Breathitt County, Kentucky (KY)
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 2,884
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 4,721
Renter-occupied apartments: 1,255 (it was 1,449 in 2000)
% of renters here: | 23% |
State: | 31% |
Land area: 495 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population density: 26 people per square mile (low).
Industries providing employment: Educational, health and social services (36.7%), Retail trade (10.9%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 65%
- Government: 29%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 6%
- Unpaid family work: 0%
- OSM Map
- General Map
- Google Map
- MSN Map
- 12,53296.5%White Non-Hispanic Alone
- 1721.3%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
- 1261.0%Hispanic or Latino
- 810.6%Two or more races
- 470.4%Asian alone
- 250.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
Median resident age: | 42.5 years |
Kentucky median age: | 39.2 years |
Males: 6,536 | ![]() |
Females: 6,495 | ![]() |

![]() | Eastern Kentucky (260 replies) |
![]() | Thinking about leaving Kentucky? Already left? Fill this out! (58 replies) |
![]() | Does KY have a signature food? (133 replies) |
![]() | Kentucky and dry counties (63 replies) |
![]() | Need info on the Winchester/Stanton and surrounding areas (13 replies) |
![]() | want to start a horse facility (20 replies) |
Breathitt County: | 2.0 people |
Kentucky: | 2 people |
Estimated median household income in 2019: $28,266 ($19,155 in 1999)
This county: | $28,266 |
Kentucky: | $52,295 |
Median contract rent in 2019 for apartments: $330 (lower quartile is $216, upper quartile is $432)
This county: | $330 |
State: | $618 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2019: $58,098 (it was $32,000 in 2000)
Breathitt: | $58,098 |
Kentucky: | $151,700 |
Mean price in 2019:
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $923Detached houses: $105,174
Here: $105,174 State: $202,714 Townhouses or other attached units: $224,213
Here: $224,213 State: $210,849 In 2-unit structures: $98,245
Here: $98,245 State: $192,751 Mobile homes: $52,926
Here: $52,926 State: $65,175
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $282
Institutionalized population: 154
Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 0
- Rapes: 0
- Robberies: 0
- Assaults: 0
- Burglaries: 1
- Thefts: 3
- Auto thefts: 1
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 1997: 0 buildings
- 1998: 0 buildings
- 1999: 0 buildings
- 2000: 0 buildings
- 2001: 0 buildings
- 2002: 0 buildings
- 2003: 0 buildings
- 2004: 0 buildings
- 2005: 2 buildings, average cost: $127,500
- 2006: 1 building, cost: $150,000
- 2007: 2 buildings, average cost: $150,000
- 2008: 0 buildings
- 2009: 0 buildings
- 2010: 1 building, cost: $168,000
- 2011: 1 building, cost: $170,000
- 2012: 0 buildings
- 2013: 1 building, cost: $185,000
- 2014: 1 building, cost: $146,000
- 2015: 1 building, cost: $90,000
- 2016: 0 buildings
- 2017: 0 buildings
- 2018: 0 buildings
- 2019: 1 building, cost: $204,900
Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $862 (1.0%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $387 (0.8%)
Breathitt County: | 32.3% |
Kentucky: | 16.3% |
Median age of residents in 2019: 42.5 years old
(Males: 41.1 years old, Females: 43.9 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 43.1 years old, Black residents: 21.1 years old, American Indian residents: 74.3 years old, Asian residents: 17.3 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 19.5 years old, Other race residents: 45.2 years old)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Breathitt County is $374 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $429 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $533 a month.
Cities in this county include: Oakdale, Jackson, Hardshell, Haddix, Canoe, Taulbee, Rousseau.
Neighboring counties: Alamosa County, Colorado , Boyle County
, Hopkins County
, Knott County
, Perry County, Missouri
.
