Bush, Kentucky

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Population in July 2007: 4,429.

Males: 2,216	(50.0%)
Females: 2,213	(50.0%)

Median resident age:	35.9 years
Kentucky median age:	35.9 years

Zip code: 40724

Estimated median household income in 2009: $41,465 (it was $32,596 in 2000)

Bush:	$41,465
Kentucky:	$40,072

Estimated per capita income in 2009: $22,611

Bush CCD income, earnings, and wages data

Estimated median house or condo value in 2009: $123,159 (it was $81,500 in 2000)

Bush:	$123,159
Kentucky:	$117,800

Mean prices in 2009: All housing units: $150,297; Detached houses: $180,462; Townhouses or other attached units: $159,959; Mobile homes: $52,372

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White alone - 4,006 (97.9%)
Asian alone - 23 (0.6%)
Two or more races - 25 (0.6%)
Hispanic - 23 (0.6%)
American Indian alone - 12 (0.3%)
Black alone - 3 (0.07%)

Races in Bush detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth

Mar. 2012 cost of living index in Bush: 83.0 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 1214 feet

Land area: 36.7 square miles.

Population density: 121 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Bush:

High school or higher: 68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 14.6%
Graduate or professional degree: 6.7%
Unemployed: 2.1%
Mean travel time to work (commute): 23.3 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Bush CCD:

Never married: 17.2%
Now married: 69.4%
Separated: 0.9%
Widowed: 6.3%
Divorced: 7.1%

0 residents are foreign born

This place:	0.0%
Kentucky:	2.0%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Bush CCD:	0.6% ($506)
Kentucky:	0.8% ($610)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Lexington-Fayette, KY (69.8 miles , pop. 260,512).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (382.3 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Camp Ground, KY (2.2 miles ), London, KY (2.4 miles ), Greenmount-Langnau, KY (2.6 miles ), East Bernstadt, KY (3.1 miles ), Gray, KY (3.3 miles ), Sibert-Hima, KY (3.4 miles ), North Corbin, KY (3.5 miles ), Manchester, KY (3.5 miles ).

Latitude: 37.11 N, Longitude: 83.98 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 606

Unemployment in August 2012:

Here:	9.5%
Kentucky:	8.4%

Unemployment by year (%)

Most common industries (%)

Males Females

Construction (16%)
Public administration (7%)
Health care (5%)
Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
Truck transportation (4%)
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (4%)

Health care (16%)
Educational services (12%)
Data processing, libraries, and other information services (7%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Social assistance (5%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
Finance and insurance (5%)

Most common occupations (%)

Males Females

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (3%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
Registered nurses (7%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Cashiers (4%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)

Work and jobs in Bush: detailed stats about occupations, industries, unemployment, workers, commute

Average climate in Bush, Kentucky

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Tornado activity:

Bush-area historical tornado activity is slightly below Kentucky state average. It is 17% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/29/1973, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 5.8 miles away from the Bush place center injured 2 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 4/3/1974, a category F3 tornado 17.0 miles away from the place center killed 7 people and injured 40 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

Earthquake activity:

Bush-area historical earthquake activity is slightly above Kentucky state average. It is 76% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 7/27/1980 at 18:52:21, a magnitude 5.2 (5.1 MB, 4.7 MS, 5.0 UK, 5.2 UK, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 76.0 miles away from the city center
On 11/30/1973 at 07:48:41, a magnitude 4.7 (4.7 MB, 4.6 ML, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 90.5 miles away from Bush center
On 9/7/1988 at 02:28:09, a magnitude 4.6 (4.5 MB, 4.6 LG) earthquake occurred 71.9 miles away from the city center
On 8/17/1990 at 21:01:17, a magnitude 4.0 (3.5 LG, 4.0 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 41.4 miles away from the city center
On 10/26/1995 at 00:37:28, a magnitude 4.0 (3.9 MB, 4.0 LG, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 47.5 miles away from Bush center
On 4/19/1996 at 08:50:14, a magnitude 3.9 (3.9 MB, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 53.7 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS)

Natural disasters:

The number of natural disasters in Laurel County (14) is near the US average (12).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 10
Emergencies Declared: 2

Causes of natural disasters: Storms: 5, Floods: 4, Tornadoes: 3, Snows: 2, Fires: 2, Tornadoes: 2, Winter Storms: 2, Freeze: 1, Mudslide: 1, Snowfall: 1, Wind: 1, Blizzard: 1, Flood: 1, Hurricane: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).

