Henderson County, Kentucky

Henderson County is a located in the  of. It was formed in 1799. As of 2000, the population was 44,829. The is the City of. The county was named for Colonel who originally purchased 17,000,000 acres (69,000 km²) of land from the, only to have the purchase voided by the Virginia legislature. Then, in 1778, the Richard Henderson Company was granted 200,000 acres (800 km²) in recognition of the $50,000 paid by the company to the Indians in the Treaty of Watagua. Land in that grant is included in the present boundary of Henderson County.

Geography
Henderson County is part of the region of. According to the, the county has a total area of 1,210 (467 ). 1,140 km² (440 sq mi) of it is land and 70 km² (27 sq mi) of it (5.80%) is water.

Adjacent counties

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Also the home of the Southern Cherokee Nation in 1893 the Southern Cherokee was welcomed to Kentucky and recognized as an Indian tribe by Governor John Y. Brown. The Southern Cherokee still live in Henderson, Co today. (www.southerncherokeenation.net)

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 44,829 people, 18,095 households, and 12,576 families residing in the county. The was 39/km² (102/sq mi). There were 19,466 housing units at an average density of 17/km² (44/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 91.16%, 7.10% or , 0.16% , 0.33% , 0.01% , 0.39% from , and 0.86% from two or more races. 0.97% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 18,095 households out of which 32.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.40% were living together, 11.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.50% were non-families. 26.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.93.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.60% under the age of 18, 8.40% from 18 to 24, 30.00% from 25 to 44, 23.90% from 45 to 64, and 13.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 93.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $35,892, and the median income for a family was $44,703. Males had a median income of $33,838 versus $22,572 for females. The for the county was $18,470. About 9.70% of families and 12.30% of the population were below the, including 17.20% of those under age 18 and 10.10% of those age 65 or over.