Long Fork, Kentucky

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Population in July 2007: 2,600.

Males: 1,287	(49.5%)
Females: 1,313	(50.5%)

Median resident age:	36.8 years
Kentucky median age:	35.9 years

Estimated median household income in 2007: $39,008 (it was $28,939 in 2000)

Long Fork:	$39,008
Kentucky:	$40,267

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $21,108

Long Fork:	$21,108
Kentucky:	$21,951

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $68,168 (it was $45,600 in 2000)

Long Fork:	$68,168
Kentucky:	$114,300

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Races in Long Fork:

White Non-Hispanic (99.8%)
Hispanic (0.8%)

2008 cost of living index in Long Fork: 76.0 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Land area: 36.8 square miles.

Population density: 71 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Long Fork

High school or higher: 53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.4%
Graduate or professional degree: 3.3%
Unemployed: 11.4%
Mean travel time to work: 33.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Long Fork CCD

Never married: 16.2%
Now married: 67.0%
Separated: 1.7%
Widowed: 8.1%
Divorced: 8.8%

21 residents are foreign born

This place:	0.8%
Kentucky:	2.0%

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

Long Fork:	0.9% ($427)
Kentucky:	0.8% ($610)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Johnson City, TN (68.7 miles , pop. 55,469).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Lexington-Fayette, KY (113.1 miles , pop. 260,512).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (412.8 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Dorton, KY (2.0 miles ), Wheelwright, KY (2.1 miles ), Wheelwright-Weeksbury, KY (2.2 miles ), Robinson Creek, KY (2.5 miles ), McRoberts, KY (2.6 miles ), Fleming-Neon, KY (2.9 miles ), Jenkins, KY (2.9 miles ), Beaver, KY (3.0 miles ).

Latitude: 37.31 N, Longitude: 82.64 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 606

Most common industries for males (%):

Mining (41%)
Truck transportation (10%)
Construction (6%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
Public administration (5%)
Repair and maintenance (4%)
Transportation equipment (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Educational services (18%)
Health care (16%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (13%)
Social assistance (8%)
Finance and insurance (8%)
Accommodation and food services (5%)
Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Extraction workers (13%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (11%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
Other protective service workers including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (8%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
Health technologists and technicians (6%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)

Long Fork-area historical tornado activity is significantly below Kentucky state average. It is 68% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/18/1995, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 17.2 miles away from the Long Fork place center caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 4/4/1974, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 50.8 miles away from the place center killed one person and injured 4 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Long Fork-area historical earthquake activity is above Kentucky state average. It is 67% 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 94.5 miles away from Long Fork 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 89.0 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 38.2 miles away from the city center
On 11/2/2006 at 17:53:02, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 40.5 miles away from Long Fork center
On 6/29/1996 at 19:30:42, a magnitude 4.1 (4.1 MB, 3.9 LG, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 39.0 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 31.6 miles away from Long Fork center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), surface-wave magnitude (MS)

Hospitals/medical centers near Long Fork:

JENKINS COMMUNITY HOSP (about 8 miles; JENKINS, KY)
MCDOWELL ARH HOSPITAL (about 11 miles; MC DOWELL, KY)
PIKEVILLE METHODIST HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; PIKEVILLE, KY)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Long Fork:

SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 49 miles; RICHLANDS, VA; Full-time enrollment: 2,412)
NORTHEAST STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 57 miles; BLOUNTVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 2,729)
MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY (about 75 miles; MOREHEAD, KY; FT enrollment: 6,866)
MARSHALL UNIVERSITY (about 79 miles; HUNTINGTON, WV; FT enrollment: 12,361)
BLUEFIELD STATE COLLEGE (about 79 miles; BLUEFIELD, WV; FT enrollment: 2,096)
EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 80 miles; JOHNSON CITY, TN; FT enrollment: 9,498)
WALTERS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 85 miles; MORRISTOWN, TN; FT enrollment: 3,893)

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Church in Long Fork: Enterprize Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Cemeteries: Amil Little Cemetery (1), Martin Cemetery (2), Fleming Memorial Gardens (3). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Nats Fork (A), Big Branch (B), Blackburn Branch (C), Newsom Branch (D), Bobs Branch (E), Box Fork (F), Buck Tackett Branch (G), Bucklick Fork (H), Orchard Branch (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Average household size:

This place:	2.6 people
Kentucky:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	68.4%
Whole state:	69.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	2.4%
Whole state:	4.5%

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

Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This place:	20.5%
Whole state:	15.8%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This place:	3.6%
Whole state:	6.6%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Long Fork, KY

Long Fork compared to Kentucky state average:

Median household income 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.
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

2004 Presidential Election results in Pike County Kentucky:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Electricity (62%) Utility gas (27%) Coal or coke (6%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%) Wood (1%)

Religion statistics for Long Fork

Adherents

Name	Southern Baptist Convention	Independent Free Will Baptists Associations	Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	United Methodist Church	National Association of Free Will Baptists
Adherents	41.0%	11.8%	10.0%	8.4%	8.2%
Congregations	13.5%	16.1%	8.4%	6.5%	8.4%

Name	Churches of Christ	Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Presbyterian Church (USA)	Catholic Church	Other religions
Adherents	7.3%	3.1%	2.8%	1.6%	5.9%
Congregations	16.1%	5.8%	3.9%	1.9%	19.4%

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.

