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Jenkins, KY

1,569 Population
8.8 square miles 177.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Letcher County: 43.3 ±1.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$25,103 ±$3,799 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Letcher County: $24,260 ±$2,377
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$34,400 ±$14,650 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Letcher County: $40,501 † ±$4,196
  • about half the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

23.4% ±6.1% (367  ±118) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Letcher County: 26.8% † 5,539 (±4.1% / ±856)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

28 minutes ±13.2 (13,555  ±4,350) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Letcher County: 28 176,910 (±1.3 / ±18,174)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

694 ±100 Number of households
  • Letcher County: 8,367 ±286
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.3 ±0.3 (1,562  ±296) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Letcher County: 2.5 20,822 (±0.1 / ±26)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

10.5% ±9.7% (29  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Letcher County: 5.8% † 248 (±2.2% / ±94)
  • about double the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

946 ±123 Number of housing units
  • Letcher County: 10,594 ±32
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$65,600 ±$18,187 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Letcher County: $70,500 ±$6,458
  • about one-third of the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

6.8% ±3.3% (107  ±55.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Letcher County: 9.7% † 2,021 (±2.7% / ±565.5)
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

87.3% ±4.4% (1,032  ±188.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Letcher County: 79.8% 12,111 (±5.4% / ±817.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
15.7% ±6.9% (186  ±87.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Letcher County: 13.7% † 2,075 (±2.2% / ±332)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

6.3% ±3.6% (81  ±48) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Letcher County: 5.8% † 960 (±1.3% / ±210)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
81 Total veterans ±48 79 Male ±47 2 Female ±4

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