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Anderson County, Kentucky

{{short description|County in Kentucky, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}

{{Infobox U.S. county

| county = Anderson County

| state = Kentucky

| seal =

| founded year = 1827

| founded date =

| seat wl = Lawrenceburg

| largest city wl = Lawrenceburg

| area_total_sq_mi = 204

| area_land_sq_mi = 202

| area_water_sq_mi = 2.4

| area percentage = 1.2

| population_as_of = 2020

| population_total = 23852

| pop_est_as_of = 2024

| population_est = 24883 {{increase}}

| density_sq_mi = auto

| time zone = Eastern

| footnotes =

| web = andersoncounty.ky.gov

| named for = Richard Clough Anderson Jr.

| ex image = Anderson_County_courthouse.jpg

| ex image cap = Anderson County courthouse in Lawrenceburg

| district = 1st

| district2 = 6th

}}

Anderson County, located in the Outer Bluegrass physiographic region, is Kentucky's 48th most populated and ninth fastest-growing county.[https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/. https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/]{{Cite web |title=Kentucky Counties by Population (2024) |url=https://www.kentucky-demographics.com/counties_by_population |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=www.kentucky-demographics.com}}{{Cite web |title=Anderson County, Kentucky - Kentucky Atlas and Gazetteer |url=https://www.kyatlas.com/21005.html |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=www.kyatlas.com}}

Anderson County's estimated population as of July 1, 2022, is 24,224, a 1.6% increase from April 1, 2020, and a 13.1% increase from April 1, 2010.{{Cite web |title=U.S. Census Bureau, “People - Anderson County, Kentucky,” |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/andersoncountykentucky/PST045222 |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=QuickFacts, Vintage 2022}}

On January 16, 1827, the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky approved "an ACT to erect and establish the county of Anderson out of parts of the county of Franklin, Washington, and Mercer," which went into effect on February 1, 1827, and established Anderson County as the 82nd county. Additional information in this act regards Anderson County's namesake, Richard Clough Anderson Jr., legislator and U.S. minister plenipotentiary to Colombia, and its county seat, the City of Lawrenceburg. Anderson County's borders were later modified by the General Assembly's January 28, 1854, approval of "an ACT to change the line between the counties of Franklin and Anderson."{{Cite web |title=Kentucky: Secretary of State - Land Office |url=https://web.sos.ky.gov/land/CountyFormation.aspx/?countyname=Anderson |access-date=January 11, 2024 |website=web.sos.ky.gov}}

Anderson County's 202.17 square miles comprises 25 GNIS-designated populated places, with Lawrenceburg as its largest city in population and size. In addition to its inclusion in the Outer Bluegrass region, Anderson County is part of the Bluegrass Area Development District and the Frankfort Micropolitan Statistical Area.{{Cite web |title=Population Division, Kentucky: 2020 Core Based Statistical Areas and Counties, 2020, Thematic |url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/metro-micro/reference-maps/2020/state-maps/21_Kentucky_2020.pdf. |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=U.S. Census Bureau}}{{Cite web |title=U.S. Census Bureau, “Geography - Anderson County, Kentucky,” |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/andersoncountykentucky/PST045222 |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=QuickFacts, Vintage 2022}}{{Cite web |title=Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development |url=https://ced.ky.gov/Webfiles/Docs/Maps/Metro_Stat_Area9.pdf |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Metropolitan & Micropolitan Statistical Areas, Thematic}}

Geography

GNIS numeric designators:

  • "Kentucky" = 21
  • "Anderson County" = 5

= Populated places =

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|+ style="text-align:left;" | {{nowrap|GNIS Data for Anderson County, KY}}U.S. Board on Geographic Names, “Staged Products Directory: DomesticNames_KY_Text,” U.S. Geological Survey (U.S. Department of the Interior, June 1, 2023), accessed July 16, 2023, https://www.usgs.gov/us-board-on-geographic-names/download-gnis-data.

