The Numbers from Northern Kentucky


This graph shows the relative populations of the eight smaller counties of Northern Kentucky Views, from 1800 to 2000.	This graph shows the relative populations of the Boone, Kenton & Campbell Counties from 1800 to 2000.	This graph shows the relative populations of the Boone, Kenton, Mason & Campbell Counties from 1800 to 1860, along with Jefferson and Fayette, just for reference.

1819 Populations

This is a chart of populations from The Emigrant's Guide or Pocket Geography of the Western States and Territories, published in 1819.

Notice these things in 1819:
Carroll and Trimble are still part of Gallatin.
Grant is still part of Pendleton.
Kenton is still part of Campbell, but even together they're only roughly equal the size of the other counties.
Maysville is not the principal town in Mason County, (Washington is) which has 13,000 people.
Bracken has the third largest population, even tho its boundaries are roughly unchanged to today.

More detailed numbers from the 1800 census - with the same caveats noted above - are here.


Percent increase or decrease in population, in total, and in rural areas from the 1900 census to the 1910 census	Population Density of Kentucky counties, in total, and by rural populations	Percent of acreage in farms, and the value of those farms, per acre	Negro population by county
A few charts from the 1910 Census, showing population characteristics of Kentucky counties.

Some Area and Population Statistics, 2000 Census

County	Area	Population	Density	Rank in Size	Density Rank
Sorted by Area, and Rank in Size,
Gallatin	98.8	7,870	79.6	120	43
Carroll	130.0	10,155	78.0	118	45
Trimble	148.8	8,125	54.5	117	63
Campbell	151.5	88,616	584.7	116	4
Kenton	161.9	151,464	935.1	114	2
Bracken	203.2	8,279	40.7	100	82
Mason	241.1	16,800	69.6	89	50
Boone	246.2	85,991	349.1	87	5
Grant	259.9	22,384	86.1	79	33
Pendleton	280.5	14,390	51.2	74	69
Owen	352.1	10,547	29.9	44	111

Sorted by Population Density and Density Ranking
County	Area	Population	Density	Rank in Size	Density Rank
Owen	352.1	9,547	29.9	44	111
Bracken	203.2	8,279	40.7	100	82
Pendleton	280.5	14,390	51.2	74	69
Trimble	148.8	8,125	54.5	117	63
Mason	241.1	16,800	69.6	89	50
Carroll	130.0	10,155	78.0	118	45
Gallatin	98.8	7,870	79.6	120	43
Grant	259.9	22,384	86.1	79	30
Boone	246.2	85,991	349.1	87	5
Campbell	151.5	88,616	584.7	116	4
Kenton	161.9	151,464	935.1	114	2

Northern Kentucky counties are among the smallest in Kentucky. The state's three
largest counties (Pike, 786; Christian, 726; & Pulaski, 630) total 2142 square miles, while the
eleven counties of Northern Kentucky Views only total 2,274. On the other hand, the population density
is higher. The median county density is 65.

(The density numbers are people per square mile; the rankings are the positions among Kentucky's
120 counties; the population figures are from the 2000 census. Statewide data is at this site.)

A table showing the counties in order of their creation is here.

Map showing percent of slave population in 1860 census.

College Graduation Trends, 1960 - 2000

The Annual Report of the Kentucky Superintendent of Public Education from 1858 had
a number of interesting statistics. You can find'em here and here

Similar statistics from the 1899-1900 school year are here, here, and here.

The National Weather Service's web site gives you record snowfall numbers, as recorded at CVG.
Number of School Districts by county in 1858, here. Also from 1858 is the accompanying data showing property values owned and the number of children. It's here.	Census of Northern Kentucky's Paupers in Almshouses, 1910, here.
In 1842 the State set tolls for traveling the turnpikes of Kentucky.	Number of fishing and hunting licenses issued by county in 1948.
	Detailed population statistics from 1910, here.
A list of all seventy-five - that's 75 - different, locally owned banks in Northern Kentucky, in 1908, by county, can be found here. (pdf)	A few statistics on highway construction progress from 1911, here.
Attendance from Northern Kentucky Counties at UK, Eastern, and Western. In 1912-13. Here.	The 1853-54 count of hogs in various Northern Kentucky counties is here.

The 1910 Farm Census counted farm animals, by county.

The 1910 Farm Census also counted types of crops, by county.

Northern Kentucky didn't exactly embrace Abraham Lincoln. The results from 1860 are here, and 1864 here.
Perhaps it was because they were fed garbage like this from the pro-slavery Cincinnati Enquirer.

Detailed Presidential voting statistics from all 11 counties in Northern Kentucky Views are here.
The numbers from each individual county are on the Links and Miscellany pages of the respective counties.


The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad's figures for the amount of freight (left) and the number of passengers (right) it hauled along it's route thru Mason, Bracken and Campbell Counties in 1894 and 1895. Note the number of passengers from places like Ripley, Higginsport, and New Richmond, Ohio. from an early Annual Report of the C&O

Postage Accruing at various Kentucky Post Offices in 1905.
May's Lick had $187.91, but Covington only $59.06? Curious.

Mortality Statistics for Covington and Newport, from 1909
By Age	By Cause	By Nationality

By City

By Make

By County

These are all the automobiles registered with the State of Kentucky from June 14, 1910 until roughly the same day in 1911. It's the first year Kentucky registered automobiles; so these may not be THE first cars in the county, but they are the first registered cars.

For each individual county's registrants, see that county's Links & Miscellany page, or, try these:

Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Grant, Kenton, Mason, and Pendleton.
(There were no registrations in this period from Gallatin, Owen, or Trimble County)

The general statistics on vehicle licensing from 1921 are here.


These two charts both present slave population from Northern Kentucky. On the left is actual populations; on the left, is the number of slaves as a percentage of total population. Remember some counties were established later than others. More on these numbers is here.