Lincoln County, Kentucky (KY)

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County population in 2005: 25,122 (20% urban, 80% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 7,265
Renter-occupied apartments: 1,941

% of renters here:	21%
State:	29%

Land area: 336 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.

Population density: 75 people per square mile

(average).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	21.1%
Whole state:	15.8%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	5.6%
Whole state:	6.6%

Industries providing employment: Manufacturing (26.5%), Educational,health and social services (18.0%), Retail trade (11.8%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 78%
Government: 11%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 10%
Unpaid family work: 1%

Lincoln County, Kentucky business tout: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Lincoln County, Kentucky:

White Non-Hispanic (95.7%)
Black (2.5%)
Hispanic (0.9%)
Two or more races (0.7%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Median resident age:	36.0 years
Kentucky median age:	35.9 years

Males: 11,463	(49.1%)
Females: 11,898	(50.9%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $22,551
County population in 2003: 24,543
Jobs in 2003: 4,557

Total labor force in 2004: 10,679
Unemployment rate in 2004: 6.8%

Average household size:

Lincoln County:	2.5 people
Kentucky:	2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $29,456 ($26,542 in 2000)

This county	$29,456
Kentucky:	$37,369

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $84,973

Lincoln County	$84,973
Kentucky:	$103,900

Median montly rent in 2000: $378
Institutionalized population: 210
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Lincoln County in 2000: $647

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

Murders: 0
Rapes: 0
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 1
Burglaries: 36
Thefts: 56
Auto thefts: 5

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

Murders: 0
Rapes: 0
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 2
Burglaries: 28
Thefts: 43
Auto thefts: 4

Lincoln County races chart

Single-family new house construction building permits:

2004: 211 buildings, average cost: $131,500
2005: 151 buildings, average cost: $144,800
2006: 105 buildings, average cost: $155,900

2004 Presidential Election results in Lincoln County Kentucky:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 67.7%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 31.5%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $401 (0.6%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Lincoln County is $424 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $470 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $563 a month.

Cities in this county include: Stanford, Crab Orchard, Hustonville, Waynesburg, Sugar Grove, South Fork.

Neighboring counties: Boyle County , Casey County , Garrard County , Pulaski County , Rockcastle County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Churches in Lincoln County include: Austin Chapel (A), Sweetgum Church (B), Pine Lick Church (C), Watts Chapel (D), Mount Zion Church (E), Goshen Church (F), South Fork Church (G), Beech Grove Church (H), Green River Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Leach Cemetery (1), Abron Cemetery (2), Tucker Cemetery (3), Chandler Cemetery (4), Old Moss Cemetery (5), Givans Cemetery (6), Ashlock Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes and reservoirs: Fishing Creek Pond (A), Stanford Reservoir (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Mudlick Branch (A), Neals Creek (B), Big Moccasin Creek (C), Bittersweet Creek (D), Blue Lick Creek (E), Buckeye Branch (F), Butt Branch (G), Peltis Fork (H), Peyton Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Park in Lincoln County: William Whitley House State Shrine (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	6.4%
Kentucky:	5.6%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 603
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 64.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 8.4%

Number of foreign born residents: 158 (22% naturalized citizens)

Lincoln County:	0.7%
Whole state:	2.0%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 77
1990 to 1994: 32
1985 to 1989: 22
1980 to 1984: 11
1975 to 1979: 0
1970 to 1974: 0
1970 to 1974: 0
1965 to 1969: 16

Mean travel time to work: 26.9 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 39.9%

Lincoln County marital status for males

Lincoln County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 7,098
One, attached: 72
Two: 193
3 or 4: 184
5 to 9: 166
10 to 19: 81
20 or more: 23
Mobile homes: 2,305
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5

Housing units in Lincoln County with a mortgage: 2,467 (180 second mortgage, 137 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,608

