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Perry County

Population in July 2007: 1,761.
Males: 867  (49.3%)
Females: 894  (50.7%)

Median resident age:  36.7 years
Kentucky median age:  35.9 years

Estimated median household income in 2007: $27,277 (it was $21,307 in 2000)
Daisy:  $27,277
Kentucky:  $40,267

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $13,567
Daisy:  $13,567
Kentucky:  $21,951

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $49,755 (it was $33,500 in 2000)
Daisy:  $49,755
Kentucky:  $114,300

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $60,830; Detached houses: $66,615; Townhouses or other attached units: $152,310; In 2-unit structures: $70,667; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $83,575; Mobile homes: $24,663

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Races in Daisy:

  • White Non-Hispanic (99.2%)
  • Hispanic (0.6%)

2008 cost of living index in Daisy: 71.9 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Land area: 54.5 square miles.

Population density: 32 people per square mile 
 
 (very low).




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For population 25 years and over in Daisy

  • High school or higher: 43.5%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 4.2%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 2.3%
  • Unemployed: 19.9%
  • Mean travel time to work: 28.6 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Daisy CCD

  • Never married: 19.0%
  • Now married: 65.7%
  • Separated: 1.1%
  • Widowed: 8.8%
  • Divorced: 6.5%

21 residents are foreign born

This place:  1.2%
Kentucky:  2.0%

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

Daisy:  0.7% ($238)
Kentucky:  0.8% ($610)
Daisy satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Johnson City, TN (65.5 miles , pop. 55,469).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Lexington-Fayette, KY (100.6 miles , pop. 260,512).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (410.0 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Viper, KY (2.6 miles ), Blackey, KY (2.9 miles) , Cutshin, KY (3.1 miles ), Cumberland, KY (3.1 miles ), Defiance-Vicco, KY (3.1 miles ), Vicco, KY (3.2 miles ), Poor Fork, KY (3.3 miles ), Benham, KY (3.4 miles ).

Latitude: 37.07 N, Longitude: 83.11 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 606

Daisy household income distribution Daisy home values distribution

Most common industries for males (%):



  • Mining (33%)
  • Food and beverage stores (9%)
  • Construction (7%)
  • Truck transportation (6%)
  • Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (6%)
  • Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Educational services (20%)
  • Health care (15%)
  • Food and beverage stores (12%)
  • Private households (8%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Apparel (7%)
  • Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores (6%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Extraction workers (19%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (12%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Cashiers (12%)
  • Other protective service workers including supervisors (9%)
  • Therapists (8%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (6%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)



Daisy-area historical tornado activity is significantly below Kentucky state average. It is 51% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/9/1988, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 44.3 miles away from the Daisy place center killed one person and injured 15 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

On 5/18/1995, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 21.0 miles away from the place center caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.


Daisy-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Kentucky state average. It is 60% 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 90.5 miles away from Daisy center
On 9/7/1988 at 02:28:09, a magnitude 4.6 (4.5 MB, 4.6 LG, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 85.0 miles away from the city center
On 11/23/2006 at 10:42:57, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, 4.3 LG) earthquake occurred 62.9 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 1.6 miles away from Daisy center
On 11/2/2006 at 17:53:02, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 66.3 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 23.2 miles away from Daisy center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), surface-wave magnitude (MS)

Hospitals/medical centers near Daisy:
  • HAZARD ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 15 miles; HAZARD, KY)
  • WHITESBURG ARH HOSPITAL (about 16 miles; WHITESBURG, KY)
  • MARY BRECKINRIDGE HOSPITAL (about 17 miles; HYDEN, KY)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Daisy:
  • NORTHEAST STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 56 miles; BLOUNTVILLE, TN; Full-time enrollment: 2,729)
  • WALTERS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 62 miles; MORRISTOWN, TN; FT enrollment: 3,893)
  • CARSON-NEWMAN COLLEGE (about 70 miles; JEFFERSON CITY, TN; FT enrollment: 2,073)
  • EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 71 miles; JOHNSON CITY, TN; FT enrollment: 9,498)
  • SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 73 miles; RICHLANDS, VA; FT enrollment: 2,412)
  • MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY (about 80 miles; MOREHEAD, KY; FT enrollment: 6,866)
  • EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY (about 80 miles; RICHMOND, KY; FT enrollment: 11,214)

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Notable location: Open Door Childrens Home (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Churches in Daisy include: Stony Fork Church (A), Berean Church (B), Big Leatherwood Church (C), Mount Olivet Church (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemetery: Turner Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Beech Fork (A), Beech Rock Branch (B), Beehive Branch (C), Beetree Fork (D), Bent Branch (E), Nats Branch (F), Blair Fork (G), Oldhouse Branch (H), Bull Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

 

Average household size:
This place:  2.5 people
Kentucky:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  68.1%
Whole state:  69.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  2.5%
Whole state:  4.5%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  31.3%
Whole state:  15.8%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  21.6%
Whole state:  6.6%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Daisy, KY



Daisy compared to Kentucky state average:
  • Median household income significantly below state average.
  • Median house value significantly below state average.
  • Unemployed percentage significantly above 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 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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2004 Presidential Election results in Perry County Kentucky:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Electricity (64%)
  • Coal or coke (15%)
  • Utility gas (10%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
  • Wood (2%)


Religion statistics for Daisy

Adherents


NameSouthern Baptist ConventionChurch of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)Churches of ChristPresbyterian Church (USA)Christian Churches and Churches of Christ
Adherents61.5%12.6%5.8%4.5%3.3%
Congregations26.3%17.1%18.4%6.6%2.6%
NameUnited Methodist ChurchCatholic ChurchIndependent Free Will Baptists AssociationsEvangelical Free Church of AmericaOther religions
Adherents3.2%2.0%1.3%1.2%4.5%
Congregations3.9%1.3%2.6%2.6%18.4%
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.


