Letcher County, Kentucky (KY)
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 4,744
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 8,148
Renter-occupied apartments: 2,270 (it was 1,937 in 2000)
% of renters here: | 19% |
State: | 31% |
Land area: 339 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population density: 66 people per square mile (average).
Industries providing employment: Educational, health and social services (37.1%), Retail trade (14.9%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 77%
- Government: 20%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 3%
- Unpaid family work: 0%
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- 21,73297.4%White Non-Hispanic Alone
- 2080.9%Two or more races
- 1840.8%Hispanic or Latino
- 830.4%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
- 650.3%Asian alone
- 340.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
Median resident age: | 42.7 years |
Kentucky median age: | 39.2 years |
Males: 10,885 | ![]() |
Females: 11,503 | ![]() |

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Letcher County: | 2.0 people |
Kentucky: | 2 people |
Estimated median household income in 2019: $30,893 ($21,110 in 1999)
This county: | $30,893 |
Kentucky: | $52,295 |
Median contract rent in 2019 for apartments: $388 (lower quartile is $281, upper quartile is $484)
This county: | $388 |
State: | $618 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2019: $63,047 (it was $35,700 in 2000)
Letcher: | $63,047 |
Kentucky: | $151,700 |
Mean price in 2019:
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $965Detached houses: $101,364
Here: $101,364 State: $202,714 Townhouses or other attached units: $50,139
Here: $50,139 State: $210,849 Mobile homes: $64,913
Here: $64,913 State: $65,175
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $282
Institutionalized population: 179
Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 0
- Rapes: 0
- Robberies: 0
- Assaults: 3
- Burglaries: 25
- Thefts: 35
- Auto thefts: 12
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 1997: 0 buildings
- 1998: 1 building, cost: $300,000
- 1999: 0 buildings
- 2000: 0 buildings
- 2001: 0 buildings
- 2002: 0 buildings
- 2003: 0 buildings
- 2004: 0 buildings
- 2005: 0 buildings
- 2006: 0 buildings
- 2007: 0 buildings
- 2008: 0 buildings
- 2009: 0 buildings
- 2010: 0 buildings
- 2011: 2 buildings, average cost: $96,500
- 2012: 0 buildings
- 2013: 0 buildings
- 2014: 0 buildings
- 2015: 0 buildings
- 2016: 0 buildings
- 2017: 0 buildings
- 2018: 0 buildings
- 2019: 0 buildings
Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $601 (0.6%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $390 (0.7%)
Letcher County: | 31.6% |
Kentucky: | 16.3% |
Median age of residents in 2019: 42.7 years old
(Males: 41.6 years old, Females: 44.8 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 43.5 years old, Black residents: 26.6 years old, American Indian residents: 61.3 years old, Asian residents: 34.3 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 32.2 years old, Other race residents: 50.6 years old)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Letcher 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: Jenkins, Eolia, Whitesburg, Colson, McRoberts, Fleming-Neon, Mayking, Payne Gap, Blackey, Millstone.
Neighboring counties: Monterey County, California , Hopkins County
, Knott County
, Knox County
, Surry County, Virginia
, Colonial Heights city, Virginia
, Hampton city, Virginia
, Salem city, Virginia
.
