Letcher 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
- Letcher County Center: 6 Broadway St., Whitesburg
( Karen Cooper: 606-633-2945 / KarenD.Cooper@ky.gov)
Population:
- Total Population: 25,277
- Males: 12,369
- Females: 12,908
Ethnicity:
- White: 24,853
- Black/African American: 144
- Hispanic: 104
- Native American/Eskimo: 22
- Asian: 78
- Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 0
- Other: 0
- 2 or more: 76
Top 5 Languages spoken at home:
- English only (23,455)
- Spanish (160)
- French (85)
- German (80)
- Vietnamese (20)
Top 7 Countries of Origin for Immigrants
Total Reported: 92
- India (22)
- Bangladesh (14)
- Philippines (13)
- Germany (13)
- Mexico (10)
- Canada (10)
- Honduras (5)
Top 5 Religions by Adherents:
- Southern Baptist Convention (4,292)
- United Methodist Church, The (794)
- Independent Free Will Baptists Associations (776)
- Churches of Christ (400)
- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (334)
Migrant Health Clinics
Disabilities:
- Total Reported: 17,628
- Sensory: 2,348
- Physical: 4,817
- Mental: 3,057
- Self-care: 1,455
- Go outside home: 2,929
- Employment: 3,306
Grandparents as caregivers
Grandparents as caregivers: 239
Heating fuel:
- Total Reported: 10,085
- Utility gas: 137
- Bottled or LP gas: 215
- Electricity: 7,831
- Fuel oil, kerosene: 649
- Coal or Coke: 979
- Wood: 212
- Solar Energy: 7
- Other fuel: 22
- No fuel used: 33
Vehicles available:
- Total Reported: 20,066
- No vehicle: 2,550
- 1 or more vehicle: 17,516
Education Attainment:
- No School: 244
- No High School: 3,596
- Some High School: 3,189
- High School: 5,575
- Some College: 2,245
- Associate's Degree: 784
- College Degree: 720
- Master's Degree: 391
- Professional Degree: 158
- Doctoral Degree: 28
Household Phones:
- Households Reporting: 10,085
- Owners with phone: 7,531
- Owners without phone: 617
- Renters with phone: 1,552
- Renters without phone: 385
10 closest counties:
- Knott County, Kentucky
- Wise County, Virginia
- Norton city, Virginia
- Perry County, Kentucky
- Floyd County, Kentucky
- Dickenson County, Virginia
- Harlan County, Kentucky
- Lee County, Virginia
- Scott County, Virginia
- Pike County, Kentucky
Data Detail
Zip Codes in county:
40826, 40862, 41517, 41537, 41804, 41810, 41812, 41815, 41819, 41821, 41824, 41825, 41826, 41832, 41833, 41835, 41837, 41838, 41840, 41845, 41848, 41849, 41855, 41858
Licensed Broadcast Media Outlets:
- WMMT (88.7 FM) WHITESBURG, KY
- WIFX-FM (94.3 FM) JENKINS, KY
- Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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