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Jenkins CCD, Letcher County, KY

6,575 Population
65.4 square miles 100.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±2.9 Median age
  • a little less than 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

$21,099 ±$2,229 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Letcher County: $22,681 ±$1,565
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$41,348 ±$6,141 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Letcher County: $41,793 ±$3,868
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.6% ±6.8% (1,683  ±474) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Letcher County: 24.4% † 4,959 (±3.5% / ±712)
  • about 1.5 times 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)

28.8 minutes ±5 (56,775  ±14,264) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Letcher County: 28.3 174,150 (±2.4 / ±20,637)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,699 ±240 Number of households
  • Letcher County: 8,463 ±267
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (6,494  ±636) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Letcher County: 2.4 20,462 (±0.1 / ±40)
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.4% ±3.4% (104  ±57) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Letcher County: 5.8% † 244 (±2.6% / ±110)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,488 ±247 Number of housing units
  • Letcher County: 10,603 ±31
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$57,700 ±$5,934 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Letcher County: $67,400 † ±$8,633
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.5% ±6.6% (876  ±435.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Letcher County: 11.1% † 2,283 (±2.5% / ±522.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

79.3% ±4.9% (3,716  ±403) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Letcher County: 82.4% 12,281 (±5.1% / ±765)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
11.7% ±2.6% (548  ±129.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Letcher County: 12.5% † 1,861 (±1.9% / ±281.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about one-third of 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

0.2% ±0.2% (10  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Letcher County: 0.7% 137
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4% ±1.5% (206  ±81) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Letcher County: 6.2% † 1,012 (±1.1% / ±185)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
206 Total veterans ±81 206 Male ±81 N/A Female ±18

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