Here: | 7.8% |
Kentucky: | 5.1% |
Current college students: 677
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 76.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 15.7%
Number of foreign born residents: 76 (68.3% naturalized citizens)
Breathitt County: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 4.4% |
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population
- 02010 or later
- 582000 to 2009
- 01990 to 1999
- 141980 to 1989
- 61970 to 1979
- 7Before 1970
Mean travel time to work (commute): 33.6 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 66.7%
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,369
- One, attached: 41
- Two: 85
- 3 or 4: 143
- 5 to 9: 195
- 10 to 19: 33
- 20 or more: 4
- Mobile homes: 2,444
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 16
Housing units in Breathitt County with a mortgage: 1,136 (11 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,721
Here: | 33.3% with mortgage |
State: | 56.9% with mortgage |
Religion statistics for Breathitt County
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Evangelical Protestant | 1,563 | 20 |
Mainline Protestant | 448 | 6 |
Catholic | 35 | 1 |
Other | 3 | 1 |
None | 11,829 | - |
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Breathitt County: | 2.55 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 2.19 / 10,000 pop. |
Breathitt County: | 5.10 / 10,000 pop. |
Kentucky: | 4.36 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 3.19 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 5.74 / 10,000 pop. |
Breathitt County: | 14.2% |
Kentucky: | 11.0% |
Breathitt County: | 35.5% |
State: | 30.0% |
Here: | 18.6% |
State: | 15.9% |
Agriculture in Breathitt County:
Average size of farms: 245 acresAverage value of agricultural products sold per farm: $6,425
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $520.53
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.00%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 27.97%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $5,492
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 3.63%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 1.35%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $20,994
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 92.34%
Average age of principal farm operators: 53 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 2.17
Corn for grain: 235 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 12 harvested acres
Vegetables: 6 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 8 acres
Earthquake activity:
Breathitt County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Kentucky state average. It is 44% greater 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 57.2 miles away from Breathitt County center
On 8/9/2020 at 12:07:37, a magnitude 5.1 (5.1 MW, Depth: 4.7 mi) earthquake occurred 144.0 miles away from the 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 51.7 miles away from the county center
On 8/23/2011 at 17:51:04, a magnitude 5.8 (5.8 MW, Depth: 3.7 mi) earthquake occurred 297.1 miles away from the county center
On 4/18/2008 at 09:36:59, a magnitude 5.4 (5.1 MB, 4.8 MS, 5.4 MW, 5.2 MW) earthquake occurred 255.6 miles away from Breathitt County center
On 11/30/1973 at 07:48:41, a magnitude 4.7 (4.7 MB, 4.6 ML) earthquake occurred 124.2 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Most recent natural disasters:
- 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 Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: July 11, 2015 to July 20, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4239: August 12, 2015, FEMA Id: 4239, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood, Wind
- Kentucky Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: April 02, 2015 to April 17, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4217: May 01, 2015, FEMA Id: 4217, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, 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 Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: April 12, 2011 to May 20, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1976: May 04, 2011, FEMA Id: 1976, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
- Kentucky Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, and Mudslides, Incident Period: May 03, 2009 to May 20, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1841: May 29, 2009, FEMA Id: 1841, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Mudslide, Flood
- Kentucky Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: January 27, 2009 to February 05, 2009, Emergency Declared EM-3302: January 28, 2009, FEMA Id: 3302, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
- 25 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.
The number of natural disasters in Breathitt County (35) is a lot greater than the US average (15).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 28
Emergencies Declared: 3
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 25, Storms: 22, Tornadoes: 12, Mudslides: 7, Winter Storms: 6, Landslides: 5, Winds: 3, Snows: 2, Blizzard: 1, Fire: 1, Freeze: 1, Heavy Rain: 1, Hurricane: 1, Snowfall: 1, Snowstorm: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,322 (80.7%)
- Carpooled: 304 (10.6%)
- Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 60 (2.1%)
- Bicycle: 15 (0.5%)
- Walked: 124 (4.3%)
- Worked at home: 53 (1.8%)
- Health care and social assistance (27%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Retail trade (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Other services, except public administration (3%)
- Health care and social assistance (29%)
- Educational services (23%)
- Retail trade (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Other services, except public administration (4%)
- Construction and extraction occupations (18%)
- Production occupations (9%)
- Transportation occupations (8%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (7%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Sales and related occupations (6%)
- Sales and related occupations (15%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (15%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (14%)
- Management occupations (10%)
- Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (10%)
- Food preparation and serving related occupations (7%)
- Community and social service occupations (6%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (35%)
- India (28%)
- Serbia (15%)
- Iraq (7%)
- Asia,n.e.c. (6%)
- Canada (6%)
- Norway (0%)
- American (64%)
- English (6%)
- Irish (4%)
- European (2%)
- German (2%)
- Scottish (1%)
- British (1%)
People in group quarters in Breathitt County, Kentucky in 2000:
- 157 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 121 people in nursing homes
