Editing Elizabethtown, Kentucky (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1810 = 181
| 1830 = 601
| 1840 = 979
| 1860 = 556
| 1870 = 1743
| 1880 = 2526
| 1890 = 2260
| 1900 = 1861
| 1910 = 1970
| 1920 = 2530
| 1930 = 2590
| 1940 = 3667
| 1950 = 5807
| 1960 = 9641
| 1970 = 11748
| 1980 = 15380
| 1990 = 18167
| 2000 = 22542
| 2010 = 28531
| 2020 = 31394
| estyear = 2022
| estimate = 31892
| estref = <ref name="United States Census Bureau"/>
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015|archive-date=August 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829184404/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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As of the census of 2010,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/ |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=May 14, 2011 |title=U.S. Census website |archive-date=December 27, 1996 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/http://www.census.gov/ |url-status=live }}</ref> there were 28,531 people, 15,711 households, and 9,345 families residing in the city. The population density was 936.6/mi<sup>2</sup> (361.6/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 12,664 housing units at an average density of 490.5/mi<sup>2</sup> (189.4/km{{sup|2}}). The racial makeup of the city was 80.4% [[White Americans|White]] (78.1% [[Non-Hispanic whites|non-Hispanic]]), 19.6% [[African American]], 0.34% Native American or [[Alaska Native]], 2.6% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 0.18% [[Pacific Islands Americans|Pacific Islander]], 1.3% from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#Race|other races]], and 3.4% from [[two or more races]].  [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanics or Latinos]] of any race were 4.3% of the population.

There were 15,711 households, out of which 30.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.2% were married couples living together, 15.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 37.3% were non-families. 32.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.94.

The age distribution was 25.1% under 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 24.4% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 or older. The median age was 35.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.4 males.

Full economic data for Kentucky locations from the 2010 Census has not yet been released.{{update inline|date=May 2024|?=y}} As of the 2010 Census, median income for a household in the city was $40,720, and the median income for a family was $54,699. Full-time male workers had a median income of $43,406 versus $30,310 for females. The per capita income for the city was $23,627. As of the 2000 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/http://www.census.gov/ |url-status=live }}</ref> about 8.5% of families and 10.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.6% of those under age 18 and 9.1% of those age 65 or over.

In 2000, Kentucky counties [[Hardin County, Kentucky|Hardin]] and [[LaRue County, Kentucky|LaRue]] were defined as the '''[[Elizabethtown, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area]]''' by the Bureau of the Census; the name of the region was changed in 2013 to '''Elizabethtown–Fort Knox, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area'''. It is part of the [[Louisville metropolitan area|Louisville–Elizabethtown–Bardstown, KY-IN Combined Statistical Area]].

===Churches===
The first [[Baptist]] settlement west of the [[Allegheny Mountains]] was in Elizabethtown at [[Severns Valley Baptist Church]], named after the original name of Elizabethtown. Catholics came west from [[Nelson County, Kentucky|Nelson County]] and settled at Colesburg at St. Clare Parish before coming to St. James Parish in Elizabethtown. Lucinda Helm helped bring [[United Methodists]] into Elizabethtown, and they immortalized her in naming the Helm Memorial United Methodist Church, today simply called MUMC. More than 12 denominations are represented by over 100 churches in Elizabethtown.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}