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Owsley County, KY

4,021 Population
197.4 square miles 20.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.9 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$21,285 ±$4,325 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
  • about half the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$31,064 ±$8,386 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

24.9% ±5.9% (960  ±229) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

33.2 minutes ±9.8 (37,030  ±13,260) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

1,506 ±139 Number of households
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.6 ±0.2 (3,935  ±2) 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

5.3% ±4.8% (40  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

2,024 ±174 Number of housing units
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$79,900 ±$25,422 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

13.5% ±5.7% (533  ±224.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

73% ±8.3% (2,169  ±277.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
11.4% ±3.5% (339  ±105.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)
  • about one-third 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

N/A Foreign-born population

1.7% ±1.1% (56  ±36) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
56 Total veterans ±36 56 Male ±36 N/A Female ±13

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