Whitley County, Kentucky (KY)
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 4,512
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 10,020
Renter-occupied apartments: 4,121 (it was 3,760 in 2000)
% of renters here: | 27% |
State: | 31% |
Land area: 440 sq. mi.
Water area: 5.0 sq. mi.
Population density: 83 people per square mile (average).
Industries providing employment: Educational, health and social services (29.6%), Retail trade (13.7%), Manufacturing (12.6%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 76%
- Government: 18%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 6%
- Unpaid family work: 0%
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- 34,59094.6%White Non-Hispanic Alone
- 8822.4%Two or more races
- 5841.6%Hispanic or Latino
- 3170.9%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
- 840.2%Asian alone
- 690.2%Some other race alone
- 480.1%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
Median resident age: | 36.4 years |
Kentucky median age: | 39.4 years |
Males: 18,106 | (49.3%) |
Females: 18,618 | (50.7%) |
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Whitley County: | 2.0 people |
Kentucky: | 2 people |
Estimated median household income in 2022: $43,711 ($22,075 in 1999)
This county: | $43,711 |
Kentucky: | $59,341 |
Median contract rent in 2022 for apartments: $498 (lower quartile is $351, upper quartile is $629)
This county: | $498 |
State: | $702 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $126,763 (it was $49,500 in 2000)
Whitley: | $126,763 |
Kentucky: | $196,300 |
Mean price in 2022:
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,058Detached houses: $157,411
Here: $157,411 State: $256,452 Townhouses or other attached units: $178,646
Here: $178,646 State: $264,090 Mobile homes: $82,371
Here: $82,371 State: $84,635
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $335
Institutionalized population: 532
Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 0
- Rapes: 0
- Robberies: 2
- Assaults: 11
- Burglaries: 53
- Thefts: 66
- Auto thefts: 24
Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 0
- Rapes: 0
- Robberies: 1
- Assaults: 12
- Burglaries: 41
- Thefts: 52
- Auto thefts: 23
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 2022: 9 buildings, average cost: $200,300
- 2021: 8 buildings, average cost: $169,500
- 2020: 6 buildings, average cost: $110,400
- 2019: 9 buildings, average cost: $120,400
- 2018: 9 buildings, average cost: $131,200
- 2017: 8 buildings, average cost: $140,000
- 2016: 5 buildings, average cost: $100,100
- 2015: 14 buildings, average cost: $88,000
- 2014: 12 buildings, average cost: $115,000
- 2013: 12 buildings, average cost: $62,200
- 2012: 6 buildings, average cost: $133,000
- 2011: 13 buildings, average cost: $76,000
- 2010: 6 buildings, average cost: $96,700
- 2009: 9 buildings, average cost: $116,700
- 2008: 15 buildings, average cost: $154,200
- 2007: 11 buildings, average cost: $87,500
- 2006: 31 buildings, average cost: $140,800
- 2005: 32 buildings, average cost: $92,300
- 2004: 27 buildings, average cost: $85,600
- 2003: 16 buildings, average cost: $96,300
- 2002: 24 buildings, average cost: $96,800
- 2001: 18 buildings, average cost: $99,000
- 2000: 7 buildings, average cost: $84,000
- 1999: 58 buildings, average cost: $59,700
- 1998: 27 buildings, average cost: $71,800
- 1997: 31 buildings, average cost: $46,200
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $1,095 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $617 (0.6%)
Whitley County: | 24.0% |
Kentucky: | 16.5% |
Median age of residents in 2022: 36.4 years old
(Males: 34.9 years old, Females: 37.8 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 36.9 years old, Black residents: 21.0 years old, American Indian residents: 60.6 years old, Asian residents: 34.3 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 20.2 years old, Other race residents: 26.8 years old)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Whitley County is $347 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $457 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $546 a month.
Cities in this county include: Corbin, Cumberland Falls, Williamsburg, Saxton, Siler, Emlyn, Rockholds, Pleasant View, Pearl.
Neighboring counties: Allen County , Butler County, Missouri , New Madrid County, Missouri .