Agriculture in Lincoln County
Average size of farms: 134 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $27512
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $212.41
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 2.50%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 67.31%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $23893
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 31.52%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 0.41%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $35523
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 92.24%
Average age of principal farm operators: 55 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 31.39
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 9.13%
Corn for grain: 5700 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 926 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 3614 harvested acres
Vegetables: 288 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 71 acres

Lincoln County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly below Kentucky state average. It is 1.7 times below overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 7 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 4/20/1996, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado injured 7 people and caused $2 million in damages.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Construction (15%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
Machinery (4%)
Transportation equipment (4%)
Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
Metal and metal products (4%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (17%)
Educational services (14%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
Food and beverage stores (5%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
Finance and insurance (5%)

Most common occupations for males

Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
Farmers and farm managers (5%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Cashiers (6%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Assemblers and fabricators (4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (46%)
India (14%)
Cuba (13%)
Canada (13%)
Other Caribbean (7%)
United Kingdom (3%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (1%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Lincoln County:

United States or American (47%)
Irish (10%)
English (10%)
German (8%)
Scotch-Irish (3%)
Scottish (1%)
Italian (1%)

Lincoln County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 7,561 (78%)
Carpooled: 1,415 (15%)
Bus or trolley bus: 18 (0%)
Ferryboat: 6 (0%)
Walked: 199 (2%)
Other means: 83 (1%)
Worked at home: 401 (4%)

People in group quarters in Lincoln County, Kentucky

123 people in nursing homes
87 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
29 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
2 people in homes for the mentally ill

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $34,996.

6.96% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($29,382 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.96%
Kentucky average:	6.98%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.43% relocated from other counties in Kentucky ($21,547 average AGI)
1.53% relocated from other states ($7,835 average AGI)
Lincoln County: 1.53%
Kentucky average: 2.94%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Boyle County, KY	1.75% ($26,324 average AGI)
from Garrard County, KY	0.79% ($28,063)
from Pulaski County, KY	0.58% ($26,128)
from Casey County, KY	0.44% ($28,139)
from Fayette County, KY	0.30% ($37,042)
from Mercer County, KY	0.21% ($26,824)
from Rockcastle County, KY	0.21% ($26,471)

7.06% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($25,929 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.06%
Kentucky average:	6.74%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.86% relocated to other counties in Kentucky ($21,693 average AGI)
1.21% relocated to other states ($4,235 average AGI)
Lincoln County: 1.21%
Kentucky average: 2.76%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Boyle County, KY	1.96% ($24,818 average AGI)
to Pulaski County, KY	0.55% ($25,311)
to Garrard County, KY	0.53% ($24,488)
to Fayette County, KY	0.50% ($29,463)
to Casey County, KY	0.38% ($22,806)
to Jessamine County, KY	0.27% ($30,773)
to Mercer County, KY	0.23% ($33,789)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.6
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.5

Births per 1000 population in Lincoln County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 9.9

Deaths per 1000 population in Lincoln County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 3.8

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Lincoln County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 4,374 (3,294 aged, 1,080 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%

Household type by relationship

Households: 23,120

In family households: 20,311 (5,417 male householders, 1,342 female householders)
5,536 spouses, 6,924 children (6,277 natural, 197 adopted, 450 stepchildren), 367 grandchildren, 54 brothers or sisters, 110 parents, 222 other relatives, 339 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 2,809 (1,128 male householders (918 living alone)), 1,323 female householders (1,260 living alone)), 358 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 241 (210 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 3,012 2-persons, 1,765 3-persons, 1,279 4-persons, 467 5-persons, 173 6-persons, 63 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,178 1-person, 226 2-persons, 21 3-persons, 21 4-persons, 5 6-persons.

4,210 married couples with children.
1,277 single-parent households (348 men, 929 women).

