Earlington, Kentucky

**Earlington** is a city of Kentucky in the United States.  As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 1,257.

## History

Earlington was founded by European Americans in 1870 around the area coal fields. Upon its incorporation a year later, it was formally named for John Baylis Earle, a lawyer who was central to developing the coal industry in the region.

## Geography

Earlington is located at  (37.274050, -87.511388).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which  is land and  (4.1%) is water.

## Demographics

As of the census of 2020, there were 1,257 people living in the city. The population density was 445.6 people per square mile (172.0/km²). There were 722 housing units, and 226 of them were empty. The racial makeup of the city was 71.3% White, 19.6% Black or African American, 2.5% from other races, and 6.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.1% of the population.

There were 496 households out of which 35.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.3% were married couples living together, 8.9% were unmarried couples living together, 33.5% had a female householder with no husband or partner, and 18.3% had a male householder with no wife or partner. 28.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53.

Of the people in Earlington, 25.5% were under the age of 18, 8.8% were from 18 to 24, 24.4% were from 25 to 44, 25.1% were from 45 to 64, and 16.1% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.2 years. For every 100 females there were 93 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $42,969, and the median income for a family was $43,958. The per capita income for the city was $21,799. About 26.1% of families and 25.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 47.2% of those under age 18 and 3.1% of those age 65 or over.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Earlington, Kentucky
- **settlement type**: List of cities in Kentucky, City
- **image skyline**: Hotel Earlington.jpg
- **imagesize**: 250px
- **image caption**: The former Hotel Earlington, a local landmark
- **image map**: KYMap-doton-Earlington.PNG
- **mapsize**: 250px
- **map caption**: Location of Earlington, Kentucky
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision name1**: Kentucky
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Kentucky, County
- **subdivision name2**: Hopkins County, Kentucky, Hopkins
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total km2**: 7.62
- **area land km2**: 7.31
- **area water km2**: 0.31
- **area total sq mi**: 2.94
- **area land sq mi**: 2.82
- **area water sq mi**: 0.12
- **population as of**: 2020 United States Census, 2020
- **population total**: 1257
- **population density km2**: 172.04
- **population density sq mi**: 445.59
- **timezone**: Central Time Zone, Central (CST)
- **utc offset**: -6
- **timezone dst**: CDT
- **utc offset dst**: -5
- **elevation m**: 129
- **elevation ft**: 423
- **postal code type**: ZIP code
- **postal code**: 42410
- **area code**: Area codes 270 and 364, 270 & 364
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 21-23230
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 0491420