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Blackey, KY

141 Population
0.4 square miles 322.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.4 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Letcher County: 43.5 ±0.8
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$15,416 ±$7,526 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Letcher County: $22,681 ±$1,565
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$11,629 ±$2,446 Median household income
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Letcher County: $41,793 ±$3,868
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • less than a fifth of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

74.5% ±32.5% (105  ±65) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double 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)

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Families

93 ±55 Number of households
  • Letcher County: 8,463 ±267
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.5 ±1.1 (141  ±62) Persons per household
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Letcher County: 2.4 20,462 (±0.1 / ±40)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

94 ±55 Number of housing units
  • Letcher County: 10,603 ±31
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$69,200 ±$60,991 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Letcher County: $67,400 † ±$8,633
  • about one-third of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

40.4% ±44.7% (57  ±67.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Letcher County: 11.1% † 2,283 (±2.5% / ±522.6)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96% ±44.6% (121  ±76.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Letcher County: 82.4% 12,281 (±5.1% / ±765)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.5% ±25.7% (17  ±33.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Letcher County: 12.5% † 1,861 (±1.9% / ±281.3)
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about two-fifths 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

N/A Foreign-born population

1.5% ±2.9% (2  ±4) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Letcher County: 6.2% † 1,012 (±1.1% / ±185)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2 Total veterans ±4 2 Male ±4 N/A Female ±13

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