Trigg County, Kentucky

Trigg County is a located in the  of. It was formed in 1820. As of, the population is 12,597. Its is. The county is named for, a frontier officer in the who died in the. Trigg is a prohibition or.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,246 (481 ). 1,148 km² (443 sq mi) of it is land and 98 km² (38 sq mi) of it (7.90%) is water.

Adjacent counties

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 * (northwest)

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 12,597 people, 5,215 households, and 3,765 families residing in the county. The was 11/km² (28/sq mi). There were 6,698 housing units at an average density of 6/km² (15/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 88.34%, 9.79% or , 0.21% , 0.25% , 0.01% , 0.18% from , and 1.22% from two or more races. 0.90% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 5,215 households out of which 29.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.20% were living together, 8.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.80% were non-families. 25.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.60% 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 2.84.

In the county the population was spread out with 22.90% under the age of 18, 6.80% from 18 to 24, 26.70% from 25 to 44, 27.00% from 45 to 64, and 16.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 96.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $33,002, and the median income for a family was $40,886. Males had a median income of $31,158 versus $22,081 for females. The for the county was $17,184. About 8.80% of families and 12.30% of the population were below the, including 13.20% of those under age 18 and 14.70% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns

 * Cerulean
 * Wallonia
 * Canton
 * Canton

Media
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106.5 (Real Country) 1110 AM (Oldies)

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