Here: | 8.8% |
Kentucky: | 5.1% |
Current college students: 858
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 76.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 12.6%
Number of foreign born residents: 110 (32.9% naturalized citizens)
Letcher County: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 4.4% |
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population
- 362010 or later
- 342000 to 2009
- 61990 to 1999
- 401980 to 1989
- 61970 to 1979
- 34Before 1970
Mean travel time to work (commute): 25.9 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 72.4%
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 7,476
- One, attached: 73
- Two: 153
- 3 or 4: 254
- 5 to 9: 155
- 10 to 19: 179
- 20 to 49: 78
- 50 or more: 10
- Mobile homes: 3,377
Housing units in Letcher County with a mortgage: 2,368 (62 second mortgage, 30 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4,935
Here: | 33.3% with mortgage |
State: | 56.9% with mortgage |
Religion statistics for Letcher County
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Evangelical Protestant | 5,210 | 39 |
Mainline Protestant | 929 | 7 |
Catholic | 48 | 2 |
Other | - | 1 |
None | 18,332 | - |
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:
Letcher County: | 2.92 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 2.19 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 0.42 / 10,000 pop. |
Kentucky: | 0.74 / 10,000 pop. |
Letcher County: | 1.67 / 10,000 pop. |
Kentucky: | 4.36 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 1.25 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 5.74 / 10,000 pop. |
Letcher County: | 14.6% |
Kentucky: | 11.0% |
Letcher County: | 36.9% |
State: | 30.0% |
Here: | 19.5% |
State: | 15.9% |
Agriculture in Letcher County:
Average size of farms: 62 acresAverage value of agricultural products sold per farm: $3,931
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $827.82
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 33.16%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $5,750
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 5.09%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $23,673
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 95.65%
Average age of principal farm operators: 53 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 7.49
Corn for grain: 14 harvested acres
Vegetables: 37 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 5 acres
Earthquake activity:
Letcher County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Kentucky state average. It is 33% 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 96.2 miles away from Letcher County center
On 8/9/2020 at 12:07:37, a magnitude 5.1 (5.1 MW, Depth: 4.7 mi) earthquake occurred 105.8 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 272.9 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 90.7 miles away from the county center
On 11/30/1973 at 07:48:41, a magnitude 4.7 (4.7 MB, 4.6 ML) earthquake occurred 112.5 miles away from Letcher County center
On 11/10/2012 at 17:08:14, a magnitude 4.2 (4.2 MW, Depth: 10.6 mi) earthquake occurred 13.2 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 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 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 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 Winter Storms, Snowstorms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: February 15, 2015 to February 23, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4216: April 30, 2015, FEMA Id: 4216, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, 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 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
- 20 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.
The number of natural disasters in Letcher County (30) is a lot greater than the US average (15).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 25
Emergencies Declared: 2
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 23, Storms: 19, Mudslides: 9, Tornadoes: 7, Landslides: 6, Winter Storms: 4, Winds: 3, Snows: 2, Snowstorms: 2, Blizzard: 1, Flash Flood: 1, Freeze: 1, Heavy Rain: 1, Hurricane: 1, Snowfall: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,747 (85.4%)
- Carpooled: 270 (4.9%)
- Bus: 19 (0.3%)
- Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 41 (0.7%)
- Walked: 188 (3.4%)
- Worked at home: 291 (5.2%)
- Health care and social assistance (39%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Retail trade (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Other services, except public administration (5%)
- Transportation and warehousing (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care and social assistance (38%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Retail trade (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Other services, except public administration (5%)
- Transportation and warehousing (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Construction and extraction occupations (19%)
- Production occupations (12%)
- Sales and related occupations (10%)
- Management occupations (8%)
- Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (7%)
- Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (6%)
- Transportation occupations (6%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (17%)
- Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (14%)
- Sales and related occupations (13%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (13%)
- Health technologists and technicians (9%)
- Healthcare support occupations (6%)
- Management occupations (6%)
- Mexico (37%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (24%)
- Canada (15%)
- India (10%)
- Germany (7%)
- Norway (0%)
- Sweden (0%)
- American (28%)
- Irish (9%)
- English (6%)
- Scotch-Irish (3%)
- German (3%)
- Scottish (2%)
- European (2%)
People in group quarters in Letcher County, Kentucky in 2000:
- 184 people in nursing homes
- 37 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 4 people in religious group quarters
People in group quarters in Letcher County, Kentucky in 2010:
- 120 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
- 59 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities
- 41 people in group homes intended for adults
- 23 people in other noninstitutional facilities
2.91% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($31,071 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 2.91% |
Kentucky average: | 6.45% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
1.97% relocated from other counties in Kentucky ($21,388 average AGI)
0.94% relocated from other states ($9,683 average AGI)
Letcher County: 0.94% Kentucky average: 2.65%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2010 and 2011:
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4.50% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($36,365 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 4.50% |
Kentucky average: | 6.57% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.78% relocated to other counties in Kentucky ($19,181 average AGI)
1.72% relocated to other states ($17,181 average AGI)
Letcher County: 1.72% Kentucky average: 2.75%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2010 and 2011:
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to Perry County, KY | ![]() |
to Fayette County, KY | ![]() |
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Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.6
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 13.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 8.5
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 4.0%
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 5,388 (3,250 aged, 2,138 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 668 (13%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Letcher County, Kentucky in 1999 - 2019:
- Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (679)
- Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (554)
- Atherosclerotic heart disease (341)
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified (310)
- Congestive heart failure (177)
- Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (106)
- Unspecified diabetes mellitus, without complications (74)
- Unspecified dementia (53)
- Alzheimer disease, unspecified (42)
- Pneumonia, unspecified (41)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 23,970
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 575
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 117,166
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,379
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,117
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 27
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 65
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 4
Crimes per 100,000 population in 1996: 1
Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 168.5. This is more than state average.
