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Whitesburg, KY

1,998 Population
3.1 square miles 638 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±4.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Letcher County: 43.3 ±1.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$24,211 ±$3,668 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Letcher County: $24,260 ±$2,377
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$31,875 ±$14,373 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

34.9% ±12% (618  ±251) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Letcher County: 26.8% † 5,539 (±4.1% / ±856)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

18.2 minutes ±2.4 (9,595  ±3,506) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Letcher County: 28 176,910 (±1.3 / ±18,174)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

787 ±163 Number of households
  • Letcher County: 8,367 ±286
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.2 ±0.2 (1,759  ±385) 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

3.1% ±3.4% (16  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Letcher County: 5.8% † 248 (±2.2% / ±94)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

868 ±158 Number of housing units
  • Letcher County: 10,594 ±32
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$111,300 ±$11,404 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Letcher County: $70,500 ±$6,458
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

21.5% ±8.6% (427  ±190.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Letcher County: 9.7% † 2,021 (±2.7% / ±565.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

86.5% ±22% (1,251  ±219.7) 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)
21.9% ±4.5% (317  ±87.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Letcher County: 13.7% † 2,075 (±2.2% / ±332)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

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

1.2% ±1.1% (24  ±23) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Letcher County: 0.4% 93
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605

6.7% ±4.5% (106  ±74) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Letcher County: 5.8% † 960 (±1.3% / ±210)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
106 Total veterans ±74 98 Male ±72 8 Female ±18

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