Rowan County, Kentucky

Rowan County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 22,094. Its is. The county was created in from adjacent counties originally part of Mason county, and named for, who represented Kentucky in the  and.

With regard to the sale of, it is classified as a —a county in which alcohol sales are prohibited (a ), but containing a "wet" city, in this case Morehead, where package alcohol sales are allowed.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 741 (286 ). 727 km² (281 sq mi) of it is land and 14 km² (5 sq mi) of it (1.90%) is water. Highest Point - "Limestone Knob" ~1409 ft.-AMSL

Adjacent counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 22,094 people, 7,927 households, and 5,215 families residing in the county. The was 30/km² (79/sq mi). There were 8,985 housing units at an average density of 12/km² (32/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 95.98%, 1.56% or , 0.21% , 0.89% , 0.01% , 0.38% from , and 0.97% from two or more races. 1.06% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 7,927 households out of which 30.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.40% were living together, 10.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.20% were non-families. 27.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.91.

The age distribution was 20.30% under the age of 18, 23.50% from 18 to 24, 25.90% from 25 to 44, 20.00% from 45 to 64, and 10.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. Both the unusually large portion of the population in the 18-to-24 range and the relatively low median age are mainly because of the presence of. For every 100 females there were 94.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $28,055, and the median income for a family was $34,338. Males had a median income of $26,777 versus $20,104 for females. The for the county was $13,888. About 15.90% of families and 21.30% of the population were below the, including 20.80% of those under age 18 and 16.20% of those age 65 or over.

Local media

 * Rowan County - Official Site
 * The Morehead News - Local Paper
 * Morehead State Public Radio - Morehead State University Radio
 * W10BM LP TV
 * Rowan Review - Local Online News