4.28% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($31,415 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.28%
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 Floyd County, KY	0.51% ($32,198 average AGI)
from Mingo County, WV	0.45% ($28,877)
from Fayette County, KY	0.28% ($47,961)

4.38% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($81,141 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.38%
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 Floyd County, KY	0.64% ($47,635 average AGI)
to Fayette County, KY	0.36% ($43,969)
to Mingo County, WV	0.31% ($596,127)

Strongest AM radio stations in Long Fork:

WLSI (900 AM; 5 kW; PIKEVILLE, KY; Owner: EAST KENTUCKY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WEZC (1480 AM; daytime; 5 kW; NEON, KY; Owner: JESUS COMMUNICATION ILNC.)
WTCW (920 AM; 4 kW; WHITESBURG, KY; Owner: T.C.W. BROADCASTING , INC.)
WBPA (1460 AM; 5 kW; ELKHORN CITY, KY; Owner: EAST KENTUCKY BROADCASTING CORP)
WDIC (1430 AM; daytime; 5 kW; CLINCHCO, VA; Owner: DICKENSON COUNTY BROADCASTING CORP.)
WKVG (1000 AM; daytime; 1 kW; JENKINS, KY; Owner: MARTINS & ASSOCIATES, INC.)
WPRT (960 AM; 5 kW; PRESTONSBURG, KY; Owner: EAST KENTUCKY RADIO NETWORK, INC.)
WNVA (1350 AM; 5 kW; NORTON, VA; Owner: RADIO-WISE, INC.)
WKYH (600 AM; 5 kW; PAINTSVILLE, KY; Owner: HIGHLANDS BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WNRG (940 AM; 5 kW; GRUNDY, VA; Owner: VIRGINIA-KENTUCKY BROADCASTING CO., INC)
WDOC (1310 AM; 5 kW; PRESTONSBURG, KY)
WZAP (690 AM; 10 kW; BRISTOL, VA; Owner: RAM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WGOC (640 AM; 10 kW; BLOUNTVILLE, TN; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)

Strongest FM radio stations in Long Fork:

WZLK (107.5 FM; VIRGIE, KY; Owner: EAST KENTUCKY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WDXC (102.3 FM; POUND, VA; Owner: WDXC RADIO, INC.)
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.)
WMMT (88.7 FM; WHITESBURG, KY; Owner: APPALSHOP, INCORPORATED)
WPKE-FM (103.1 FM; COAL RUN, KY; Owner: EAST KENTUCKY BROADCASTING CORP.)
WDHR (93.1 FM; PIKEVILLE, KY; Owner: EAST KENTUCKY BROADCASTING CORP.)
WXLR (104.9 FM; HAROLD, KY; Owner: ADAM D GEARHEART)
WSEH (102.7 FM; CUMBERLAND, KY; Owner: CUMBERLAND CITY BROADCASTING, INC.)
WAXM (93.5 FM; BIG STONE GAP, VA; Owner: VALLEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
WWJD (91.7 FM; PIPPA PASSES, KY; Owner: ALICE LLOYD COLLEGE)
WJSO (90.1 FM; PIKEVILLE, KY; Owner: THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO)
WSGS (101.1 FM; HAZARD, KY; Owner: MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING SERVICE, INC.)
W251AI (98.1 FM; PIKEVILLE, KY; Owner: EAST KENTUCKY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WKCB-FM (107.1 FM; HINDMAN, KY; Owner: HINDMAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
W223AA (92.5 FM; BIG STONE GAP, VA; Owner: VALLEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
WZQQ (97.9 FM; HYDEN, KY; Owner: LESLIE COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC.)
WQHY (95.5 FM; PRESTONSBURG, KY; Owner: WDOC, INC.)
WJMD (104.7 FM; HAZARD, KY; Owner: HAZARD BROADCASTING SERVICES)
WDIC-FM (92.1 FM; CLINCHCO, VA; Owner: DICKENSON COUNTY BROADCASTING CORP.)

TV broadcast stations around Long Fork:

WYMT-TV (Channel 57; HAZARD, KY; Owner: WYMT LICENSEE CORP.)
W24BT (Channel 24; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
WKPI-TV (Channel 22; PIKEVILLE, KY; Owner: KENTUCKY AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
W26BK (Channel 26; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
W16BI (Channel 16; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
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)

National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 2
Total length: 2 meters (7ft)
Total average daily traffic: 250
Total future (year 2026) average daily traffic: 600

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