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! feature_id !! feature_name !! map_name !! date_created !! date_edited

485900

| style="text-align:left;" | Alton

| style="text-align:left;" | Alton Station

| 1979-09-20

| 2022-06-07

style="background-color:#F3F3F3;"

| 485902

| style="text-align:left;" | Alton Station

| style="text-align:left;" | Alton Station

| 1979-09-20

| 2022-06-07

486076

| style="text-align:left;" | Ashbrook

| style="text-align:left;" | Ashbrook

| 1979-09-20

| 2022-06-07

style="background-color:#F3F3F3;"

| 486157

| style="text-align:left;" | Avenstoke

| style="text-align:left;" | Glensboro

| 1979-09-20

| 2022-06-07

487337

| style="text-align:left;" | Birdie

| style="text-align:left;" | Glensboro

| 1979-09-20

| 2022-06-07

style="background-color:#F3F3F3;"

| 491894

| style="text-align:left;" | Fairview

| style="text-align:left;" | Ashbrook

| 1979-09-20

| 2022-06-07

492406

| style="text-align:left;" | Fox Creek

| style="text-align:left;" | McBrayer

| 1979-09-20

| 2022-06-07

style="background-color:#F3F3F3;"

| 492908

| style="text-align:left;" | Glensboro

| style="text-align:left;" | Glensboro

| 1979-09-20

| 2022-06-07

496081

| style="text-align:left;" | Lawrenceburg

| style="text-align:left;" | Alton Station

| 1979-09-20

| 2022-06-07

style="background-color:#F3F3F3;"

| 497764

| style="text-align:left;" | McBrayer

| style="text-align:left;" | McBrayer

| 1979-09-20

| 2022-06-07

499488

| style="text-align:left;" | Ninevah

| style="text-align:left;" | Alton Station

| 1979-09-20

| 2022-06-07

style="background-color:#F3F3F3;"

| 503551

| style="text-align:left;" | Sinai

| style="text-align:left;" | Ashbrook

| 1979-09-20

| 2022-06-07

504588

| style="text-align:left;" | Stringtown

| style="text-align:left;" | Alton Station

| 1979-09-20

| 2022-06-07

style="background-color:#F3F3F3;"

| 505753

| style="text-align:left;" | Tyrone

| style="text-align:left;" | Tyrone

| 1979-09-20

| 2022-06-07

505955

| style="text-align:left;" | Van Buren

| style="text-align:left;" | Chaplin

| 1979-09-20

| 2022-06-07

style="background-color:#F3F3F3;"

| 507398

| style="text-align:left;" | Anderson City

| style="text-align:left;" | Glensboro

| 1979-09-20

| 2022-06-07

507444

| style="text-align:left;" | Ballard

| style="text-align:left;" | McBrayer

| 1979-09-20

| 2022-06-07

style="background-color:#F3F3F3;"

| 507878

| style="text-align:left;" | Drydock

| style="text-align:left;" | Ashbrook

| 1979-09-20

| 2022-06-07

508078

| style="text-align:left;" | Gee

| style="text-align:left;" | Glensboro

| 1979-09-20

| 2022-06-07

style="background-color:#F3F3F3;"

| 508230

| style="text-align:left;" | Hickory Grove

| style="text-align:left;" | McBrayer

| 1979-09-20

| 2022-06-07

508351

| style="text-align:left;" | Johnsonville

| style="text-align:left;" | Ashbrook

| 1979-09-20

| 2022-06-07

style="background-color:#F3F3F3;"

| 508401

| style="text-align:left;" | Klondyke

| style="text-align:left;" | Ashbrook

| 1979-09-20

| 2022-06-07

508691

| style="text-align:left;" | Nevin

| style="text-align:left;" | McBrayer

| 1979-09-20

| 2022-06-07

style="background-color:#F3F3F3;"

| 509103

| style="text-align:left;" | Sparrow

| style="text-align:left;" | Chaplin

| 1979-09-20

| 2022-06-07

509327

| style="text-align:left;" | Wayside

| style="text-align:left;" | Glensboro

| 1979-09-20

| 2022-06-07

style="background-color:#F3F3F3;"

| 2566547

| style="text-align:left;" | Houchin (historical)

| style="text-align:left;" | Salvisa

| November 8, 2009

| July 6, 2022

style="background-color:#FFF;"

| 2566549

| style="text-align:left;" | Jefferies (historical)

| style="text-align:left;" | Ashbrook

| November 8, 2009

| July 6, 2022

style="background-color:#F3F3F3;"

| 2566561

| style="text-align:left;" | Pleasant Grove (historical)

| style="text-align:left;" | Glensboro

| November 8, 2009

| July 6, 2022

style="background-color:#FFF;"

| 2566571

| style="text-align:left;" | Sidney (historical)

| style="text-align:left;" | McBrayer

| November 8, 2009

| July 6, 2022

=Adjacent counties=

Demographics

{{US Census population

| 1830 = 4520

| 1840 = 5452

| 1850 = 6260

| 1860 = 7404

| 1870 = 5449

| 1880 = 9361

| 1890 = 10610

| 1900 = 10051

| 1910 = 10146

| 1920 = 9982

| 1930 = 8494

| 1940 = 8936

| 1950 = 8984

| 1960 = 8618

| 1970 = 9358

| 1980 = 12567

| 1990 = 14571

| 2000 = 19111

| 2010 = 21421

| 2020 = 23852

| estyear = 2024

| estimate = 24883

| estref = {{Cite web |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2024 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html|access-date=March 13, 2025 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}

| align-fn = center

| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |title=U.S. Decennial Census |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=August 11, 2014 }}
1790-1960{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=August 11, 2014}} 1900-1990{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ky190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 11, 2014}}
1990-2000{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 11, 2014}} 2010-2020{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/andersoncountykentucky/PST045221 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=August 28, 2022}}

