Hardin, Kentucky

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Population (year 2000): 564. Estimated population in July 2006: 575 (+2.0% change)

Males: 253	(44.9%)
Females: 311	(55.1%)

Marshall County

Median resident age:	37.1 years
Kentucky median age:	35.9 years

Zip codes: 42048.

Estimated median household income in 2005: $20,700 (it was $20,833 in 2000)

Hardin	$20,700
Kentucky:	$37,369

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $47,700 (it was $50,000 in 2000)

Hardin	$47,700
Kentucky:	$103,900

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Races in Hardin:

White Non-Hispanic (99.1%)
American Indian (0.7%)

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Ancestries: United States (34.8%), Irish (8.5%), German (7.3%), English (6.0%), Scotch-Irish (1.8%), Subsaharan African (1.1%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Incorporated on 03/25/1952

Elevation: 418 feet

Land area: 0.59 square miles.

Population density: 965 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Hardin

High school or higher: 62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 6.1%
Graduate or professional degree: 2.1%
Unemployed: 10.3%
Mean travel time to work: 24.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Hardin city

Never married: 20.3%
Now married: 49.9%
Separated: 2.9%
Widowed: 12.7%
Divorced: 14.3%

8 residents are foreign born

This city:	1.4%
Kentucky:	2.0%

According to our research there were 3 registered sex offenders living in Hardin, Kentucky in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Hardin to the number of sex offenders is 190 to 1.

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

Hardin:	0.6% ($282)
Kentucky:	0.7% ($610)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Clarksville, TN (66.2 miles , pop. 103,455).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Metropolitan Government, TN (113.5 miles , pop. 569,891).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (353.7 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Kirksey, KY (7.2 miles ), Benton, KY (7.4 miles ), Fairdealing, KY (8.0 miles ), Shiloh, KY (10.6 miles ), Murray, KY (10.7 miles ), Southwest Lyon, KY (15.1 miles) , Grand Rivers, KY (17.4 miles ), Farmington, KY (17.5 miles ).

Latitude: 36.76 N, Longitude: 88.30 W

Area code: 270

Population change in the 1990s: -252 (-30.9%).

Most common industries for males:

Construction (21%)
Truck transportation (8%)
Machinery (6%)
Chemicals (5%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
Finance and insurance (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Accommodation and food services (19%)
Health care (16%)
Educational services (15%)
Food and beverage stores (6%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
Finance and insurance (4%)
Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
Construction laborers (8%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
Carpenters (6%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)

Most common occupations for females

Cooks and food preparation workers (13%)
Cashiers (10%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
Health technologists and technicians (4%)

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Average climate in Hardin, Kentucky

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Hardin-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Kentucky state average. It is 67% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/3/1968, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 9.2 miles away from the Hardin city center killed 2 people and injured 30 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 3/4/1964, a category 4 tornado 10.6 miles away from the city center killed 3 people and injured 24 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Hospitals/medical centers near Hardin:

MARSHALL CO HOSP (about 7 miles; BENTON, KY)
MURRAY-CALLOWAY CO HOSP (about 10 miles; MURRAY, KY)
JACKSON PURCHASE MEDICAL CENTER (about 24 miles; MAYFIELD, KY)

Political contributions by individuals in Hardin, KY

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Hardin:

BARKLEY REGIONAL (about 38 miles; PADUCAH, KY; ID: PAH)
CAMPBELL AAF (about 57 miles; FORT CAMPBELL/HOPKINSVILLE, KY; ID: HOP)
WILLIAMSON COUNTY REGIONAL (about 84 miles; MARION, IL; ID: MWA)

Other public-use airports nearest to Hardin:

KYLE-OAKLEY FIELD (about 10 miles; MURRAY, KY; ID: CEY)
KENTUCKY DAM STATE PARK (about 17 miles; GILBERTSVILLE, KY; ID: M34)
MAYFIELD GRAVES COUNTY (about 20 miles; MAYFIELD, KY; ID: M25)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Hardin:

MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 10 miles; MURRAY, KY; Full-time enrollment: 7,676)
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE-MARTIN (about 45 miles; MARTIN, TN; FT enrollment: 5,131)
AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 68 miles; CLARKSVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 5,744)
JOHN A LOGAN COLLEGE (about 80 miles; CARTERVILLE, IL; FT enrollment: 4,255)
UNION UNIVERSITY (about 82 miles; JACKSON, TN; FT enrollment: 2,144)
JACKSON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 88 miles; JACKSON, TN; FT enrollment: 2,534)
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY-CARBONDALE (about 90 miles; CARBONDALE, IL; FT enrollment: 19,742)

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

Hotel: Early American Motel (Us Highway 68 East).

