Bell County, Kentucky (KY)

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• • 22,40792.1%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 9794.0%Two or more races
  • 4521.9%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3411.4%Hispanic or Latino
  • 600.2%Some other race alone
  • 540.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 250.1%Asian alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $148,633

Here:	$148,633
State:	$256,452

Townhouses or other attached units: $90,266

Here:	$90,266
State:	$264,090

In 2-unit structures: $102,201

Here:	$102,201
State:	$211,203

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $378,810

Here:	$378,810
State:	$169,074

Mobile homes: $61,459

Here:	$61,459
State:	$84,635

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 1
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 9
• Burglaries: 17
• Thefts: 29
• Auto thefts: 11

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 2
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 8
• Burglaries: 32
• Thefts: 42
• Auto thefts: 14

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $986 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $527 (0.8%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Bell County is $385 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $429 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $512 a month.

Cities in this county include: Middlesborough, Kentucky Ridge, Pineville, Tejay, Pruden-Fonde.

2023 air pollution in Bell County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.034 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 10.8 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Ballard County , Carlisle County , Franklin County, Virginia , Ozark County, Missouri , Wythe County, Virginia .

Current college students: 912
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 78.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 11.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 49 (88.3% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 202010 or later
• 02000 to 2009
• 71990 to 1999
• 391980 to 1989
• 101970 to 1979
• 27Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 88.1%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 7,415
• One, attached: 38
• Two: 237
• 3 or 4: 669
• 5 to 9: 510
• 10 to 19: 51
• 20 to 49: 24
• 50 or more: 252
• Mobile homes: 2,550

Housing units in Bell County with a mortgage: 1,901 (102 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 102 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 19

Religion statistics for Bell County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Bell County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Kentucky Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides, Incident Period: February 3, 2020 - February 29, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4540-KY: April 24, 2020, FEMA Id: 4540, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• Kentucky Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4497, Natural disaster type: Other
• Kentucky Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides, Incident Period: February 6, 2019 - March 10, 2019, FEMA Id: 4428, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood, Wind
• Kentucky Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides, Incident Period: February 9, 2018 - February 14, 2018, FEMA Id: 4358, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• Kentucky Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: March 03, 2015 to March 09, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4218: May 12, 2015, FEMA Id: 4218, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• Kentucky Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: June 19, 2011 to June 23, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4008: July 25, 2011, FEMA Id: 4008, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Kentucky Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3231: September 10, 2005, FEMA Id: 3231, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Kentucky Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, and Mudslides, Incident Period: May 26, 2004 to June 18, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1523: June 10, 2004, FEMA Id: 1523, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Mudslide, Flood
• Kentucky Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: March 17, 2002 to March 21, 2002, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1407: April 04, 2002, FEMA Id: 1407, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Kentucky Southeastern Fire Complex, Incident Period: November 02, 2001, Fire Management Assistance Declared: November 02, 2001, FEMA Id: 2385, Natural disaster type: Fire
• 11 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

5.75% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($26,847 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.44% relocated from other counties in Kentucky ($10,322 average AGI)
3.30% relocated from other states ($16,525 average AGI)

Bell County:	3.30%
Kentucky average:	2.87%

from Claiborne County, TN	1.15% ($29,905 average AGI)
from Knox County, KY	0.53% ($26,051)
from Harlan County, KY	0.47% ($31,588)

6.04% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($37,305 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.46% relocated to other counties in Kentucky ($15,751 average AGI)
3.58% relocated to other states ($21,554 average AGI)

Bell County:	3.58%
Kentucky average:	2.73%

to Claiborne County, TN	1.37% ($46,480 average AGI)
to Knox County, KY	0.52% ($45,342)
to Whitley County, KY	0.34% ($32,240)
to Harlan County, KY	0.29% ($27,238)
to Laurel County, KY	0.27% ($29,150)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.6
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.7

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 12.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 14.6

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 9.2

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Bell County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 20%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 4,246 (1,584 living alone), Female householders: 5,551 (1,420 living alone)

• 4,064 spouses (4,028 opposite-sex spouses), 472 unmarried partners, (431 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 6,138 children (5,737 natural, 189 adopted, 213 stepchildren), 891 grandchildren, 496 brothers or sisters, 298 parents, 9 foster children, 816 other relatives, 493 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 680

Size of family households: 3,406 2-persons, 1,405 3-persons, 971 4-persons, 428 5-persons, 149 6-persons, 72 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,003 1-person, 279 2-persons, 54 3-persons, 11 4-persons.

2,580 married couples with children.
1,169 single-parent households (224 men, 945 women).

99.6% of residents of Bell speak English at home.
0.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 52% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $78,074,000 ($2,631 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $3,060,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $99,946,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $53,394,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $816,000
Federal grants: $73,534,000
Federal procurement contracts: $-159,386,000 ($383,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $9,772,000 ($1,096,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $371,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $10,568,000
Federal Government insurance: $28,408,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-15 per 1000 residents
State:	+8 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.90 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

• Year house built in Bell County, Kentucky
• 252020 or later
• 4352010 to 2019
• 1,4132000 to 2009
• 1,4091990 to 1999
• 2,0831980 to 1989
• 2,3541970 to 1979
• 1,2851960 to 1969
• 1,1151950 to 1959
• 4821940 to 1949
• 8571939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Bell County, Kentucky

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Bell County, Kentucky
• 101 room
• 522 rooms
• 743 rooms
• 5754 rooms
• 1,6785 rooms
• 1,6646 rooms
• 9627 rooms
• 4508 rooms
• 7469+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Bell County, Kentucky
• 2411 room
• 722 rooms
• 3553 rooms
• 9944 rooms
• 7775 rooms
• 4136 rooms
• 1837 rooms
• 1028 rooms
• 3569+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Bell County, Kentucky

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Bell County, Kentucky
• 10no bedroom
• 1441 bedroom
• 1,6562 bedrooms
• 3,3873 bedrooms
• 8304 bedrooms
• 2025+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Bell County, Kentucky
• 265no bedroom
• 4001 bedroom
• 1,3682 bedrooms
• 9603 bedrooms
• 3534 bedrooms
• 1245+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Bell County, Kentucky in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Bell County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 219no vehicle
• 1,9871 vehicle
• 2,4062 vehicles
• 1,0653 vehicles
• 3994 vehicles
• 1635+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Bell County in renter-occupied apartments
• 492no vehicle
• 1,8721 vehicle
• 9512 vehicles
• 2033 vehicles
• 04 vehicles
• 235+ vehicles

88.5% of Bell County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Kentucky.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 18,596
• Other state: 5,579
• Northeast: 253
• Midwest: 2,282
• South: 2,649
• West: 371

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 3,343
• Number of aged recipients: 125
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 3,218
• Number of recipients under 18: 351
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 2,413
• Number of recipients older than 64: 579
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,052
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,578

Bell County on our top lists:

• #21 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000"
• #47 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000"