big sandy area development district type non profit founded february 10 1972 headquarters prestonsburg kentucky area served floyd johnson magoffin martin and pike counties key people sandy runyon executive director services economic and community development community services aging and disability services and housing services parent kentucky council of area development districts website bigsandy.org the big sandy area development district bsadd is a regional planning and development organization that focuses on economic and community development ; community services ; aging and disability services ; and housing services for a five county region in eastern kentucky . the five counties served within the region includes floyd johnson magoffin martin and pike counties . the big sandy area development district office is located at 110 resource court in prestonsburg kentucky . 1 contents 1 history 2 demographics 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit the concept of area development districts within the state of kentucky was first visualized by governor bert t. combs in 1961 . by 1967 the state of kentucky was divided into fifteen districts . bsadd received designation and funding from the appalachian regional commission and the u.s. department of commerce economic development administration in 1968 . on february 10 1972 the big sandy area regional development district along with the other fourteen development districts were established by the kentucky general assembly . 2 demographics edit as of the census 3 of 2000 there were 160 532 people 63 396 households and 46 976 families residing in the district . the population density was 80.8 people per square mile 31.2 km . the racial makeup of the district was 97.38 % white 0.59 % african american 0.12 % native american 0.29 % asian 0.04 % pacific islander 0.09 % from other races and 0.59 % from two or more races . hispanics or latinos of any race were 1.23 % of the population . there were 63 396 households out of which 36.98 % had children under the age of 18 living with them 58.71 % were married couples living together 11.71 % had a female householder with no husband present 2.13 % were non families and 23.77 % were made up of individuals . the average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.94 . the age distribution was 24.3 % under 18 9.4 % from 18 to 24 29.9 % from 25 to 44 24.6 % from 45 to 64 and 12 % who were 65 or older . the median age was 36.6 years . for every 100 females there were 81.9 males . see also edit southwest tennessee development district references edit big sandy area development district retrieved on 2010 09 25 who are we retrieved on 2010 09 25 bsadd census of 2000 demographic profile retrieved on 2010 09 25 external links edit big sandy area development district big sandy regional industrial development authority kentucky council of area development districts retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title big sandy area development district & oldid 515994266 categories organizations based in kentuckyfloyd county kentuckyjohnson county kentuckymartin county kentuckymagoffin county kentuckypike county kentucky navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 october 2012 at 17 18 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view