- Firearm - 151.0
- Other - 17.4
Household type by relationship:
Households: 22,388- Male householders: 4,437 (1,295 living alone), Female householders: 5,363 (1,658 living alone)
4,364 spouses (4,291 opposite-sex spouses), 697 unmarried partners, (692 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 5,253 children (4,733 natural, 283 adopted, 246 stepchildren), 1,197 grandchildren, 98 brothers or sisters, 70 parents, 20 foster children, 448 other relatives, 221 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 243
Size of family households: 2,991 2-persons, 1,372 3-persons, 1,294 4-persons, 472 5-persons, 217 6-persons, 115 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 2,956 1-person, 367 2-persons, 9 3-persons.
2,188 married couples with children.
1,298 single-parent households (230 men, 1,068 women).
98.5% of residents of Letcher speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (26% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 49% speak English not well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $184,036,000 ($7,458 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $932,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $84,705,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $41,280,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $207,000
Federal grants: $51,743,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,363,000 ($11,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $4,737,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $117,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $448,000
Federal Government insurance: $4,518,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 1,493Here: | 61 per 1000 residents |
State: | 69 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 1,586
Here: | 65 per 1000 residents |
State: | 50 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +3
Here: | +0 per 1000 residents |
State: | +7 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -711
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Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.16 millions of gallons per day (24% from ground, 76% from surface)
Here: | 5.9 |
State: | 6.4 |
Here: | 4.7 |
State: | 4.4 |
- Year house built in Letcher County, Kentucky
- 1832014 or later
- 1862010 to 2013
- 1,8172000 to 2009
- 1,9011990 to 1999
- 1,6291980 to 1989
- 2,0961970 to 1979
- 1,0581960 to 1969
- 8451950 to 1959
- 7311940 to 1949
- 1,2701939 or earlier
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Letcher County, Kentucky
- 321 room
- 142 rooms
- 953 rooms
- 1,2294 rooms
- 1,7625 rooms
- 1,5436 rooms
- 1,0497 rooms
- 5838 rooms
- 9159+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Letcher County, Kentucky
- 1861 room
- 162 rooms
- 4373 rooms
- 5844 rooms
- 3495 rooms
- 5046 rooms
- 2007 rooms
- 808 rooms
- 1989+ rooms
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Letcher County, Kentucky
- 28no bedroom
- 1761 bedroom
- 1,9262 bedrooms
- 3,9503 bedrooms
- 9614 bedrooms
- 1895+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Letcher County, Kentucky
- 183no bedroom
- 3701 bedroom
- 9572 bedrooms
- 6593 bedrooms
- 2404 bedrooms
- 1605+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Letcher County in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 375no vehicle
- 2,1551 vehicle
- 2,5642 vehicles
- 1,4843 vehicles
- 3984 vehicles
- 2645+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Letcher County in renter-occupied apartments
- 387no vehicle
- 1,1361 vehicle
- 7652 vehicles
- 2453 vehicles
- 274 vehicles
- 05+ vehicles
92.4% of Letcher County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Kentucky.
