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Letcher County School District, KY

18,733 Population
312.9 square miles 59.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.1 ±1.2 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

$22,885 ±$1,700 Per capita income
  • about the same as 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
$43,089 ±$3,754 Median household income
  • a little higher than 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

23.1% ±3.5% (4,219  ±652) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Letcher County: 24.4% † 4,959 (±3.5% / ±712)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.3 minutes ±2.7 (162,840  ±21,434) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Letcher County: 28.3 174,150 (±2.4 / ±20,637)
  • about 25 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

7,497 ±252 Number of households
  • Letcher County: 8,463 ±267
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (18,395  ±303) 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

5.8% ±2.8% (219  ±106) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Letcher County: 5.8% † 244 (±2.6% / ±110)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,150 ±181 Number of housing units
  • Letcher County: 10,603 ±31
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$67,800 ±$11,143 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as 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

11.5% ±2.8% (2,119  ±509.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Letcher County: 11.1% † 2,283 (±2.5% / ±522.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.7% ±5.5% (11,068  ±749.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
12.7% ±2% (1,696  ±272) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as 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 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

0.7% ±0.5% (135  ±99) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Letcher County: 0.7% 137
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.3% ±1.2% (928  ±176) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Letcher County: 6.2% † 1,012 (±1.1% / ±185)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
928 Total veterans ±176 914 Male ±174 14 Female ±22

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