- 65 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 16 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 12 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 11 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 8 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 8 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 2 people in other nonhousehold living situations
People in group quarters in Breathitt County, Kentucky in 2010:
- 94 people in workers' group living quarters and job corps centers
- 83 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
- 71 people in correctional facilities intended for juveniles
- 59 people in college/university student housing
- 15 people in other noninstitutional facilities
2.88% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($24,736 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 2.88% |
Kentucky average: | 6.45% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.88% relocated from other counties in Kentucky ($24,736 average AGI)
0.84% relocated from other states ($12,085 average AGI)
Breathitt County: 0.84% Kentucky average: 2.65%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2010 and 2011:
from Perry County, KY | ![]() |
3.63% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($33,185 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 3.63% |
Kentucky average: | 6.57% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.63% relocated to other counties in Kentucky ($33,185 average AGI)
1.05% relocated to other states ($14,081 average AGI)
Breathitt County: 1.05% Kentucky average: 2.75%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2010 and 2011:
to Perry County, KY | ![]() |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.5
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 14.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 11.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 8.7
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 3.2%
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 3,095 (1,755 aged, 1,340 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 441 (13%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Breathitt County, Kentucky in 1999 - 2019:
- Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (619)
- Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (314)
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified (259)
- Congestive heart failure (76)
- Atherosclerotic heart disease (46)
- Malignant neoplasm without specification of site (28)
- Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, so described (27)
- Cardiac arrest, unspecified (10)
- Pneumonia, unspecified (10)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 20%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 22,489
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 345
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 93,286
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,172
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,159
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 19
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 56
Crimes per 100,000 population in 1996: 1
Household type by relationship:
Households: 13,031- Male householders: 2,591 (846 living alone), Female householders: 2,810 (794 living alone)
2,535 spouses (2,535 opposite-sex spouses), 245 unmarried partners, (245 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 2,878 children (2,662 natural, 86 adopted, 125 stepchildren), 611 grandchildren, 184 brothers or sisters, 204 parents, 0 foster children, 331 other relatives, 301 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 363
Size of family households: 1,861 2-persons, 795 3-persons, 562 4-persons, 242 5-persons, 47 6-persons, 53 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 1,637 1-person, 139 2-persons, 17 3-persons, 17 4-persons, 12 5-persons.
1,269 married couples with children.
652 single-parent households (220 men, 432 women).
98.8% of residents of Breathitt speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 34% 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 (100% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $134,011,000 ($8,409 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,207,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $48,414,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $23,238,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $444,000
Federal grants: $57,482,000
Federal procurement contracts: $397,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $4,037,000 ($608,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $710,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $243,000
Federal Government insurance: $6,444,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 934Here: | 59 per 1000 residents |
State: | 69 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 958
Here: | 60 per 1000 residents |
State: | 50 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +14
Here: | +1 per 1000 residents |
State: | +7 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -112
Here: | ![]() ![]() |
State: | ![]() ![]() |
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.63 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)
Here: | 5.8 |
State: | 6.4 |
Here: | 4.7 |
State: | 4.4 |
- Year house built in Breathitt County, Kentucky
- 4722014 or later
- 1512010 to 2013
- 8192000 to 2009
- 1,3201990 to 1999
- 1,3311980 to 1989
- 9231970 to 1979
- 5791960 to 1969
- 3771950 to 1959
- 3001940 to 1949
- 2371939 or earlier
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Breathitt County, Kentucky
- 371 room
- 182 rooms
- 453 rooms
- 6504 rooms
- 9705 rooms
- 7586 rooms
- 6257 rooms
- 3338 rooms
- 3729+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Breathitt County, Kentucky
- 531 room
- 572 rooms
- 963 rooms
- 4624 rooms
- 4745 rooms
- 2396 rooms
- 1337 rooms
- 348 rooms
- 149+ rooms
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Breathitt County, Kentucky
- 32no bedroom
- 781 bedroom
- 1,0052 bedrooms
- 2,0103 bedrooms
- 5434 bedrooms
- 1505+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Breathitt County, Kentucky
- 57no bedroom
- 1581 bedroom
- 6712 bedrooms
- 5913 bedrooms
- 494 bedrooms
- 385+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Breathitt County in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 418no vehicle
- 1,1261 vehicle
- 1,3242 vehicles
- 6513 vehicles
- 1784 vehicles
- 1245+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Breathitt County in renter-occupied apartments
- 423no vehicle
- 7611 vehicle
- 2532 vehicles
- 1243 vehicles
- 114 vehicles
- 05+ vehicles
88.9% of Breathitt County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Kentucky.
