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Whitesburg, KY

1,761 Population
3.1 square miles 562.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.8 ±6.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Letcher County: 43.5 ±0.8
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,353 ±$4,384 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Letcher County: $22,681 ±$1,565
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$29,189 ±$13,390 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Letcher County: $41,793 ±$3,868
  • about half the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

37.5% ±13.9% (578  ±249) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Letcher County: 24.4% † 4,959 (±3.5% / ±712)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.9 minutes ±2.9 (7,595  ±3,079) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Letcher County: 28.3 174,150 (±2.4 / ±20,637)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

716 ±149 Number of households
  • Letcher County: 8,463 ±267
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (1,536  ±336) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Letcher County: 2.4 20,462 (±0.1 / ±40)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.9% ±2.8% (8  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Letcher County: 5.8% † 244 (±2.6% / ±110)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

835 ±166 Number of housing units
  • Letcher County: 10,603 ±31
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$111,700 ±$17,929 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Letcher County: $67,400 † ±$8,633
  • about half the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

20.1% ±10.3% (353  ±193.8) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Letcher County: 11.1% † 2,283 (±2.5% / ±522.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.3% ±3.7% (1,177  ±198.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Letcher County: 82.4% 12,281 (±5.1% / ±765)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.8% ±4.1% (264  ±70) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Letcher County: 12.5% † 1,861 (±1.9% / ±281.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.3% ±1.3% (22  ±24) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Letcher County: 0.7% 137
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.2% ±5.3% (103  ±78) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Letcher County: 6.2% † 1,012 (±1.1% / ±185)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
103 Total veterans ±78 94 Male ±75 9 Female ±20

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