Mason County, Kentucky



Mason County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 16,800. Its is. The county is named for, a Virginia delegate to the , known as the "Father of the Bill of Rights". Mason County was partitioned from by an act of the Kentucky Legislature in 1788.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 639 (247 ). 624 km² (241 sq mi) of it is land and 14 km² (5 sq mi) of it (2.23%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 16,800 people, 6,847 households, and 4,697 families residing in the county. The was 27/km² (70/sq mi). There were 7,754 housing units at an average density of 12/km² (32/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 90.88%, 7.16% or , 0.15% , 0.37% , 0.02% , 0.57% from , and 0.85% from two or more races. 0.95% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 6,847 households out of which 31.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.20% were living together, 11.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.40% were non-families. 27.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.92.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.10% under the age of 18, 8.00% from 18 to 24, 28.50% from 25 to 44, 23.90% from 45 to 64, and 15.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 93.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,195, and the median income for a family was $37,257. Males had a median income of $30,718 versus $21,216 for females. The for the county was $16,589. About 12.90% of families and 16.80% of the population were below the, including 23.60% of those under age 18 and 13.70% of those age 65 or over.