Breathitt County: | 88.9% |
State average: | 84.9% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 10,950
- Other state: 1,878
- Northeast: 136
- Midwest: 1,213
- South: 404
- West: 122
- 60.1%Electricity
- 13.1%Utility gas
- 9.1%Wood
- 7.5%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 7.4%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 2.3%Coal or coke
- 0.2%No fuel used
- 0.1%Other fuel
- 53.1%Electricity
- 14.6%Utility gas
- 13.3%Wood
- 11.9%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 4.6%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 1.5%Coal or coke
- 1.0%Solar energy
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Here: | 7.5% |
Kentucky: | 11.7% |
Here: | 19.5% |
Kentucky: | 13.0% |
Here: | 19.8% |
Kentucky: | 17.7% |
Breathitt County government finances - Expenditure in 2018:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $965,000
- Charges - Hospital Public: $1,977,000
Solid Waste Management: $104,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $694,000
General - Other: $7,000
- Current Operations - Health - Other: $3,461,000
General - Other: $1,159,000
Regular Highways: $1,133,000
Central Staff Services: $660,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $272,000
Solid Waste Management: $230,000
Correctional Institutions: $206,000
Water Utilities: $186,000
General Public Buildings: $131,000
Financial Administration: $127,000
Police Protection: $80,000
Local Fire Protection: $51,000
Parks and Recreation: $8,000
Air Transportation: $7,000
Natural Resources - Other: $4,000
Hospitals: $2,000
Public Welfare - Other: $1,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $453,000
Other: $339,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $52,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Correctional Institutions: $389,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $465,000
Other: $2,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $4,481,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $3,989,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $492,000
- Miscellaneous - Rents: $387,000
General Revenue - Other: $220,000
Sale of Property: $159,000
Interest Earnings: $3,000
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $292,000
Central Staff Services: $50,000
Water Utilities: $45,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $875,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $111,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $1,522,000
Other: $1,521,000
Health and Hospitals: $576,000
General Local Government Support: $2,000
- Tax - Individual Income: $1,033,000
Property: $553,000
Public Utilities Sales: $154,000
Alcoholic Beverage License: $14,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $7,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $1,589,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $128,000
Breathitt County government finances - Revenue in 2018:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $965,000
- Charges - Hospital Public: $1,977,000
Solid Waste Management: $104,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $694,000
General - Other: $7,000
- Current Operations - Health - Other: $3,461,000
General - Other: $1,159,000
Regular Highways: $1,133,000
Central Staff Services: $660,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $272,000
Solid Waste Management: $230,000
Correctional Institutions: $206,000
Water Utilities: $186,000
General Public Buildings: $131,000
Financial Administration: $127,000
Police Protection: $80,000
Local Fire Protection: $51,000
Parks and Recreation: $8,000
Air Transportation: $7,000
Natural Resources - Other: $4,000
Hospitals: $2,000
Public Welfare - Other: $1,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $453,000
Other: $339,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $52,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Correctional Institutions: $389,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $465,000
Other: $2,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $4,481,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $3,989,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $492,000
- Miscellaneous - Rents: $387,000
General Revenue - Other: $220,000
Sale of Property: $159,000
Interest Earnings: $3,000
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $292,000
Central Staff Services: $50,000
Water Utilities: $45,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $875,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $111,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $1,522,000
Other: $1,521,000
Health and Hospitals: $576,000
General Local Government Support: $2,000
- Tax - Individual Income: $1,033,000
Property: $553,000
Public Utilities Sales: $154,000
Alcoholic Beverage License: $14,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $7,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $1,589,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $128,000
Breathitt County government finances - Debt in 2018:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $965,000
- Charges - Hospital Public: $1,977,000
Solid Waste Management: $104,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $694,000
General - Other: $7,000
- Current Operations - Health - Other: $3,461,000
General - Other: $1,159,000
Regular Highways: $1,133,000
Central Staff Services: $660,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $272,000
Solid Waste Management: $230,000
Correctional Institutions: $206,000
