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Harlan, KY Urban Area

5,614 Population
4.8 square miles 1,169.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,466 ±$2,689 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$39,504 ±$12,582 Median household income
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

24.3% ±5.8% (1,330  ±344) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.3 minutes ±2.4 (37,170  ±7,872) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,467 ±229 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (5,479  ±525) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.8% ±1.4% (11  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,946 ±235 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$87,600 ±$11,390 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15% ±6.3% (843  ±361.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.1% ±6.2% (3,287  ±403.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.6% ±2.8% (532  ±122.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • 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

0.2% ±0.3% (13  ±16) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±3.2% (319  ±146) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
319 Total veterans ±146 302 Male ±149 17 Female ±24

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