Drinking water stations with addresses in Hardin and their reported violations in the past:

HARDIN WATER DEPARTMENT (Population served: 1696, Purch_groundwater):

Past health violations:

MCL, Single Sample - Between JUL-1995 and JUN-1998, Contaminant: Asbestos. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (NOV-25-1998), St Violation/Reminder Notice (NOV-25-1998), St Compliance achieved (DEC-09-1998), St Public Notif received (DEC-09-1998)

Past monitoring violations:

CCR INADEQUATE REPORTING - Between NOV-2005 and DEC-2025, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (NOV-01-2005)

CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2000 and JUL-05-2000, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (JUL-05-2000), St Violation/Reminder Notice (DEC-15-2000)

One minor monitoring violation

10 regular monitoring violations

Average household size:

This city:	2.2 people
Kentucky:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This city:	60.7%
Whole state:	69.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This city:	3.1%
Whole state:	4.5%

No gay or lesbian households reported

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This city:	24.6%
Whole state:	15.8%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This city:	14.7%
Whole state:	6.6%

Hardin compared to Kentucky state average:

Median household income significantly below state average.
Median house value significantly below state average.
Unemployed percentage 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.
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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School Enrollment by Level of School

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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Other and Unallocable	1	$2,312	$27,744	0	$0
Sewerage	1	$2,312	$27,744	0	$0
Other Government Administration	0	$0		2	$2,967
Water Supply	1	$2,312	$27,744	0	$0
Totals for Government	3	$6,936	$27,744	2	$2,967

Hardin government finances in 2002:

Charges - Sewerage: $35,000
Construction - Regular Highways: $10,000
Central Staff Services: $3,000
Current Operations - Gas Utilities: $328,000
Central Staff Services: $167,000

Water Utilities: $145,000

Sewerage: $41,000

Police Protection: $7,000

Regular Highways: $2,000
Gas Utilities - Interest on Debt: $4,000
General - Interest on Debt: $6,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Gas Utilities: $71,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $96,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $90,000
Gas Utilities: $55,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Gas Utilities: $16,000
Other, NEC: $6,000
Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $17,000
Other Capital Outlay - Water Utilities: $50,000
Gas Utilities: $7,000

Sewerage: $2,000

Central Staff: $1,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $525,000
Revenue - Gas Utilities: $420,000
Water Utilities: $183,000
Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $26,000
State Intergovernmental - Highways: $9,000
All Other: $1,000
Tax - Property: $19,000
Public Utilities: $4,000

NEC: $1,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $135,000
Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $0

6.85% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($37,113 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.85%
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 McCracken County, KY	1.39% ($34,122 average AGI)
from Calloway County, KY	0.66% ($26,095)
from Graves County, KY	0.46% ($29,154)

6.01% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,465 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.01%
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 McCracken County, KY	1.46% ($34,068 average AGI)
to Calloway County, KY	0.86% ($25,179)
to Graves County, KY	0.47% ($34,288)

Strongest AM radio stations in Hardin:

WCBL (1290 AM; 5 kW; BENTON, KY; Owner: JIM W. FREELAND)
WRKY (1130 AM; 3 kW; MURRAY, KY; Owner: FOREVER COMMUNICATIONS INC)
WNBS (1340 AM; 1 kW; MURRAY, KY; Owner: FOREVER COMMUNICATIONS INC)
WPAD (1560 AM; 10 kW; PADUCAH, KY; Owner: BRISTOL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
WSM (650 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY)
WMUF (1000 AM; daytime; 5 kW; PARIS, TN; Owner: BENTON-WEATHERFORD B/CTING OF TN,INC)
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.)
WCRV (640 AM; 50 kW; COLLIERVILLE, TN; Owner: BOTT BROADCASTING COMPANY/TENNESSEE)
WLAC (1510 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WKYX (570 AM; 1 kW; PADUCAH, KY; Owner: BRISTOL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
WGSF (1030 AM; 50 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: FLINN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)

Strongest FM radio stations in Hardin:

WTRT (88.1 FM; BENTON, KY; Owner: HEARTLAND MINISTRIES, INC.)
WVHM (90.5 FM; BENTON, KY; Owner: HEARTLAND MINISTRIES, INC.)
WAAJ (89.7 FM; BENTON, KY; Owner: HEARTLAND MINISTRIES, INC.)
WKMS-FM (91.3 FM; MURRAY, KY; Owner: MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY)
WCBL-FM (99.1 FM; BENTON, KY; Owner: JIM W. FREELAND)
WFGE (103.7 FM; MURRAY, KY; Owner: FOREVER COMMUNICATIONS INC)
WKYQ (93.3 FM; PADUCAH, KY; Owner: BRISTOL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
WVVR (100.3 FM; HOPKINSVILLE, KY; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF TUCKESSEE, LLC)
WCCK (95.7 FM; CALVERT CITY, KY; Owner: JIM W. FREELAND DBA FREELAND BROADCASTING)
WDDJ (96.9 FM; PADUCAH, KY; Owner: BRISTOL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
WLLE (94.7 FM; MAYFIELD, KY; Owner: FOREVER COMMUNICATIONS KY, LLC)
WRIK-FM (98.3 FM; METROPOLIS, IL; Owner: SUN MEDIA, INC.)
WITB-LP (107.1 FM; BENTON, KY; Owner: BENTON CHURCH OF CHRIST, INC)

TV broadcast stations around Hardin:

WKMU (Channel 21; MURRAY, KY; Owner: KENTUCKY AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
WQTV-LP (Channel 24; MURRAY, KY; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
WDKA (Channel 49; PADUCAH, KY; Owner: WDKA ACQUISITION CORPORATION)
WPSD-TV (Channel 6; PADUCAH, KY; Owner: WPSD-TV, LLC)

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