97.3% of residents of Lincoln County speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 17% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $140,952,000 ($5679 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $7,968,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $62,243,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $26,975,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $833,000
Federal grants: $41,190,000
Federal procurement contracts: $748,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $8,964,000 ($5,843,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $501,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $9,779,000
Federal Government insurance: $2,819,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 1,647

Here:	66 per 1000 residents
State:	69 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 1,245

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

Net international migration: +62

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

Net internal migration: +1,326

Here:	+53 per 1000 residents
State:	+8 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Lincoln County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.53 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.6
State:	5.9

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.4
State:	4.3

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 463
1995 to 1998: 1,358
1990 to 1994: 1,012
1980 to 1989: 1,416
1970 to 1979: 2,148
1960 to 1969: 1,131
1950 to 1959: 815
1940 to 1949: 512
1939 or earlier: 1,272

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Lincoln County, Kentucky:

1 room: 11
2 rooms: 33
3 rooms: 113
4 rooms: 1,014
5 rooms: 2,307
6 rooms: 1,743
7 rooms: 1,134
8 rooms: 472
9 or more rooms: 438

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lincoln County, Kentucky:

1 room: 12
2 rooms: 67
3 rooms: 220
4 rooms: 707
5 rooms: 493
6 rooms: 263
7 rooms: 114
8 rooms: 25
9 or more rooms: 40

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Lincoln County:

no bedroom: 27
1 bedroom: 127
2 bedrooms: 1,733
3 bedrooms: 4,274
4 bedrooms: 980
5 or more bedrooms: 124

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lincoln County:

no bedroom: 43
1 bedroom: 335
2 bedrooms: 917
3 bedrooms: 555
4 bedrooms: 72
5 or more bedrooms: 19

Cars and other vehicles available in Lincoln County in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 458
1 vehicle: 1,982
2 vehicles: 3,080
3 vehicles: 1,313
4 vehicles: 332
5 or more vehicles: 100

Cars and other vehicles available in Lincoln County in renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 303
1 vehicle: 811
2 vehicles: 643
3 vehicles: 142
4 vehicles: 41
5 or more vehicles: 1

57% of Lincoln County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Kentucky.

Lincoln County:	56.5%
State average:	56.6%

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

This state: 19254
Northeast: 300
Midwest: 2204
South: 1214
West: 202

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $61,200

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 3%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 3%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:

Electricity (56%)
Utility gas (14%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
Wood (9%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
No fuel used (1%)
Coal or coke (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Electricity (45%)
Utility gas (24%)
Wood (12%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
Coal or coke (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 85

Here:	3.1%
Kentucky:	11.9%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 60

Here:	4.8%
Kentucky:	10.6%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 96

Here:	17.7%
Kentucky:	18.1%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Lincoln County government finances in 2004:

Charges - Solid Waste Management: $398,000
All Other: $225,000

Parks & Recreation: $1,000
Construction - Regular Highways: $3,000
Solid Waste Management: $3,000
Current Operations - Regular Highways: $1,713,000
General - Other: $933,000

Corrections - Other: $823,000

General Public Buildings: $695,000

Financial Administration: $205,000

Central Staff Services: $182,000

Police Protection: $133,000

Solid Waste Management: $124,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $119,000

Parks & Recreation: $81,000

Health Services - Other: $80,000

Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $60,000

Natural Resources - Other: $30,000

Welfare - Other: $18,000
Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $4,000
General - Interest on Debt: $315,000
Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Corrections: $1,000
Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $250,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Industrial Revenue: $3,210,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $4,740,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $4,710,000
Industrial Revenue: $3,210,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $30,000
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $286,000
Interest Earnings: $212,000

Property Sale Other: $20,000
Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $135,000
Water Utilities: $30,000

Central Staff: $7,000

Corrections - Other: $6,000

Financial Administration: $1,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,994,000
Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $3,210,000
State Intergovernmental - All Other: $1,432,000
Highways: $951,000

General Support: $78,000
Tax - Individual Income: $876,000
Property: $674,000

NEC: $143,000

Public Utilities: $70,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $1,694,000

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