Drinking water stations with addresses in Drakesboro and their reported violations in the past:
DRAKESBORO WATER DEPARTMENT (Population served: 1254, Purch_surface_water):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Average - Between OCT-2001 and DEC-2001, Contaminant: TTHM. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (FEB-06-2002)
- MCL, Average - Between OCT-2000 and SEP-2001, Contaminant: TTHM. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (JUL-01-2003)
Past monitoring violations:
- CCR INADEQUATE REPORTING - Between OCT-27-2005 and DEC-31-2025, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (OCT-27-2005)
- Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between OCT-2005 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (MAY-09-2006), St Formal NOV issued (MAY-09-2006)
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-2004 and DEC-2025, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (JUL-01-2004)
- CCR INADEQUATE REPORTING - Between JUL-2004 and DEC-2025, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (JUL-01-2004)
- CCR INADEQUATE REPORTING - Between JUL-01-2003 and SEP-11-2004, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (SEP-11-2004)
- 2 minor monitoring violations
- One other older monitoring violation
Average household size:
| This city: |  2.5 people | | Kentucky: |  2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This city: | 69.6% | | Whole state: | 69.4% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This city: | 2.8% | | Whole state: | 4.5% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: | 32.3% | | Whole state: | 15.8% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: | 16.8% | | Whole state: | 6.6% |
Drakesboro compared to Kentucky state average:
- Median household income significantly below state average.
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage significantly below state average.
- Number of college students significantly 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 Muhlenberg County Kentucky:
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Other and Unallocable |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $910 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $75 |
| Water Supply |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $339 |
| Sewerage |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $389 |
| Totals for Government |
0 | $0 | | 5 | $1,713 |
Drakesboro government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $79,000
- Current Operations - Gas Utilities: $452,000
Housing & Community Development: $173,000
Water Utilities: $129,000
Sewerage: $70,000
Central Staff Services: $17,000
Fire Protection: $4,000
Police Protection: $1,000
Parks & Recreation: $1,000
Regular Highways: $1,000
- Gas Utilities - Interest on Debt: $7,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $0
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $608,000
Gas Utilities: $125,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $595,000
Gas Utilities: $95,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Gas Utilities: $30,000
Water Utilities: $13,000
- Miscellaneous - Property Sale Other: $7,000
Interest Earnings: $3,000
Rents: $1,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Fire Protection: $8,000
Central Staff: $3,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $251,000
- Revenue - Gas Utilities: $489,000
Water Utilities: $116,000
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $7,000
- State Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $173,000
All Other: $12,000
Highways: $10,000
- Tax - Property: $19,000
Public Utilities: $13,000
NEC: $2,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $848,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $36,000
3.95% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,915 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 3.95% | | 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:
4.35% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($26,141 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.35% | | 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:
Strongest AM radio stations in Drakesboro:
- WNES (1050 AM; 1 kW; CENTRAL CITY, KY; Owner: STARLIGHT BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WSM (650 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY)
- WKDA (1200 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: RADIO NASHVILLE, INC.)
- WNQM (1300 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: WNQM. INC.)
- WAMB (1160 AM; 50 kW; DONELSON, TN; Owner: GREAT SOUTHERN BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WLAC (1510 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WMTA (1380 AM; 1 kW; CENTRAL CITY, KY; Owner: WMTA, AM 1380,INC.)
- WRUS (610 AM; 2 kW; RUSSELLVILLE, KY; Owner: LOGAN RADIO INCORPORATED)
- WHAS (840 AM; 50 kW; LOUISVILLE, KY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WKCT (930 AM; 5 kW; BOWLING GREEN, KY; Owner: DAILY NEWS BROADCASTING CO.)
- WVJS (1420 AM; 5 kW; OWENSBORO, KY; Owner: TSB III, LLC)
- WPLN (1430 AM; 15 kW; MADISON, TN)
- WWAM (820 AM; daytime; 50 kW; JASPER, TN; Owner: SHELTON BROADCASTING SYSTEM)
Strongest FM radio stations in Drakesboro:
- WQXQ (101.9 FM; CENTRAL CITY, KY; Owner: STARLIGHT BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WNTC (103.9 FM; DRAKESBORO, KY; Owner: NASHVILLE'S SPORTSRADIO, INCORPORATED)
- WUBT (101.1 FM; RUSSELLVILLE, KY; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WBKR (92.5 FM; OWENSBORO, KY; Owner: REGENT BROADCASTING OF EVANSVILLE/OWENSBORO, INC.)
- WKYA (105.5 FM; GREENVILLE, KY; Owner: STARLIGHT BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- W278AD (103.5 FM; CENTRAL CITY, KY; Owner: HEARTLAND MINISTRIES, INC.)
- WVVR (100.3 FM; HOPKINSVILLE, KY; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF TUCKESSEE, LLC)
- WSTO (96.1 FM; OWENSBORO, KY; Owner: TSB III, LLC)
- WKTG (93.9 FM; MADISONVILLE, KY; Owner: SOUND BROADCASTERS, INC.)
- WXMZ (106.3 FM; HARTFORD, KY; Owner: STARLIGHT BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WYMV (106.9 FM; MADISONVILLE, KY; Owner: MADISONVILLE CBC, INC.)
- W284AO (104.7 FM; CENTRAL CITY, KY; Owner: STARLIGHT BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Drakesboro:
- WKMA-TV (Channel 35; MADISONVILLE, KY; Owner: KENTUCKY AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
- W62CJ (Channel 62; JACKSON, TN; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- WKGB-TV (Channel 53; BOWLING GREEN, KY; Owner: KENTUCKY AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
- WAZE-TV (Channel 19; MADISONVILLE, KY; Owner: SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
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