Garrard County, Kentucky

Garrard County is a located in the  of. It is pronounced 'Gair-ad' with the third "r" silent. It was formed in 1797. As of, the population is 14,792. Its is. The county is named for, -. It's a prohibition or.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 606 (234 ). 599 km² (231 sq mi) of it is land and 7 km² (3 sq mi) of it (1.14%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 14,792 people, 5,741 households, and 4,334 families residing in the county. The was 25/km² (64/sq mi). There were 6,414 housing units at an average density of 11/km² (28/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 95.75%, 3.06% or , 0.13% , 0.04% , 0.43% from , and 0.59% from two or more races. 1.32% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 5,741 households out of which 33.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.60% were living together, 9.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.50% were non-families. 21.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.40% under the age of 18, 8.10% from 18 to 24, 30.90% from 25 to 44, 23.60% from 45 to 64, and 13.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 96.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $34,284, and the median income for a family was $41,250. Males had a median income of $30,989 versus $21,856 for females. The for the county was $16,915. About 11.60% of families and 14.70% of the population were below the, including 19.10% of those under age 18 and 17.00% of those age 65 or over.