Editing Bullitt County, Kentucky (section)

==Demographics==
[[File:Bullittpopdec.png|thumb|left|280px|Graph of Bullitt County population by decade]]

{{US Census population
| 1800 = 3542
| 1810 = 4311
| 1820 = 5831
| 1830 = 5652
| 1840 = 6334
| 1850 = 6774
| 1860 = 7289
| 1870 = 7781
| 1880 = 8521
| 1890 = 8291
| 1900 = 9602
| 1910 = 9487
| 1920 = 9328
| 1930 = 8868
| 1940 = 9511
| 1950 = 11349
| 1960 = 15726
| 1970 = 26090
| 1980 = 43346
| 1990 = 47567
| 2000 = 61236
| 2010 = 74319
| 2020 = 82217
| estyear = 2024
| estimate = 85802
| estref = <ref name="USCensusEst2024">{{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}}</ref>
| align-fn = center
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{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 12, 2014|archive-date=April 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426102944/http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|url-status=live}}</ref><br />1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=August 12, 2014|archive-date=August 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811110448/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{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 12, 2014|archive-date=October 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013035315/http://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ky190090.txt|url-status=live}}</ref><br />1990–2000<ref>{{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 12, 2014}}</ref> 2010–2020<ref name="QF"/>
}}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website|archive-date=December 27, 1996|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/https://www.census.gov/|url-status=live}}</ref> of 2000, there were 61,236 people, 22,171 households, and 17,736 families residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|205|/sqmi|/km2}}. There were 23,160 housing units at an average density of {{convert|77|/sqmi|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the county was 98.07% [[White American|White]], 0.38% [[African American|Black or African American]], 0.34% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 0.27% [[Asian American|Asian]], 0.01% [[Pacific Islander American|Pacific Islander]], 0.16% from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#Race|other races]], and 0.77% from [[two or more races]]. 0.63% of the population were [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanics or Latinos]] of any race.

There were 22,171 households, out of which 39.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.40% were [[married couples]] living together, 10.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.00% were non-families. 16.40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.07.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 27.20% under the age of 18, 8.60% from 18 to 24, 32.70% from 25 to 44, 23.70% from 45 to 64, and 7.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.20 males. It can be noted in the chart, the population surge in the 1970s. The few years of forced school racial integration in adjoining Jefferson County, known locally as 'bussing', had many with school age children relocating to Bullitt County in order to prevent their children from being 'bussed'.

The median income for a household in the county was $50,058 (2005), and the median income for a family was $49,481. Males had a median income of $35,851 versus $24,098 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $18,339. About 6.20% of families and 7.90% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 11.40% of those under age 18 and 7.60% of those age 65 or over.