Washington County, Kentucky

Washington County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 10,916. Its is. The county is named for. The of Kentucky is located in Washington County, in the city of.

The county is, meaning that the sale of is prohibited, but contains the wet city of Springfield, where retail alcohol sales are allowed. This makes Washington County a. Three wineries also operate in the county and are licensed to sell to the public despite lying in otherwise dry territory.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 781 (302 ). 779 km² (301 sq mi) of it is land and 2 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.31%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 10,916 people, 4,121 households, and 3,020 families residing in the county. The was 14/km² (36/sq mi). There were 4,542 housing units at an average density of 6/km² (15/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 90.62%, 7.51% or , 0.16% , 0.28% , 0.61% from , and 0.82% from two or more races. 1.60% of the population were or  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 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 for the county was $15,722. About 10.30% of families and 13.50% of the population were below the, including 14.40% of those under age 18 and 19.60% of those age 65 or over.