4.74% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($28,562 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.74%
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 Knott County, KY  1.03% ($25,217 average AGI)
from Letcher County, KY  0.33% ($36,207)
from Fayette County, KY  0.28% ($24,520)


4.46% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,659 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.46%
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 Knott County, KY  0.60% ($30,509 average AGI)
to Fayette County, KY  0.35% ($25,258)
to Breathitt County, KY  0.29% ($29,500)


Strongest AM radio stations in Daisy:
  • WKIC (1390 AM; 5 kW; HAZARD, KY)
  • WFSR (970 AM; 5 kW; HARLAN, KY; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING COMPAY)
  • WTCW (920 AM; 4 kW; WHITESBURG, KY; Owner: T.C.W. BROADCASTING , INC.)
  • WCPM (1280 AM; 1 kW; CUMBERLAND, KY; Owner: CUMBERLAND CITY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WKVL (850 AM; daytime; 50 kW; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: HORNE RADIO, LLC)
  • WHLN (1410 AM; 5 kW; HARLAN, KY)
  • WEZC (1480 AM; daytime; 5 kW; NEON, KY; Owner: JESUS COMMUNICATION ILNC.)
  • WGOC (640 AM; 10 kW; BLOUNTVILLE, TN; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WNVA (1350 AM; 5 kW; NORTON, VA; Owner: RADIO-WISE, INC.)
  • WEKG (810 AM; daytime; 5 kW; JACKSON, KY; Owner: INTERMOUNTAIN B/CING CO., INC.)
  • WFGW (1010 AM; 50 kW; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WMTC (730 AM; 5 kW; VANCLEVE, KY; Owner: THE KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN HOLINESS ASSN.)
  • WLSI (900 AM; 5 kW; PIKEVILLE, KY; Owner: EAST KENTUCKY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)

Strongest FM radio stations in Daisy:
  • WSEH (102.7 FM; CUMBERLAND, KY; Owner: CUMBERLAND CITY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WSGS (101.1 FM; HAZARD, KY; Owner: MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING SERVICE, INC.)
  • WEKH (90.9 FM; HAZARD, KY; Owner: EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY)
  • WAXM (93.5 FM; BIG STONE GAP, VA; Owner: VALLEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WZQQ (97.9 FM; HYDEN, KY; Owner: LESLIE COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WJMD (104.7 FM; HAZARD, KY; Owner: HAZARD BROADCASTING SERVICES)
  • WIFX-FM (94.3 FM; JENKINS, KY; Owner: LETCHER COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC)
  • WXKQ-FM (103.9 FM; WHITESBURG, KY; Owner: T.C.W. BROADCASTING , INC.)
  • WTUK (105.1 FM; HARLAN, KY; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WMMT (88.7 FM; WHITESBURG, KY; Owner: APPALSHOP, INCORPORATED)
  • W223AA (92.5 FM; BIG STONE GAP, VA; Owner: VALLEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WDXC (102.3 FM; POUND, VA; Owner: WDXC RADIO, INC.)
  • WTFM (98.5 FM; KINGSPORT, TN; Owner: HOLSTON VALLEY BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WKCB-FM (107.1 FM; HINDMAN, KY; Owner: HINDMAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WPKE-FM (103.1 FM; COAL RUN, KY; Owner: EAST KENTUCKY BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WWJD (91.7 FM; PIPPA PASSES, KY; Owner: ALICE LLOYD COLLEGE)
  • WJDT (106.5 FM; ROGERSVILLE, TN; Owner: C & S BROADCASTING)
  • WMIK-FM (92.7 FM; MIDDLESBORO, KY; Owner: GATEWAY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WRZK (95.9 FM; COLONIAL HEIGHTS, TN; Owner: MURRAY COMMUNICATIONS)
  • WBGQ (100.7 FM; BULLS GAP, TN; Owner: CHEROKEE BROADCASTING)

TV broadcast stations around Daisy:
  • W24BT (Channel 24; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • WYMT-TV (Channel 57; HAZARD, KY; Owner: WYMT LICENSEE CORP.)
  • W31BU (Channel 31; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • W53BQ (Channel 53; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • W69ED (Channel 69; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • WKHA (Channel 35; HAZARD, KY; Owner: KENTUCKY AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
  • W26BK (Channel 26; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • W20BO (Channel 20; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • W16BI (Channel 16; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • WAGV (Channel 44; HARLAN, KY; Owner: LIVING FAITH MINISTRIES, INC.)


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