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McCreary County, KY

16,905 Population
426.7 square miles 39.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±0.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$16,972 ±$2,160 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$37,355 ±$6,787 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401
  • about half the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

35.1% ±5.2% (5,358  ±789) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double 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)

31.7 minutes ±2.5 (137,105  ±19,638) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

5,595 ±303 Number of households
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.7 ±0.2 (15,039  ±63) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

2.6% ±2.5% (87  ±83) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

6,919 ±35 Number of housing units
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$77,000 ±$15,269 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

9.4% ±2.2% (1,570  ±375.9) 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

77.5% ±5.4% (9,218  ±645.1) 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)
9.1% ±2.2% (1,087  ±260.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)
  • about one-quarter 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

0.5% (84  ±64) 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

5.3% ±1.5% (700  ±201) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
700 Total veterans ±201 682 Male ±201 18 Female ±19

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