Carter County, Kentucky (KY)

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• • 25,13993.9%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,1654.4%Two or more races
  • 2751.0%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1040.4%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 330.1%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 270.1%Asian alone
  • 270.1%Some other race alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $165,822

Here:	$165,822
State:	$256,452

Townhouses or other attached units: $187,658

Here:	$187,658
State:	$264,090

Mobile homes: $82,189

Here:	$82,189
State:	$84,635

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 4
• Burglaries: 8
• Thefts: 17
• Auto thefts: 7

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 1
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 3
• Burglaries: 10
• Thefts: 20
• Auto thefts: 12

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $909 (0.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $477 (0.5%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Carter County is $375 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $435 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $518 a month.

Cities in this county include: Willard, Grayson, Upper Tygarts, Grahn, Olive Hill, Carter.

2023 air pollution in Carter County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.033 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 8.5 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Amador County, California , Anderson County , Chase County, Kansas , Fayette County , Stanislaus County, California , Falls Church city, Virginia .

Current college students: 1,317
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 81.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 14.5%

Number of foreign born residents: 254 (32.5% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 52010 or later
• 1552000 to 2009
• 461990 to 1999
• 481980 to 1989
• 51970 to 1979
• 28Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 90.2%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 8,324
• One, attached: 88
• Two: 178
• 3 or 4: 162
• 5 to 9: 21
• 10 to 19: 37
• 20 to 49: 148
• 50 or more: 18
• Mobile homes: 3,329
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 14

Housing units in Carter County with a mortgage: 3,028 (213 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 197 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 0

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Agriculture in Carter 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, 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, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides, Incident Period: February 21, 2018 - March 21, 2018, FEMA Id: 4361, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, 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: 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
• 16 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.02% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($38,073 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.83% relocated from other counties in Kentucky ($22,912 average AGI)
2.19% relocated from other states ($15,159 average AGI)

Carter County:	2.19%
Kentucky average:	2.87%

from Boyd County, KY	0.88% ($37,436 average AGI)
from Rowan County, KY	0.68% ($37,083)
from Greenup County, KY	0.44% ($43,231)
from Elliott County, KY	0.42% ($28,189)

5.49% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($42,704 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.09% relocated to other counties in Kentucky ($30,406 average AGI)
1.40% relocated to other states ($12,298 average AGI)

Carter County:	1.40%
Kentucky average:	2.73%

to Boyd County, KY	0.99% ($36,793 average AGI)
to Rowan County, KY	0.60% ($31,132)
to Greenup County, KY	0.56% ($31,163)
to Elliott County, KY	0.41% ($29,028)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.2

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 10.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 12.0

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 7.6

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Carter County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 4,646 (1,198 living alone), Female householders: 5,469 (1,746 living alone)

• 5,421 spouses (5,339 opposite-sex spouses), 563 unmarried partners, (563 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 7,257 children (6,654 natural, 279 adopted, 323 stepchildren), 706 grandchildren, 348 brothers or sisters, 486 parents, 77 foster children, 466 other relatives, 566 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 646

Size of family households: 3,173 2-persons, 1,795 3-persons, 884 4-persons, 630 5-persons, 119 6-persons, 220 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,945 1-person, 318 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 20 4-persons.

3,756 married couples with children.
1,062 single-parent households (412 men, 650 women).

98.8% of residents of Carter speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $184,652,000 ($6,725 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $19,272,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $74,838,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $35,074,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $389,000
Federal grants: $51,995,000
Federal procurement contracts: $17,020,000 ($16,079,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $5,336,000 ($1,367,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,732,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $15,450,000
Federal Government insurance: $17,486,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.59 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

• Year house built in Carter County, Kentucky
• 292020 or later
• 7372010 to 2019
• 2,1962000 to 2009
• 1,9851990 to 1999
• 1,7591980 to 1989
• 2,4081970 to 1979
• 1,2511960 to 1969
• 9981950 to 1959
• 3541940 to 1949
• 4561939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Carter County, Kentucky

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Carter County, Kentucky
• 331 room
• 252 rooms
• 553 rooms
• 7444 rooms
• 1,6255 rooms
• 1,8176 rooms
• 1,5487 rooms
• 9338 rooms
• 1,3309+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Carter County, Kentucky
• 371 room
• 422 rooms
• 2483 rooms
• 4984 rooms
• 4545 rooms
• 3156 rooms
• 1777 rooms
• 888 rooms
• 1569+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Carter County, Kentucky

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Carter County, Kentucky
• 32no bedroom
• 471 bedroom
• 1,3942 bedrooms
• 4,9153 bedrooms
• 1,4114 bedrooms
• 3195+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Carter County, Kentucky
• 39no bedroom
• 3061 bedroom
• 6492 bedrooms
• 7923 bedrooms
• 874 bedrooms
• 1115+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Carter County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 331no vehicle
• 1,7781 vehicle
• 2,8722 vehicles
• 2,0103 vehicles
• 6154 vehicles
• 4565+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Carter County in renter-occupied apartments
• 342no vehicle
• 9201 vehicle
• 5272 vehicles
• 1993 vehicles
• 324 vehicles
• 75+ vehicles

93.8% of Carter County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 40% lived in Kentucky.

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

• This state: 19,099
• Other state: 7,219
• Northeast: 217
• Midwest: 4,252
• South: 2,294
• West: 400

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,791
• Number of aged recipients: 165
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,626
• Number of recipients under 18: 232
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,133
• Number of recipients older than 64: 426
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 679
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 766

Carter County on our top lists:

• #20 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"