Boyd County, Kentucky (KY)

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% of renters here:	27%
State:	29%

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Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (21.5%), Retail trade (13.7%), Manufacturing (12.2%).

Type of workers:

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Races in Boyd County, Kentucky:

Median resident age:	39.7 years
Kentucky median age:	35.9 years

Males: 24,363	(49.0%)
Females: 25,389	(51.0%)

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Boyd County:	2.4 people
Kentucky:	2.5 people

This county:	$39,163
Kentucky:	$40,267

This county:	$385
State:	$446

Boyd County:	$93,589
Kentucky:	$114,300

Detached houses: $124,232

Here:	$124,232
State:	$160,589

Townhouses or other attached units: $80,609

Here:	$80,609
State:	$163,962

In 2-unit structures: $97,094

Here:	$97,094
State:	$137,715

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $127,017

Here:	$127,017
State:	$141,483

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $145,566

Here:	$145,566
State:	$124,940

Mobile homes: $27,619

Here:	$27,619
State:	$33,636

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $65,000

Here:	$65,000
State:	$47,392

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 4
• Robberies: 4
• Assaults: 9
• Burglaries: 64
• Thefts: 125
• Auto thefts: 35

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 9
• Assaults: 8
• Burglaries: 53
• Thefts: 105
• Auto thefts: 29

This county:	15.5%
Whole state:	15.8%

This county:	6.2%
Whole state:	6.6%

Area name: Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Boyd County is $419 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $503 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $620 a month.

Cities in this county include: Ashland, Westwood, Catlettsburg, Ashland Rural, Cannonsburg.

2005 air pollution in Boyd County:

Nitrogen Dioxide: 0.011 ppm (standard limit: 0.053 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.096 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.082 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual: 33 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) 24-hour (standard limit: 150 µg/m³): 72 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual (standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³): 16.0 µg/m³. Above U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) 24-hour (standard limit: 35 µg/m³): 36 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides Annual: 0.006 ppm (standard limit: 0.03 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides 24-hour: 0.023 ppm (standard limit: 0.14 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Carter County , Lawrence County, Ohio , Greenup County , Wayne County, West Virginia , Lawrence County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits: Notable location: Rush Station (A). Display/hide its location on the map Churches in Boyd County include: Gehringer Church (A), Twin Fork Church (B), Trinity Church (C), Straight Creek Church (D), Wayside Church (E), Grassland Church (F), White Creek Church (G), Liberty Church (H), Laurel Gap Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map Cemeteries: Thacker Cemetery (1), Clybur Cemetery (2), Golden Oaks Memorial Gardens (3), Lockwood Cemetery (4), Cyrus Cemetery (5), Blacks Cemetery (6), Kirby Flats Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map Reservoirs: Grandview Lake (A), Mary Carol Lake (B), Bonita Lake (C), Arrowhead Lake (D). Display/hide their locations on the map Streams, rivers, and creeks: Muddy Branch (A), Music Branch (B), Big Run (C), Bloomer Branch (D), Brooks Creek (E), Brush Creek (F), Buena Vista Branch (G), Paddle Creek (H), Campbell Run (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Here:	8.8%
Kentucky:	10.5%

Current college students: 2,318
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 78.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 14.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 572 (24% naturalized citizens)

Boyd County:	1.1%
Whole state:	2.0%

Mean travel time to work: 20.6 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 72.3%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 16,358
• One, attached: 246
• Two: 563
• 3 or 4: 598
• 5 to 9: 682
• 10 to 19: 509
• 20 or more: 617
• Mobile homes: 2,381
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 22

Housing units in Boyd County with a mortgage: 7,090 (530 second mortgage, 765 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4,830