}}

As of the census of 2020, there were 23,852 people, 9,539 housing units, and 8,694 households with an average family size of 2.57 per household residing in the county. The population density was {{convert|106.1|/mi2|/km2|}}. The racial makeup of the county was 95.10% White, 2.10% Black or African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.17% from other races, and 1.8% from two or more races. 1.9% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 8,694 households, of which 33.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.2% were married couples living together, 27.1% had a female householder with no husband present. 32.79% of all households were made up of individuals without children, and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.03.

Age distribution was 23.5% under the age of 18, 11.8% from 15 to 24, 24.3% from 25 to 44, 28.9% from 45 to 64, and 16.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41.4 years and the population is estimated to be 51% Female and 49% Male.

The median household income was $55,334, and the median family income was $67,681. Males had a median full-time income of $47,027 versus $38,894 for females. The per capita income for the county was $27,250. About 12.2% of families and 15.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.8% of those under age 18 and 8.7% of those age 65 or over.

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|+ {{nowrap | style="text-align: left;" | U.S. Census Data for Anderson County, KyU.S. Census Bureau, “Anderson County, Kentucky (V2022),” QuickFacts, July 1, 2022, https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/andersoncountykentucky/PST045222. Accessed July 10, 2023.}}

Population
Population Estimates, July 1, 2022, (V2022)

| 24,224

Population estimates base, April 1, 2020, (V2022)

| 23,851

Population, percent change - April 1, 2020 (estimates base) to July 1, 2022, (V2022)

| 1.6%

Population, Census, April 1, 2020

| 23,852

Population, Census, April 1, 2010

| 21,421

Age & Sex
Persons under 5 years, percent

| 5.5%

Persons under 18 years, percent

| 22.9%

Persons 65 years and over, percent

| 16.8%

Female persons, percent

| 50.3%

Race & Hispanic Origin
White alone, percent

| 94.6%

Black or African American alone, percent

| 2.4%

American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent

| 0.3%

Asian alone, percent

| 0.7%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent

| 0.1%

Two or More Races, percent

| 1.9%

Hispanic or Latino, percent

| 2.5%

White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent

| 92.6%

Population Characteristics
Veterans, 2017–2021

| 1,066

Foreign born persons, percent, 2017–2021

| 1.4%

Housing
Housing units, July 1, 2022, (V2022)

| 10,309

Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2017–2021

| 79.0%

Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2017–2021

| $169,400

Median selected monthly owner costs -with a mortgage, 2017–2021

| $1,225

Median selected monthly owner costs -without a mortgage, 2017–2021

| $375

Median gross rent, 2017–2021

| $776

Building permits, 2022

| 192

Families & Living Arrangements
Households, 2017–2021

| 9,063

Persons per household, 2017–2021

| 2.60

Living in same house 1 year ago, percent of persons age 1 year+, 2017–2021

| 88.2%

Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+, 2017–2021

| 1.9%

Computer & Internet Use
Households with a computer, percent, 2017–2021

| 92.2%

Households with a broadband Internet subscription, percent, 2017–2021

| 85.6%

Education
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2017–2021

| 91.1%

Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2017–2021

| 25.3%

Health
With a disability, under age 65 years, percent, 2017–2021

| 15.4%

Persons without health insurance, under age 65 years, percent

| 7.2%

Economy
In civilian labor force, total, percent of population age 16 years+, 2017–2021

| 61.0%

In civilian labor force, female, percent of population age 16 years+, 2017–2021

| 58.7%

Total accommodation and food services sales, 2017 ($1,000)

| 24,462

Total health care and social assistance receipts/revenue, 2017 ($1,000)

| 24,331

Total transportation and warehousing receipts/revenue, 2017 ($1,000)

| 334

Total retail sales, 2017 ($1,000)

| 237,836

Total retail sales per capita, 2017

| $10,546

Transportation
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 years+, 2017–2021

| 27.4

Income & Poverty
Median household income (in 2021 dollars), 2017–2021

| $59,887

Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2021 dollars), 2017–2021

| $30,294

Persons in poverty, percent

| 9.0%

Politics

{{PresHead|place=Anderson County, Kentucky|whig=no|source1={{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=June 29, 2018}}}}