Hospitals/medical centers near Bush:

SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL LONDON (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Private, provides emergency services, about 8 miles away; LONDON, KY)
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Church, provides emergency services, about 12 miles away; MANCHESTER, KY)
KNOX COUNTY HOSPITAL (Critical Access Hospitals, Proprietary, provides emergency services, about 19 miles away; BARBOURVILLE, KY)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Bush:

Somerset Community College (about 36 miles; Somerset, KY; Full-time enrollment: 4,009)
Lincoln Memorial University (about 41 miles; Harrogate, TN; FT enrollment: 2,182)
Eastern Kentucky University (about 48 miles; Richmond, KY; FT enrollment: 12,354)
National College-Lexington (about 69 miles; Lexington, KY; FT enrollment: 2,647)
Bluegrass Community and Technical College (about 70 miles; Lexington, KY; FT enrollment: 6,449)
University of Kentucky (about 71 miles; Lexington, KY; FT enrollment: 23,273)
Lindsey Wilson College (about 73 miles; Columbia, KY; FT enrollment: 2,222)

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Notable locations in Bush: Laurel County Fairgrounds (A), Bush Fire Department Station 1 (B), Bush Fire Department Station 2 (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Bush include: Weaver Church (A), Bush Church (B), Slate Hill Church (C), Shady Grove Baptist Church (D), Rough Creek Church (E), Providence Church (F), Pleasant Valley Church (G), Pine Hill Baptist Church (H), Mount Zion Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Phelps Cemetery (1), Hoskins Cemetery (2), Harris Cemetery (3), Gregory Cemetery (4), Joe Jones Cemetery (5), Bruner Cemetery (6), Williams Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Camp Branch (A), Hooppole Creek (B), John Creek (C), Little Sandy Creek (D), Sallys Branch (E), Blackwater Creek (F). Display/hide their locations on the map

Park in Bush: Levi Jackson Wilderness Road State Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Laurel County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level between 2 and 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Moderate Potential

Average household size:

This place:	2.7 people
Kentucky:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	73.8%
Whole state:	69.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	2.2%
Whole state:	4.5%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2009:

This place:	12.4%
Whole state:	15.8%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2009:

This place:	3.8%
Whole state:	6.6%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Bush, KY

Bush compared to Kentucky state average:

Median household income below state average.
Median house value significantly below state average.
Unemployed percentage below state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage significantly below state average.
House age significantly below state average.
Number of college students below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.

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Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Electricity (65%)
Utility gas (16%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
Wood (2%)
Coal or coke (1%)
Other fuel (1%)

2004 Presidential Election results in Laurel County Kentucky:

2008 Presidential Election results in Laurel County Kentucky:

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Religion statistics for Bush (based on Laurel County data)

Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 42.15%

Here		42.2%
USA		50.2%

Adherents

Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations

Name	Southern Baptist Convention	United Methodist Church	Churches of Christ	Assemblies of God	Christian Churches and Churches of Christ
Adherents	73.1%	4.8%	3.1%	3.1%	3.1%
Congregations	55.0%	10.0%	8.8%	2.5%	6.3%

Name	Catholic Church	Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	LDS (Mormon) Church	Other
Adherents	2.8%	2.7%	2.6%	1.5%	3.2%
Congregations	1.3%	6.3%	1.3%	1.3%	7.5%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.

Food Environment Statistics:

Number of grocery stores: 16

Laurel County:	2.79 / 10,000 pop.
Kentucky:	2.19 / 10,000 pop.

Number of supercenters and club stores: 2

This county:	0.35 / 10,000 pop.
State:	0.25 / 10,000 pop.

Number of convenience stores (no gas): 1

Laurel County:	0.17 / 10,000 pop.
Kentucky:	0.74 / 10,000 pop.

Number of convenience stores (with gas): 29

Laurel County:	5.06 / 10,000 pop.
State:	4.36 / 10,000 pop.

Number of full-service restaurants: 30

Here:	5.23 / 10,000 pop.
State:	5.74 / 10,000 pop.

Adult diabetes rate:

This county:	13.0%
Kentucky:	11.0%

Adult obesity rate:

Laurel County:	35.1%
Kentucky:	30.0%

Low-income preschool obesity rate:

This county:	18.5%
State:	15.9%

6.30% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($31,667 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.30%
Kentucky average:	6.98%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Whitley County, KY	0.77% ($30,862 average AGI)
from Clay County, KY	0.61% ($28,890)
from Knox County, KY	0.56% ($24,910)

5.39% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,246 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.39%
Kentucky average:	6.74%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Whitley County, KY	0.81% ($29,278 average AGI)
to Knox County, KY	0.49% ($22,291)
to Clay County, KY	0.34% ($26,950)

Strongest AM radio stations in Bush:

