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Census Tract 9504.04, Letcher, KY

2,649 Population
14.3 square miles 185.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Whitesburg: 43.8 † ±6.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Letcher County: 43.5 ±0.8

Economics

$20,486 ±$3,744 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Whitesburg: $24,353 † ±$4,384
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Letcher County: $22,681 ±$1,565
$28,438 ±$8,375 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Whitesburg: $29,189 † ±$13,390
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Letcher County: $41,793 ±$3,868

29.6% ±11.1% (755  ±314) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Whitesburg: 37.5% † 578 (±13.9% / ±249)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Letcher County: 24.4% † 4,959 (±3.5% / ±712)

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Families

1,156 ±221 Number of households
  • Whitesburg: 716 † ±149
  • Letcher County: 8,463 ±267
2.2 ±0.6 (2,548  ±462) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Whitesburg: 2.2 1,536 (±0.1 / ±336)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Letcher County: 2.4 20,462 (±0.1 / ±40)

0.8% ±1.2% (4  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Whitesburg: 1.9% † 8 (±2.8% / ±12)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Letcher County: 5.8% † 244 (±2.6% / ±110)

Housing

1,318 ±224 Number of housing units
  • Whitesburg: 835 † ±166
  • Letcher County: 10,603 ±31

$81,500 ±$30,823 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Whitesburg: $111,700 † ±$17,929
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Letcher County: $67,400 † ±$8,633

9.4% ±6% (247  ±163.2) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Whitesburg: 20.1% † 353 (±10.3% / ±193.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Letcher County: 11.1% † 2,283 (±2.5% / ±522.6)

Social

84% ±4% (1,687  ±351.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Whitesburg: 88.3% 1,177 (±3.7% / ±198.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Letcher County: 82.4% 12,281 (±5.1% / ±765)
9.8% ±2.8% (196  ±68.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Whitesburg: 19.8% † 264 (±4.1% / ±70)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Letcher County: 12.5% † 1,861 (±1.9% / ±281.3)

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

0.2% ±0.3% (5  ±9) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Whitesburg: 1.3% † 22 (±1.3% / ±24)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Letcher County: 0.7% 137

9.8% ±7.2% (207  ±156) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Whitesburg: 7.2% † 103 (±5.3% / ±78)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Letcher County: 6.2% † 1,012 (±1.1% / ±185)
207 Total veterans ±156 207 Male ±156 N/A Female ±13

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