Here: | 4.4% |
Kentucky: | 3.8% |
Current college students: 1,972
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 82.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 18.7%
Number of foreign born residents: 228 (37.9% naturalized citizens)
Whitley County: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 4.0% |
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population
- 1642010 or later
- 502000 to 2009
- 01990 to 1999
- 521980 to 1989
- 321970 to 1979
- 29Before 1970
Mean travel time to work (commute): minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 95.5%
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 10,045
- One, attached: 99
- Two: 471
- 3 or 4: 405
- 5 to 9: 354
- 10 to 19: 147
- 20 to 49: 156
- 50 or more: 30
- Mobile homes: 3,852
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 44
Housing units in Whitley County with a mortgage: 4,011 (373 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 315 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 212
Here: | 1.9% with mortgage |
State: | 96.8% with mortgage |
Religion statistics for Whitley County
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Evangelical Protestant | 20,685 | 78 |
Mainline Protestant | 1,697 | 7 |
Other | 652 | 3 |
Catholic | 92 | 2 |
None | 12,511 | - |
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Whitley County: | 2.35 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 2.19 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 0.26 / 10,000 pop. |
Kentucky: | 0.25 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 1.04 / 10,000 pop. |
Kentucky: | 0.74 / 10,000 pop. |
Whitley County: | 5.22 / 10,000 pop. |
Kentucky: | 4.36 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 3.39 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 5.74 / 10,000 pop. |
Whitley County: | 13.9% |
Kentucky: | 11.0% |
Whitley County: | 30.9% |
State: | 30.0% |
Here: | 20.7% |
State: | 15.9% |
Agriculture in Whitley County:
Average size of farms: 121 acresAverage value of agricultural products sold per farm: $9,138
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $83.55
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 1.77%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 75.15%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $9,819
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 22.38%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 0.15%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $27,852
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 96.60%
Average age of principal farm operators: 55 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 15.36
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.53%
Corn for grain: 598 harvested acres
Vegetables: 121 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 28 acres
Earthquake activity:
Whitley County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Kentucky state average. It is 78% greater than the overall U.S. average.On 7/27/1980 at 18:52:21, a magnitude 5.2 (5.1 MB, 4.7 MS, 5.0 UK, 5.2 UK, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 98.3 miles away from Whitley County center
On 11/30/1973 at 07:48:41, a magnitude 4.7 (4.7 MB, 4.6 ML, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 69.2 miles away from the county center
On 8/9/2020 at 12:07:37, a magnitude 5.1 (5.1 MW, Depth: 4.7 mi) earthquake occurred 169.8 miles away from the county center
On 4/18/2008 at 09:36:59, a magnitude 5.4 (5.1 MB, 4.8 MS, 5.4 MW, 5.2 MW) earthquake occurred 235.8 miles away from the county center
On 9/7/1988 at 02:28:09, a magnitude 4.6 (4.5 MB, 4.6 LG) earthquake occurred 94.5 miles away from Whitley County center
On 4/18/2008 at 09:36:59, a magnitude 5.2 (5.2 MW, Depth: 8.9 mi) earthquake occurred 235.8 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Most recent natural disasters:
- Kentucky Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides, Incident Period: February 3, 2020 - February 29, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4540-KY: April 24, 2020, FEMA Id: 4540, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
- 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, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides, Incident Period: February 9, 2018 - February 14, 2018, FEMA Id: 4358, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
- 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 Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3231: September 10, 2005, FEMA Id: 3231, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
- Kentucky Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, and Mudslides, Incident Period: May 26, 2004 to June 18, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1523: June 10, 2004, FEMA Id: 1523, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Mudslide, Flood
- Kentucky Severe Winter Storms, Incident Period: February 15, 2003 to February 26, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1454: March 14, 2003, FEMA Id: 1454, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
- Kentucky Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding, Incident Period: April 27, 2002 to May 10, 2002, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1414: May 07, 2002, FEMA Id: 1414, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
- 14 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.
