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Breathitt County, Kentucky

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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:

  1. English only (14,850)
  2. Spanish (170)
  3. French (65)
  4. Urdu (25)
  5. German (20)

Top 7 Countries of Origin for Immigrants

Total Reported: 65

  1. Pakistan (20)
  2. India (11)
  3. Netherlands (9)
  4. Japan (8)
  5. Spain (7)
  6. Philippines (5)
  7. Panama (5)

Top 5 Religions by Adherents:

  1. Southern Baptist Convention (1,092)
  2. United Methodist Church, The (462)
  3. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The (191)
  4. Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) (146)
  5. 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:

    1. Wolfe County, Kentucky
    2. Perry County, Kentucky
    3. Magoffin County, Kentucky
    4. Lee County, Kentucky
    5. Owsley County, Kentucky
    6. Morgan County, Kentucky
    7. Leslie County, Kentucky
    8. Knott County, Kentucky
    9. Menifee County, Kentucky
    10. 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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