Boyle County, Kentucky

Boyle County is a located in the  of. It was formed in 1842. As of 2000, the population was 27,697, with recent estimates of 2006 placing the county's population at 28,444. Its is. The county is named for (-),,  of the ,.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 474 (183 ). 471 km² (182 sq mi) of it is land and 3 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.60%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 27,697 people, 10,574 households, and 7,348 families residing in the county. The was 59/km² (152/sq mi). There were 11,418 housing units at an average density of 24/km² (63/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 87.77%, 9.68% or , 0.19% , 0.56% , 0.03% , 0.65% from , and 1.12% from two or more races. 1.44% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 10,574 households out of which 31.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.70% were living together, 12.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.50% were non-families. 27.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.87.

In the county the population was spread out with 22.70% under the age of 18, 11.00% from 18 to 24, 28.60% from 25 to 44, 23.70% from 45 to 64, and 14.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 98.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $35,241, and the median income for a family was $42,699. Males had a median income of $33,411 versus $23,635 for females. The for the county was $18,288. About 9.10% of families and 11.90% of the population were below the, including 15.80% of those under age 18 and 12.10% of those age 65 or over.