Monticello is a city in
Wayne CountyWayne County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 19,923. Its county seat is Monticello. The county was named for Gen. Anthony Wayne. It is a prohibition or dry county.-History:...
,
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,
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. The population was 5,981 at the 2000 census. It is the
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of
Wayne CountyWayne County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 19,923. Its county seat is Monticello. The county was named for Gen. Anthony Wayne. It is a prohibition or dry county.-History:...
. It advertises itself as "The Houseboat Capital of the World" due to the large number of
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manufacturers in the city. The city sits next to
Lake CumberlandLake Cumberland is a reservoir in Clinton, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Russell, and Wayne counties in Kentucky. The primary reasons for its construction were a means for flood control and the production of hydroelectric power. Its shoreline measures 1,255 miles and the lake is spread over at the...
, and much of its economy is built on servicing the recreational and tourist traffic to the lake.
Geography
Monticello is located at 36°50′17"N 84°51′0"W (36.838194, -84.850022).
According to the
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, the city has a total area of 6.1 square miles (15.8 km²), all of it land.
Demographics
As of the
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of 2000, there were 5,981 people, 2,508 households, and 1,635 families residing in the city. The
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was 984.3 people per square mile (379.8/km²). There were 2,730 housing units at an average density of 449.3 per square mile (173.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 94.63% White, 2.42% African American, 0.40% Native American, 0.28% Asian, 1.34% from
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, and 0.92% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.96% of the population.
There were 2,508 households out of which 31.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.7% were
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living together, 14.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.8% were non-families. 31.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.91.
In the city the population was spread out with 25.0% under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 17.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 88.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.5 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $17,423, and the median income for a family was $24,460. Males had a median income of $28,638 versus $19,259 for females. The
per capita incomePer capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the city was $11,855. About 29.2% of families and 34.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 39.9% of those under age 18 and 35.4% of those age 65 or over.
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