The number of natural disasters in Whitley County (24) is greater than the US average (15).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 17
Emergencies Declared: 2
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 14, Storms: 13, Mudslides: 6, Tornadoes: 6, Landslides: 5, Winter Storms: 4, Fires: 2, Winds: 2, Blizzard: 1, Freeze: 1, Hurricane: 1, Snow: 1, Snowfall: 1, Snowstorm: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 10,196 (72.7%)
- Carpooled: 2,258 (16.1%)
- Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 59 (0.4%)
- Walked: 260 (1.9%)
- Worked at home: 1,315 (9.4%)
- Health care and social assistance (26%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Retail trade (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Manufacturing (7%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Other services, except public administration (4%)
- Health care and social assistance (26%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Retail trade (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Manufacturing (7%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Other services, except public administration (4%)
- Production occupations (11%)
- Material moving occupations (10%)
- Transportation occupations (9%)
- Construction and extraction occupations (8%)
- Management occupations (8%)
- Sales and related occupations (7%)
- Food preparation and serving related occupations (7%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (15%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (13%)
- Sales and related occupations (11%)
- Healthcare support occupations (10%)
- Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (7%)
- Community and social service occupations (7%)
- Food preparation and serving related occupations (6%)
- Philippines (16%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (14%)
- Guatemala (9%)
- Spain (8%)
- Italy (7%)
- Mexico (7%)
- Iraq (6%)
- American (24%)
- English (21%)
- Irish (13%)
- German (4%)
- Italian (2%)
- European (2%)
- Scotch-Irish (1%)
People in group quarters in Whitley County, Kentucky in 2010:
- 997 people in college/university student housing
- 298 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
- 234 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities
- 32 people in emergency and transitional shelters (with sleeping facilities) for people experiencing homelessness
- 25 people in residential treatment centers for adults
- 3 people in group homes intended for adults
People in group quarters in Whitley County, Kentucky in 2000:
- 698 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 316 people in nursing homes
- 50 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 48 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 36 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 28 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the intellectually disabled
- 13 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 13 people in other group homes
- 3 people in religious group quarters
8.10% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($36,224 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 8.10% |
Kentucky average: | 7.04% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.72% relocated from other counties in Kentucky ($24,357 average AGI)
2.37% relocated from other states ($11,867 average AGI)
Whitley County: 2.37% Kentucky average: 2.87%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2020 and 2021:
from Laurel County, KY | 2.39% ($33,096 average AGI) |
from Knox County, KY | 1.64% ($37,539) |
from Campbell County, TN | 0.30% ($21,400) |
from Bell County, KY | 0.21% ($32,240) |
from Madison County, KY | 0.18% ($50,429) |
from Fayette County, KY | 0.17% ($33,400) |
7.16% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($38,575 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 7.16% |
Kentucky average: | 6.89% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.32% relocated to other counties in Kentucky ($27,159 average AGI)
1.84% relocated to other states ($11,417 average AGI)
Whitley County: 1.84% Kentucky average: 2.73%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
to Laurel County, KY | 2.08% ($36,807 average AGI) |
to Knox County, KY | 1.64% ($34,743) |
to Campbell County, TN | 0.27% ($35,806) |
to Fayette County, KY | 0.17% ($41,400) |
to Madison County, KY | 0.17% ($47,350) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 11.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 13.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 11.4
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 3.5%
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 7,405 (4,929 aged, 2,476 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 983 (11%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Whitley County, Kentucky in 1999 - 2019:
- Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (1,299)
- Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (814)
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified (526)
- Atherosclerotic heart disease (521)
- Unspecified dementia (208)
- Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (179)
- Alzheimer disease, unspecified (165)
- Pneumonia, unspecified (107)
- Accidental poisoning by and exposure to other and unspecified drugs, medicaments and biological substances (82)
- Septicaemia, unspecified (82)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 19%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 25,685
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 639
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 89,059
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,078
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 936
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 42
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 113
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 8
Crimes per 100,000 population in 1996: 1
Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 177.7. This is more than state average.
- Firearm - 158.4
- Other - 19.3
Household type by relationship:
Households: 36,724- Male householders: 5,960 (1,558 living alone), Female householders: 7,583 (1,708 living alone)
6,912 spouses (6,726 opposite-sex spouses), 1,282 unmarried partners, (1,212 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 9,666 children (8,538 natural, 356 adopted, 763 stepchildren), 1,712 grandchildren, 255 brothers or sisters, 288 parents, 84 foster children, 393 other relatives, 848 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 1,711
Size of family households: 4,108 2-persons, 2,098 3-persons, 1,713 4-persons, 714 5-persons, 439 6-persons, 314 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 3,266 1-person, 692 2-persons, 88 3-persons, 45 4-persons.
5,344 married couples with children.
1,995 single-parent households (276 men, 1,719 women).
