Harrison County, Kentucky

Harrison County is a located in the  of. It was formed in 1794. As of, the population is 17,983. Its is. The county is named for Benjamin Harrison, an advocate for Kentucky, framer of the Kentucky Constitution, and Kentucky legislator.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 803 (310 ). 802 km² (310 sq mi) of it is land and 1 km² (0 sq mi) of it (0.06%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 17,983 people, 7,012 households, and 5,062 families residing in the county. The was 22/km² (58/sq mi). There were 7,660 housing units at an average density of 10/km² (25/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 95.65%, 2.52% or , 0.28% , 0.13% , 0.02% , 0.63% from , and 0.77% from two or more races. 1.15% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 7,012 households out of which 33.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.00% were living together, 10.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.80% were non-families. 24.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.99.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.00% under the age of 18, 8.20% from 18 to 24, 29.80% from 25 to 44, 23.60% from 45 to 64, and 13.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 95.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $36,210, and the median income for a family was $42,065. Males had a median income of $31,045 versus $23,268 for females. The for the county was $17,478. About 9.40% of families and 12.00% of the population were below the, including 15.80% of those under age 18 and 10.70% of those age 65 or over.