Breathitt County, Kentucky
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State Health Department
- Kentucky Department for Health Services: 275 East Main Street, Frankfort
( William Hacker: 502-564-3970 / williamd.hacker@mail.state.ky.us)
Local Health Departments
- Breathitt County Health Department: 359 Broadway, Jackson
( Sheila Sharpe: 606-666-5274 / sheilag.sharpe@ky.gov)
Population:
- Total Population: 16,100
- Males: 7,954
- Females: 8,146
Ethnicity:
- White: 15,801
- Black/African American: 33
- Hispanic: 72
- Native American/Eskimo: 21
- Asian: 43
- Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 0
- Other: 0
- 2 or more: 130
Top 5 Languages spoken at home:
- English only (14,850)
- Spanish (170)
- French (65)
- Urdu (25)
- German (20)
Top 7 Countries of Origin for Immigrants
Total Reported: 65
- Pakistan (20)
- India (11)
- Netherlands (9)
- Japan (8)
- Spain (7)
- Philippines (5)
- Panama (5)
Top 5 Religions by Adherents:
- Southern Baptist Convention (1,092)
- United Methodist Church, The (462)
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The (191)
- Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) (146)
- Conservative Mennonite Conference (121)
Migrant Health Clinics
Disabilities:
- Total Reported: 11,895
- Sensory: 1,611
- Physical: 3,133
- Mental: 2,094
- Self-care: 995
- Go outside home: 2,027
- Employment: 2,386
Grandparents as caregivers
Grandparents as caregivers: 181
Heating fuel:
- Total Reported: 6,170
- Utility gas: 755
- Bottled or LP gas: 845
- Electricity: 3,095
- Fuel oil, kerosene: 454
- Coal or Coke: 602
- Wood: 384
- Solar Energy: 2
- Other fuel: 22
- No fuel used: 11
Vehicles available:
- Total Reported: 12,279
- No vehicle: 2,272
- 1 or more vehicle: 10,007
Education Attainment:
- No School: 240
- No High School: 2,270
- Some High School: 1,904
- High School: 3,239
- Some College: 1,358
- Associate's Degree: 344
- College Degree: 566
- Master's Degree: 390
- Professional Degree: 56
- Doctoral Degree: 26
Household Phones:
- Households Reporting: 6,170
- Owners with phone: 4,259
- Owners without phone: 462
- Renters with phone: 1,166
- Renters without phone: 283
10 closest counties:
- Wolfe County, Kentucky
- Perry County, Kentucky
- Magoffin County, Kentucky
- Lee County, Kentucky
- Owsley County, Kentucky
- Morgan County, Kentucky
- Leslie County, Kentucky
- Knott County, Kentucky
- Menifee County, Kentucky
- Clay County, Kentucky
Data Detail
Zip Codes in county:
41307, 41310, 41317, 41339, 41348, 41366, 41377, 41385, 41390
Licensed Broadcast Media Outlets:
- WMTC-FM (99.9 FM) VANCLEVE, KY
- WJSN-FM (106.5 FM) JACKSON, KY
- WMTC (730 AM) VANCLEVE, KY
- WEKG (810 AM) JACKSON, KY
- Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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