WKLB (1290 AM; 5 kW; MANCHESTER, KY; Owner: BARKER BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
WKDP (1330 AM; 5 kW; CORBIN, KY; Owner: EUBANKS BROADCASTING, INC.)
WFTG (1400 AM; 1 kW; LONDON, KY; Owner: F.T.G. BROADCASTING, INC.)
WKVL (850 AM; daytime; 50 kW; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: HORNE RADIO, LLC)
WEKC (710 AM; daytime; 4 kW; WILLIAMSBURG, KY; Owner: GERALD PARKS)
WGWM (980 AM; 1 kW; LONDON, KY; Owner: WGWM BROADCASTING, INC.)
WCTT (680 AM; 1 kW; CORBIN, KY; Owner: ENCORE COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
WWXL (1450 AM; 1 kW; MANCHESTER, KY; Owner: THE PROMISE PARTNERSHIP)
WHAS (840 AM; 50 kW; LOUISVILLE, KY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WFSR (970 AM; 5 kW; HARLAN, KY; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING COMPAY)
WMTC (730 AM; 5 kW; VANCLEVE, KY; Owner: THE KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN HOLINESS ASSN.)
WMIK (560 AM; 3 kW; MIDDLESBORO, KY; Owner: GATEWAY BROADCASTING, INC.)
WEKG (810 AM; daytime; 5 kW; JACKSON, KY; Owner: INTERMOUNTAIN B/CING CO., INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Bush:

WYGE (92.3 FM; LONDON, KY; Owner: ETHEL HUFF BROADCASTING, LLC)
WWEL (103.9 FM; LONDON, KY; Owner: F.T.G. BROADCASTING, INC.)
WKDP-FM (99.5 FM; CORBIN, KY; Owner: EUBANKS BROADCASTING, INC.)
WWLT (103.1 FM; MANCHESTER, KY; Owner: VERNON R. BALDWIN, INC.)
WTBK (105.7 FM; MANCHESTER, KY; Owner: MANCHESTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WVCT (91.5 FM; KEAVY, KY; Owner: VICTORY TRAINING SCHOOL CORP.)
WCTT-FM (107.3 FM; CORBIN, KY; Owner: ENCORE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WMIK-FM (92.7 FM; MIDDLESBORO, KY; Owner: GATEWAY BROADCASTING, INC.)
WEKX (102.7 FM; JELLICO, TN; Owner: WHITLEY BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
WRIL (106.3 FM; PINEVILLE, KY; Owner: PINE HILLS BROADCASTING, INC.)
WSGS (101.1 FM; HAZARD, KY; Owner: MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING SERVICE, INC.)
WSEH (102.7 FM; CUMBERLAND, KY; Owner: CUMBERLAND CITY BROADCASTING, INC.)
WEZJ-FM (104.3 FM; WILLIAMSBURG, KY; Owner: WHITLEY BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
WTUK (105.1 FM; HARLAN, KY; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WZQQ (97.9 FM; HYDEN, KY; Owner: LESLIE COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC.)
WWAG (107.9 FM; MCKEE, KY; Owner: DANDY BROADCASTING, INC.)
WKKQ (96.1 FM; BARBOURVILLE, KY; Owner: BARBOURVILLE COMMUNITY B/NG CO.INC.)
WJMD (104.7 FM; HAZARD, KY; Owner: HAZARD BROADCASTING SERVICES)
WEKH (90.9 FM; HAZARD, KY; Owner: EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY)
WLLK (93.9 FM; BURNSIDE, KY; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)

TV broadcast stations around Bush:

WVTN-LP (Channel 48; CORBIN, KY; Owner: VICTORY TRAINING SCHOOL CORP.)
WOBZ-LP (Channel 9; EAST BERNSTADT, ETC., KY; Owner: ANDREA JOY KESLER)
W26BK (Channel 26; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
W39CK (Channel 20; CORBIN, KY; Owner: DEREK RAY EUBANKS)
W33BK (Channel 33; CORBIN, KY; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
WLJC-TV (Channel 65; BEATTYVILLE, KY; Owner: HOUR OF HARVEST, INC.)
W16BI (Channel 16; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
WYMT-TV (Channel 57; HAZARD, KY; Owner: WYMT LICENSEE CORP.)

Bush on our top lists:

#36 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Data processing and other information services"
#98 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses"

#34 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Bush (Republican) in the 2004 Presidential Election, pop. 50,000+"
#38 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of deaths per 1000 residents 1990-1999 to 2000-2003 (pop. 50,000+)"
#38 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 1990-1999 to 2000-2003 (pop. 50,000+)"

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