Rowan County, Kentucky (KY)

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• • 23,168104.9%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 4332.0%Hispanic or Latino
  • 3791.7%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3031.4%Two or more races
  • 2181.0%Asian alone
  • 440.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $188,991

Here:	$188,991
State:	$202,714

Townhouses or other attached units: $172,120

Here:	$172,120
State:	$210,849

Mobile homes: $43,956

Here:	$43,956
State:	$65,175

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $1,119 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $564 (0.6%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Rowan County is $421 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $468 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $587 a month.

Cities in this county include: Pine Grove, Morehead, Farmers, Lakeview Heights.

Neighboring counties: Jefferson County, Illinois , Jefferson County , Ness County, Kansas , Phelps County, Missouri , St. Clair County, Illinois , Westmoreland County, Virginia .

Current college students: 4,503
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 85.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 26.0%

Number of foreign born residents: 656 (49.7% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1872010 or later
• 1622000 to 2009
• 1741990 to 1999
• 381980 to 1989
• 211970 to 1979
• 24Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 24.4 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 77.0%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 5,580
• One, attached: 182
• Two: 401
• 3 or 4: 469
• 5 to 9: 516
• 10 to 19: 394
• 20 or more: 92
• Mobile homes: 2,729

Housing units in Rowan County with a mortgage: 2,458 (83 second mortgage, 220 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,743

Religion statistics for Rowan County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Rowan County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Kentucky Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4497, Natural disaster type: Other
• 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, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: February 29, 2012 to March 03, 2012, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4057: March 06, 2012, FEMA Id: 4057, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• 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, Flooding, and Mudslides, Incident Period: July 17, 2010 to July 30, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1925: July 23, 2010, FEMA Id: 1925, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Flood
• Kentucky Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Tornadoes, Incident Period: May 01, 2010 to June 01, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1912: May 11, 2010, FEMA Id: 1912, 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
• Kentucky Severe Winter Storm and Flooding, Incident Period: January 26, 2009 to February 13, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1818: February 05, 2009, FEMA Id: 1818, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Flood
• 16 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

7.59% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($32,058 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.91% relocated from other counties in Kentucky ($23,875 average AGI)
1.69% relocated from other states ($8,183 average AGI)

Rowan County:	1.69%
Kentucky average:	2.65%

from Fleming County, KY	0.85% ($24,767 average AGI)
from Carter County, KY	0.85% ($28,917)
from Morgan County, KY	0.51% ($26,472)
from Fayette County, KY	0.42% ($49,633)
from Bath County, KY	0.41% ($27,724)
from Elliott County, KY	0.34% ($21,708)

9.07% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($35,756 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
6.76% relocated to other counties in Kentucky ($24,616 average AGI)
2.31% relocated to other states ($11,140 average AGI)

Rowan County:	2.31%
Kentucky average:	2.75%

to Fayette County, KY	0.96% ($44,681 average AGI)
to Bath County, KY	0.81% ($30,034)
to Fleming County, KY	0.77% ($29,800)
to Montgomery County, KY	0.67% ($51,479)
to Carter County, KY	0.63% ($28,578)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.7

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 7.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 8.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 9.2

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 5.5

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Rowan County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 4,156 (882 living alone), Female householders: 4,537 (1,631 living alone)

• 3,697 spouses (3,662 opposite-sex spouses), 1,001 unmarried partners, (984 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 5,065 children (4,492 natural, 262 adopted, 324 stepchildren), 1,059 grandchildren, 195 brothers or sisters, 130 parents, 115 foster children, 525 other relatives, 1,297 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 2,924

Size of family households: 2,060 2-persons, 1,506 3-persons, 879 4-persons, 406 5-persons, 41 6-persons, 163 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,525 1-person, 902 2-persons, 136 3-persons, 84 4-persons.

2,140 married couples with children.
1,113 single-parent households (300 men, 813 women).

94.7% of residents of Rowan speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
1.7% 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 (69% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $141,292,000 ($6,371 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $4,045,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $48,166,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $33,093,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $549,000
Federal grants: $51,186,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,692,000 ($107,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $6,606,000 ($2,190,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $47,621,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $6,372,000
Federal Government insurance: $17,409,000

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

Here:	-21 per 1000 residents
State:	+8 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 5.44 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

• Year house built in Rowan County, Kentucky
• 8292014 or later
• 4382010 to 2013
• 1,2932000 to 2009
• 2,6001990 to 1999
• 1,5821980 to 1989
• 1,6191970 to 1979
• 1,0581960 to 1969
• 6381950 to 1959
• 1801940 to 1949
• 3711939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Rowan County, Kentucky

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Rowan County, Kentucky
• 201 room
• 02 rooms
• 693 rooms
• 3904 rooms
• 1,1855 rooms
• 1,2306 rooms
• 7237 rooms
• 6078 rooms
• 9539+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Rowan County, Kentucky
• 611 room
• 1822 rooms
• 4673 rooms
• 1,0664 rooms
• 8755 rooms
• 4756 rooms
• 1157 rooms
• 1188 rooms
• 1319+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Rowan County, Kentucky

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Rowan County, Kentucky
• 24no bedroom
• 411 bedroom
• 1,0012 bedrooms
• 2,8583 bedrooms
• 9994 bedrooms
• 2575+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Rowan County, Kentucky
• 132no bedroom
• 4631 bedroom
• 1,6742 bedrooms
• 9293 bedrooms
• 1634 bedrooms
• 1415+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Rowan County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 262no vehicle
• 1,1301 vehicle
• 1,9132 vehicles
• 1,1873 vehicles
• 4824 vehicles
• 2375+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Rowan County in renter-occupied apartments
• 652no vehicle
• 1,5611 vehicle
• 1,0292 vehicles
• 2053 vehicles
• 614 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

80.6% of Rowan County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in Kentucky.

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

• This state: 18,023
• Other state: 5,726
• Northeast: 375
• Midwest: 3,092
• South: 1,784
• West: 474

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,216
• Number of aged recipients: 103
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,113
• Number of recipients under 18: 135
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 818
• Number of recipients older than 64: 263
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 505
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 529