coalfields to vote for George McGovern in 1972. The first Republican to carry Carroll County was Ronald Reagan in 1984, and the growing social liberalism of the Democratic Party has meant the county has voted increasingly Republican since the turn of the century, [14] although Hillary Clinton's 28.69 percent – even if over fifteen percent worse than any previous Democrat – was still as good as she received in any rural white southern county.

In gubernatorial elections, Carroll has remained solidly Democratic: no Republican gubernatorial candidate ever carried the county until 2019, when Carroll County voted for Matt Bevin.

See also

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References

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  2. ↑ The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Volume 1. Kentucky State Historical Society. 1903. p. 34.
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  11. ↑ "Myles Cosgrove, officer who killed Breonna Taylor, hired by Carroll County Sheriff's Department". The Courier-Journal. 2023.
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  14. ↑ Cohn, Nate; ‘Demographic Shift: Southern Whites’ Loyalty to G.O.P. Nearing That of Blacks to Democrats’, The New York Times , April 24, 2014

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