Water Utilities: $186,000
General Public Buildings: $131,000
Financial Administration: $127,000
Police Protection: $80,000
Local Fire Protection: $51,000
Parks and Recreation: $8,000
Air Transportation: $7,000
Natural Resources - Other: $4,000
Hospitals: $2,000
Public Welfare - Other: $1,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $453,000
Other: $339,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $52,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Correctional Institutions: $389,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $465,000
Other: $2,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $4,481,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $3,989,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $492,000
- Miscellaneous - Rents: $387,000
General Revenue - Other: $220,000
Sale of Property: $159,000
Interest Earnings: $3,000
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $292,000
Central Staff Services: $50,000
Water Utilities: $45,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $875,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $111,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $1,522,000
Other: $1,521,000
Health and Hospitals: $576,000
General Local Government Support: $2,000
- Tax - Individual Income: $1,033,000
Property: $553,000
Public Utilities Sales: $154,000
Alcoholic Beverage License: $14,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $7,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $1,589,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $128,000
Breathitt County government finances - Cash and Securities in 2018:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $965,000
- Charges - Hospital Public: $1,977,000
Solid Waste Management: $104,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $694,000
General - Other: $7,000
- Current Operations - Health - Other: $3,461,000
General - Other: $1,159,000
Regular Highways: $1,133,000
Central Staff Services: $660,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $272,000
Solid Waste Management: $230,000
Correctional Institutions: $206,000
Water Utilities: $186,000
General Public Buildings: $131,000
Financial Administration: $127,000
Police Protection: $80,000
Local Fire Protection: $51,000
Parks and Recreation: $8,000
Air Transportation: $7,000
Natural Resources - Other: $4,000
Hospitals: $2,000
Public Welfare - Other: $1,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $453,000
Other: $339,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $52,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Correctional Institutions: $389,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $465,000
Other: $2,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $4,481,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $3,989,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $492,000
- Miscellaneous - Rents: $387,000
General Revenue - Other: $220,000
Sale of Property: $159,000
Interest Earnings: $3,000
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $292,000
Central Staff Services: $50,000
Water Utilities: $45,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $875,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $111,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $1,522,000
Other: $1,521,000
Health and Hospitals: $576,000
General Local Government Support: $2,000
- Tax - Individual Income: $1,033,000
Property: $553,000
Public Utilities Sales: $154,000
Alcoholic Beverage License: $14,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $7,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $1,589,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $128,000
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:
- Total number of recipients: 2,339
- Number of aged recipients: 94
- Number of blind and disabled recipients: 2,245
- Number of recipients under 18: 258
- Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,693
- Number of recipients older than 64: 388
- Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 660
- Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,109
Most common first names in Breathitt County, KY among deceased individuals | ||
Name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
James | 76 | 70.3 years |
John | 59 | 69.3 years |
Mary | 55 | 74.1 years |
William | 40 | 68.9 years |
Robert | 33 | 69.1 years |
George | 31 | 70.6 years |
Charles | 29 | 65.5 years |
Martha | 26 | 84.1 years |
Carl | 22 | 66.3 years |
Henry | 21 | 75.3 years |
Most common last names in Breathitt County, KY among deceased individuals | ||
Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
Turner | 102 | 74.0 years |
Combs | 90 | 69.5 years |
Gross | 87 | 73.9 years |
Mcintosh | 69 | 71.8 years |
Spicer | 66 | 71.6 years |
Fugate | 58 | 69.7 years |
Spencer | 57 | 70.1 years |
Miller | 51 | 73.4 years |
Noble | 50 | 71.0 years |
Deaton | 50 | 75.1 years |
Businesses in Breathitt County, KY | ||||
Name | Count | Name | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|
AT&T | 1 | RadioShack | 1 | |
Advance Auto Parts | 1 | Rite Aid | 1 | |
H&R Block | 1 | Sears | 1 | |
Hardee's | 1 | Subway | 1 | |
KFC | 1 | True Value | 1 | |
Little Caesars Pizza | 1 | U-Haul | 1 | |
McDonald's | 1 | UPS | 1 | |
Nike | 1 | Walmart | 1 | |
Pizza Hut | 1 | Wendy's | 1 |
Breathitt County on our top lists:
- #22 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000"
- #32 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000"
- #36 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011"