Here:	59.5% with mortgage
State:	64.7% with mortgage

Boyd County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly above Kentucky state average. It is 3.3 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 3 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 4/8/1965, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado injured 3 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Boyd County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below Kentucky state average. It is 92% 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 71.0 miles away from Boyd County 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 68.7 miles away from the county center
On 11/2/2006 at 17:53:02, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 94.0 miles away from the county center
On 11/23/2006 at 10:42:57, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, 4.3 LG) earthquake occurred 95.5 miles away from Boyd County 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 94.1 miles away from the county 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 98.2 miles away from Boyd County center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), surface-wave magnitude (MS)

Means of transportation to work Drove a car alone: 16,228 (85%) Carpooled: 1,998 (10%) Bus or trolley bus: 36 (0%) Streetcar or trolley car: 6 (0%) Taxi: 23 (0%) Motorcycle: 24 (0%) Bicycle: 8 (0%) Walked: 315 (2%) Other means: 126 (1%) Worked at home: 342 (2%)

5.69% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($34,338 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.69%
Kentucky average:	6.98%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.70% relocated from other counties in Kentucky ($15,780 average AGI)
2.99% relocated from other states ($18,558 average AGI)

Boyd County:	2.99%
Kentucky average:	2.94%

from Greenup County, KY	1.38% ($32,442 average AGI)
from Lawrence County, OH	0.55% ($24,774)
from Carter County, KY	0.32% ($27,358)
from Cabell County, WV	0.30% ($24,540)
from Lawrence County, KY	0.23% ($47,308)
from Wayne County, WV	0.21% ($35,472)
from Fayette County, KY	0.16% ($42,444)

5.58% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($41,743 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.58%
Kentucky average:	6.74%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.89% relocated to other counties in Kentucky ($21,913 average AGI)
2.69% relocated to other states ($19,829 average AGI)

Boyd County:	2.69%
Kentucky average:	2.76%

to Greenup County, KY	1.25% ($34,676 average AGI)
to Lawrence County, OH	0.45% ($26,520)
to Carter County, KY	0.37% ($31,129)
to Fayette County, KY	0.32% ($102,407)
to Cabell County, WV	0.17% ($23,517)
to Wayne County, WV	0.13% ($20,682)
to Lawrence County, KY	0.11% ($20,278)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.7

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 12.2

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 8.6

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 10,403 (8,124 aged, 2,279 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%

Household type by relationship

• In family households: 41,210 (11,237 male householders, 3,030 female householders)

  11,263 spouses, 13,396 children (12,155 natural, 445 adopted, 796 stepchildren), 696 grandchildren, 274 brothers or sisters, 252 parents, 526 other relatives, 536 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 6,473 (2,214 male householders (1,914 living alone)), 3,596 female householders (3,382 living alone)), 663 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 2,069 (1,762 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 6,934 2-persons, 3,515 3-persons, 2,628 4-persons, 909 5-persons, 185 6-persons, 96 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 5,296 1-person, 406 2-persons, 74 3-persons, 31 4-persons, 3 5-persons.

97.1% of residents of Boyd County speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (49% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $383,050,000 ($7701 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $11,913,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $175,788,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $86,705,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $803,000
Federal grants: $69,265,000
Federal procurement contracts: $16,385,000 ($4,743,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $34,103,000 ($3,135,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $420,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $9,792,000
Federal Government insurance: $24,661,000

Here:	62 per 1000 residents
State:	69 per 1000 residents

Here:	63 per 1000 residents
State:	50 per 1000 residents

Here:	+2 per 1000 residents
State:	+7 per 1000 residents

Here:	-2 per 1000 residents
State:	+8 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 7.69 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

Here:	6.2
State:	5.9

Here:	4.4
State:	4.3

59% of Boyd County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 41% lived in Kentucky.

Boyd County:	59.4%
State average:	56.6%

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

• This state: 34031
• Northeast: 1022
• Midwest: 5679
• South: 7465
• West: 728

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000

Here:	6.9%
Kentucky:	11.9%

Here:	8.4%
Kentucky:	10.6%

Here:	9.0%
Kentucky:	18.1%

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