Letcher County: | 92.4% |
State average: | 84.9% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 18,874
- Other state: 3,186
- Northeast: 202
- Midwest: 1,193
- South: 1,648
- West: 157
- 84.5%Electricity
- 6.2%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 4.0%Utility gas
- 2.2%Coal or coke
- 1.9%Wood
- 0.7%Other fuel
- 0.2%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 0.2%No fuel used
- 75.8%Electricity
- 11.8%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 5.3%Coal or coke
- 2.9%Utility gas
- 2.4%Wood
- 1.3%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 0.5%No fuel used
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Here: | 5.7% |
Kentucky: | 11.7% |
Here: | 5.1% |
Kentucky: | 13.0% |
Here: | 22.1% |
Kentucky: | 17.7% |
Letcher County government finances - Expenditure in 2018:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $575,000
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $1,097,000
Parks and Recreation: $296,000
Other: $272,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $806,000
General - Other: $109,000
General Public Buildings: $72,000
- Current Operations - General - Other: $1,574,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,055,000
Correctional Institutions: $852,000
Regular Highways: $709,000
Central Staff Services: $390,000
Parks and Recreation: $366,000
General Public Buildings: $290,000
Financial Administration: $116,000
Health - Other: $81,000
Police Protection: $77,000
Local Fire Protection: $42,000
Public Welfare - Other: $38,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $34,000
Natural Resources - Other: $2,000
Air Transportation: $2,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $67,000
Other: $10,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $304,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Health - Other: $24,000
Other - Correctional Institutions: $4,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Other: $2,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $2,550,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $2,350,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $200,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $486,000
Rents: $136,000
Donations From Private Sources: $18,000
Interest Earnings: $5,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Parks and Recreation: $208,000
General - Other: $202,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $1,731,000
- State Intergovernmental - Other: $3,052,000
Highways: $1,384,000
General Local Government Support: $5,000
- Tax - Property: $1,071,000
Public Utilities Sales: $308,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $11,000
Other Selective Sales: $11,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $2,267,000
Letcher County government finances - Revenue in 2018:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $575,000
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $1,097,000
Parks and Recreation: $296,000
Other: $272,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $806,000
General - Other: $109,000
General Public Buildings: $72,000
- Current Operations - General - Other: $1,574,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,055,000
Correctional Institutions: $852,000
Regular Highways: $709,000
Central Staff Services: $390,000
Parks and Recreation: $366,000
General Public Buildings: $290,000
Financial Administration: $116,000
Health - Other: $81,000
Police Protection: $77,000
Local Fire Protection: $42,000
Public Welfare - Other: $38,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $34,000
Natural Resources - Other: $2,000
Air Transportation: $2,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $67,000
Other: $10,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $304,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Health - Other: $24,000
Other - Correctional Institutions: $4,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Other: $2,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $2,550,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $2,350,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $200,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $486,000
Rents: $136,000
Donations From Private Sources: $18,000
Interest Earnings: $5,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Parks and Recreation: $208,000
General - Other: $202,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $1,731,000
- State Intergovernmental - Other: $3,052,000
Highways: $1,384,000
General Local Government Support: $5,000
- Tax - Property: $1,071,000
Public Utilities Sales: $308,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $11,000
Other Selective Sales: $11,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $2,267,000
Letcher County government finances - Debt in 2018:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $575,000
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $1,097,000
Parks and Recreation: $296,000
Other: $272,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $806,000
General - Other: $109,000
General Public Buildings: $72,000
- Current Operations - General - Other: $1,574,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,055,000
Correctional Institutions: $852,000
Regular Highways: $709,000
Central Staff Services: $390,000
Parks and Recreation: $366,000
