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Letcher County, KY

21,490 Population
337.9 square miles 63.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.7 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$23,522 ±$2,466 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $33,515 ±$209
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$38,466 ±$3,232 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $60,183 ±$443
  • about half the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

29% ±4.3% (6,082  ±892) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 704,758 (±0.3% / ±11,207)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

27.1 minutes ±1.8 (169,675  ±18,655) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 23.9 43,874,500 (±0.2 / ±339,555)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

8,415 ±260 Number of households
  • Kentucky: 1,769,102 ±5,421
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.5 ±0.1 (21,202  ±18) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,380,020
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

5% ±2.3% (218  ±99) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 54,219 (±0.2% / ±1,780)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

10,614 ±27 Number of housing units
  • Kentucky: 1,999,202 ±351
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$66,000 ±$6,932 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $177,000 ±$1,059
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

10.2% ±2.8% (2,163  ±,594.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 13.4% 596,463 (±0.2% / ±9,612.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

78.9% ±4.9% (12,139  ±,752.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 88.2% 2,703,662 (±0.4% / ±12,219.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
13.1% ±1.8% (2,013  ±279) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 26.5% 811,939 (±0.2% / ±6,703.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.4% (92  ±73) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 4.1% 184,109
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

5.6% ±1.1% (949  ±192) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 7% 244,703 (±0.1% / ±3,546)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
949 Total veterans ±192 947 Male ±191 2 Female ±4

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