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Letcher County, KY

21,146 Population
337.9 square miles 62.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±1.4 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: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$24,260 ±$2,377 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$40,501 ±$4,196 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401
  • about half the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

26.8% ±4.1% (5,539  ±856) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

28 minutes ±1.3 (176,910  ±18,174) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

8,367 ±286 Number of households
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.5 ±0.1 (20,822  ±26) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

5.8% ±2.2% (248  ±94) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

10,594 ±32 Number of housing units
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$70,500 ±$6,458 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

9.7% ±2.7% (2,021  ±565.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

79.8% ±5.4% (12,111  ±817.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
13.7% ±2.2% (2,075  ±332) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

0.4% (93  ±86) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

5.8% ±1.3% (960  ±210) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
960 Total veterans ±210 945 Male ±211 15 Female ±19

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