Letcher County, Kentucky
Letcher County is a county located in the state of Kentucky in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Whitesburg, named after the statesman Daugherty White. The county is one of the Dry counties, which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.
Geography
The County is located in southeastern Kentucky, bordered by Virginia and has an area of 878 square kilometers without significant water surface. It borders in Kentucky clockwise to the following counties: Knott County, Pike County, Harlan County and Perry County.
History
The Letcher County was formed on March 3, 1842 from portions of Harlan County and Perry County. It was named after Robert Letcher, a governor of Kentucky, Congressman and ambassador to Mexico.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census of 2000, there were 25 277 people in Letcher County. Of these, 225 people were living in collective centers, the other inhabitants lived in 10,085 households and 7,462 families. The population density was 29 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 98.71 percent White, 0.51 percent African American, 0.10 percent Native American, 0.28 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.03 percent from other races groups; 0.35 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.44 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 10,085 households out of which 32.3 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 58.4 percent were married couples living together, 11.5 percent were single mothers, 26.0 percent were non-families, 24.1 percent of all households and 10.1 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.94.
Based on the county the population was spread from 23.7 percent population under 18 years, 9.2 percent between 18 and 24 years, 28.7 percent between 25 and 44 years, 25.8 percent between 45 and 64 years and 12.6 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 95.8 males. For every 100 females aged 18 years old or over, there were 92.1 men statistically.
The median income for a household was $ 21,110, and the median income for a family was $ 24,869. Males had a median income of $ 30,488, women $ 17,902. The per capita income was $ 11,984. 23.7 percent of families and 27.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 35.9 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 21.2 percent of those 65 years.
Places in County
- Adamson
- Banks
- Beefhide
- Bell Craft
- Blackey
- Burdine
- Carbon Glow
- Carcassonne
- Colson
- Cromona
- Crown
- Day
- Deane
- Defeated Creek
- Democrat
- Dongola
- Dunham
- East Jenkins
- Eolia
- Ermine
- Farraday
- Fleming
- Fleming - Neon
- Flint
- Gaskill
- Gilley
- Gordon
- Hallie
- Haymond
- Ice
- Isom
- Jenkins
- Jeremiah
- Kings Creek
- Kona
- Letcher
- Linefork
- Luca Town
- Marlowe
- Mayking
- McRoberts
- Millstone
- Neon
- Neon Junction
- Oscaloosa
- Oven Fork
- Partridge
- Payne Gap
- Polly
- Potters Fork
- Roxana
- Sackett
- Seco
- Sergent
- Skyline
- Southdown
- Thornton
- Tillie
- Tolliver Town
- Ulvah
- Van
- Whitaker
- Whitco
- Whitesburg