Hart County, Kentucky

Hart County is a located in the  &mdash; or, more correctly, "" &mdash; of. It was formed in 1819. , the population is 17,445. Its is. The county is named for Nathaniel G.T. Hart, a Kentucky Militia  in the  honored after the Battle of. Hart County is a prohibition or.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,082 (418 ). 1,077 km² (416 sq mi) of it is land and 5 km² (2 sq mi) of it (0.47%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 17,445 people, 6,769 households, and 4,812 families residing in the county. The was 16/km² (42/sq mi). There were 8,045 housing units at an average density of 7/km² (19/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 92.58%, 6.20% or , 0.22% , 0.11% , 0.03% , 0.18% from , and 0.69% from two or more races. 0.86% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 6,769 households out of which 32.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.80% were living together, 10.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.90% were non-families. 25.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.05.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.70% under the age of 18, 8.60% from 18 to 24, 28.20% from 25 to 44, 23.50% from 45 to 64, and 13.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 96.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $25,378, and the median income for a family was $31,746. Males had a median income of $26,994 versus $19,418 for females. The for the county was $13,495. About 18.60% of families and 22.40% of the population were below the, including 28.40% of those under age 18 and 22.00% of those age 65 or over.