General Public Buildings: $290,000
Financial Administration: $116,000
Health - Other: $81,000
Police Protection: $77,000
Local Fire Protection: $42,000
Public Welfare - Other: $38,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $34,000
Natural Resources - Other: $2,000
Air Transportation: $2,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $67,000
Other: $10,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $304,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Health - Other: $24,000
Other - Correctional Institutions: $4,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Other: $2,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $2,550,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $2,350,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $200,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $486,000
Rents: $136,000
Donations From Private Sources: $18,000
Interest Earnings: $5,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Parks and Recreation: $208,000
General - Other: $202,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $1,731,000
- State Intergovernmental - Other: $3,052,000
Highways: $1,384,000
General Local Government Support: $5,000
- Tax - Property: $1,071,000
Public Utilities Sales: $308,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $11,000
Other Selective Sales: $11,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $2,267,000
Letcher County government finances - Cash and Securities in 2018:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $575,000
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $1,097,000
Parks and Recreation: $296,000
Other: $272,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $806,000
General - Other: $109,000
General Public Buildings: $72,000
- Current Operations - General - Other: $1,574,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,055,000
Correctional Institutions: $852,000
Regular Highways: $709,000
Central Staff Services: $390,000
Parks and Recreation: $366,000
General Public Buildings: $290,000
Financial Administration: $116,000
Health - Other: $81,000
Police Protection: $77,000
Local Fire Protection: $42,000
Public Welfare - Other: $38,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $34,000
Natural Resources - Other: $2,000
Air Transportation: $2,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $67,000
Other: $10,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $304,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Health - Other: $24,000
Other - Correctional Institutions: $4,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Other: $2,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $2,550,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $2,350,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $200,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $486,000
Rents: $136,000
Donations From Private Sources: $18,000
Interest Earnings: $5,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Parks and Recreation: $208,000
General - Other: $202,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $1,731,000
- State Intergovernmental - Other: $3,052,000
Highways: $1,384,000
General Local Government Support: $5,000
- Tax - Property: $1,071,000
Public Utilities Sales: $308,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $11,000
Other Selective Sales: $11,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $2,267,000
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:
- Total number of recipients: 2,384
- Number of aged recipients: 97
- Number of blind and disabled recipients: 2,287
- Number of recipients under 18: 214
- Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,795
- Number of recipients older than 64: 375
- Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 711
- Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,105
Most common first names in Letcher County, KY among deceased individuals | ||
Name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
James | 117 | 70.1 years |
John | 100 | 73.8 years |
William | 80 | 70.9 years |
Mary | 71 | 76.8 years |
Robert | 47 | 70.3 years |
George | 39 | 74.6 years |
Martha | 38 | 81.4 years |
Charles | 38 | 67.1 years |
Henry | 36 | 74.9 years |
Willie | 29 | 75.0 years |
Most common last names in Letcher County, KY among deceased individuals | ||
Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
Mullins | 135 | 72.2 years |
Hall | 132 | 70.2 years |
Johnson | 119 | 73.4 years |
Adams | 109 | 72.9 years |
Collins | 98 | 73.5 years |
Fields | 93 | 72.5 years |
Sexton | 83 | 68.7 years |
Bentley | 82 | 70.4 years |
Wright | 78 | 73.3 years |
Caudill | 73 | 76.8 years |
Businesses in Letcher County, KY | ||||
Name | Count | Name | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ace Hardware | 1 | Pizza Hut | 1 | |
Arby's | 1 | Rite Aid | 3 | |
AutoZone | 1 | Sears | 1 | |
Dairy Queen | 1 | Subway | 1 | |
GNC | 1 | Super 8 | 1 | |
H&R Block | 1 | U-Haul | 1 | |
Hardee's | 1 | UPS | 2 | |
Little Caesars Pizza | 1 | Walmart | 1 | |
Long John Silver's | 1 | Wendy's | 1 | |
McDonald's | 1 |
Letcher County on our top lists:
- #12 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011"
- #19 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011"
- #25 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000"
- #42 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000"