{{PresRow|2024|Republican|9,650|3,226|219|Kentucky}}

{{PresRow|2020|Republican|9,661|3,348|245|Kentucky}}

{{PresRow|2016|Republican|8,242|2,634|546|Kentucky}}

{{PresRow|2012|Republican|6,822|3,315|183|Kentucky}}

{{PresRow|2008|Republican|6,885|3,462|205|Kentucky}}

{{PresRow|2004|Republican|6,363|3,141|87|Kentucky}}

{{PresRow|2000|Republican|4,909|2,902|156|Kentucky}}

{{PresRow|1996|Republican|2,972|2,898|783|Kentucky}}

{{PresRow|1992|Republican|2,731|2,491|1,250|Kentucky}}

{{PresRow|1988|Republican|3,225|2,176|49|Kentucky}}

{{PresRow|1984|Republican|3,425|1,717|43|Kentucky}}

{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|2,052|2,567|145|Kentucky}}

{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|1,682|2,388|62|Kentucky}}

{{PresRow|1972|Republican|2,298|1,302|70|Kentucky}}

{{PresRow|1968|Republican|1,594|1,334|668|Kentucky}}

{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,085|2,491|10|Kentucky}}

{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|2,033|2,038|0|Kentucky}}

{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|1,878|2,089|6|Kentucky}}

{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|1,445|2,153|9|Kentucky}}

{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|971|2,135|96|Kentucky}}

{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|1,409|2,148|22|Kentucky}}

{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|1,244|2,515|10|Kentucky}}

{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|1,360|2,454|11|Kentucky}}

{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1,184|2,415|35|Kentucky}}

{{PresRow|1928|Republican|1,859|1,718|1|Kentucky}}

{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|1,419|2,089|54|Kentucky}}

{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|1,819|2,499|12|Kentucky}}

{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|1,065|1,521|27|Kentucky}}

{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|579|1,391|427|Kentucky}}

=Elected officials=

class=wikitable
colspan="3" |Elected officials as of January 3, 2025{{Cite web |url=https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/Legislators/smembers_county.html |title=Senate Members - County |author= |date= |website=apps.legislature.ky.gov |publisher=Kentucky General Assembly |access-date=January 3, 2025 |quote=}}{{Cite web |url=https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/Legislators/hmembers_county.html |title=House Members - County |author= |date= |website=apps.legislature.ky.gov |publisher=Kentucky General Assembly |access-date=January 3, 2025 |quote=}}
rowspan=2 | U.S. House

| {{party shading/Republican}}|James Comer (R)

| {{party shading/Republican}}|{{ushr|KY|1|B}}

{{party shading/Republican}}|Andy Barr (R)

| {{party shading/Republican}}|{{ushr|KY|6|B}}

scope=row|Ky. Senate

| {{party shading/Republican}}|Aaron Reed (R)

| {{party shading/Republican}}|7

scope=row|Ky. House

| {{party shading/Republican}}|James Tipton (R)

| {{party shading/Republican}}|53

=Voter registration=

class=wikitable

! colspan = 6 | Anderson County Voter Registration & Party Enrollment as of September 15, 2021{{cite web|url=https://elect.ky.gov/Resources/Documents/voterstatscounty-20210915-093243.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921135804/https://elect.ky.gov/Resources/Documents/voterstatscounty-20210915-093243.pdf |archive-date=September 21, 2021 |url-status=live |title=Commonwealth of Kentucky - State Board of Elections Voter Registration Statistics Report |access-date=September 21, 2021}}

colspan = 2 | Political Party

! Total Voters

! Percentage

{{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}}

| Republican

| align="center" | 9,096

| align="center" | 48.11%

{{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}

| Democratic

| align = center | 8,401

| align = center | 44.33%

{{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}}

| Others

| align = center | 743

| align = center | 3.93%

{{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}}

| Independent

| align = center | 595

| align = center | 3.15%

{{party color cell|Libertarian Party (United States)}}

| Libertarian

| align = center | 66

| align = center | 0.35%

{{party color cell|Green Party (United States)}}

| Green

| align = center | 2

| align = center | 0.01%

colspan = 2 | Total

! align = center | 15,760

! align = center | 100%

Communities

= City =

= Unincorporated communities =

= Ghost towns =

See also

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References

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