98.9% of residents of Whitley speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 3% speak English well, 18% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (94% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (73% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (61% speak English very well, 39% speak English well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $321,972,000 ($8,571 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $26,788,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $147,065,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $67,473,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $671,000
Federal grants: $71,930,000
Federal procurement contracts: $26,229,000 ($21,225,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $8,603,000 ($1,279,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $899,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $4,530,000
Federal Government insurance: $9,726,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 2,726Here: | 72 per 1000 residents |
State: | 69 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 2,352
Here: | 62 per 1000 residents |
State: | 50 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +57
Here: | +1 per 1000 residents |
State: | +7 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +1,798
Here: | +47 per 1000 residents |
State: | +8 per 1000 residents |
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.35 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)
Here: | 6.1 |
State: | 6.4 |
Here: | 4.8 |
State: | 4.4 |
- Year house built in Whitley County, Kentucky
- 312020 or later
- 1,5092010 to 2019
- 2,5562000 to 2009
- 2,5421990 to 1999
- 2,7231980 to 1989
- 2,7751970 to 1979
- 1,3241960 to 1969
- 8621950 to 1959
- 5131940 to 1949
- 7261939 or earlier
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Whitley County, Kentucky
- 761 room
- 382 rooms
- 843 rooms
- 1,0174 rooms
- 2,1345 rooms
- 2,1246 rooms
- 1,2897 rooms
- 1,1038 rooms
- 1,2399+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Whitley County, Kentucky
- 3131 room
- 402 rooms
- 4583 rooms
- 1,0544 rooms
- 1,1275 rooms
- 6266 rooms
- 2437 rooms
- 2678 rooms
- 2019+ rooms
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Whitley County, Kentucky
- 102no bedroom
- 1311 bedroom
- 1,6102 bedrooms
- 5,0893 bedrooms
- 1,7004 bedrooms
- 4805+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Whitley County, Kentucky
- 329no bedroom
- 3801 bedroom
- 1,5612 bedrooms
- 1,5513 bedrooms
- 4064 bedrooms
- 715+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Whitley County in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 461no vehicle
- 2,2781 vehicle
- 3,1992 vehicles
- 2,0833 vehicles
- 7534 vehicles
- 3015+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Whitley County in renter-occupied apartments
- 638no vehicle
- 1,8791 vehicle
- 1,3552 vehicles
- 4583 vehicles
- 604 vehicles
- 05+ vehicles
88.0% of Whitley County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 27% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Kentucky.
Whitley County: | 88.0% |
State average: | 87.2% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 22,935
- Other state: 13,518
- Northeast: 661
- Midwest: 4,657
- South: 7,395
- West: 749
- 52.4%Electricity
- 35.3%Utility gas
- 6.9%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 3.4%Wood
- 0.8%Coal or coke
- 0.7%Other fuel
- 0.5%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 61.9%Electricity
- 29.6%Utility gas
- 3.2%Wood
- 2.8%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 1.0%No fuel used
- 0.7%Other fuel
- 0.7%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Here: | 8.7% |
Kentucky: | 17.2% |
Here: | 11.2% |
Kentucky: | 15.2% |
Here: | 57.2% |
Kentucky: | 19.6% |
Whitley County government finances - Expenditure in 2020:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $308,000
Cash and Securities: $46,000
- Charges - Hospital Public: $4,040,000
Other: $2,482,000
Other: $2,346,000
Hospital Public: $1,099,000
Solid Waste Management: $27,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $1,909,000
Regular Highways: $516,000
- Current Operations - Health - Other: $7,327,000
Health - Other: $4,915,000
General - Other: $3,142,000
General - Other: $2,967,000
Correctional Institutions: $2,081,000
Correctional Institutions: $2,020,000
Regular Highways: $1,174,000
Regular Highways: $1,089,000
Police Protection: $767,000
Police Protection: $696,000
Central Staff Services: $475,000
Central Staff Services: $436,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $420,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $410,000
General Public Buildings: $219,000
Solid Waste Management: $216,000
Financial Administration: $216,000
General Public Buildings: $212,000
Financial Administration: $203,000
Parks and Recreation: $126,000
Parks and Recreation: $115,000
Solid Waste Management: $93,000
Local Fire Protection: $48,000
Local Fire Protection: $35,000
Public Welfare - Other: $7,000
Public Welfare - Other: $5,000
Natural Resources - Other: $3,000
Natural Resources - Other: $3,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $1,164,000
Health and Hospitals: $682,000
Other: $564,000
Other: $134,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $525,000
Interest on Debt: $493,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Correctional Institutions: $23,000
Other - Correctional Institutions: $20,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $932,000
Health and Hospitals: $400,000
Other: $68,000
Other: $49,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $13,125,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $12,730,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $12,330,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $11,930,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $400,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $395,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $517,000
General Revenue - Other: $310,000
Interest Earnings: $47,000
Interest Earnings: $11,000
Sale of Property: $6,000
Sale of Property: $1,000
Rents: $1,000
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $568,000
General - Other: $564,000
Central Staff Services: $231,000
Central Staff Services: $128,000
Solid Waste Management: $90,000
Regular Highways: $84,000
Regular Highways: $49,000
Health - Other: $41,000
Health - Other: $34,000
Local Fire Protection: $5,000
Correctional Institutions: $2,000
Financial Administration: $2,000
Local Fire Protection: $1,000
Financial Administration: $1,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $1,901,000
Cash and Securities: $1,444,000
- State Intergovernmental - Other: $4,314,000
Other: $2,997,000
Highways: $1,822,000
Highways: $1,776,000
Health and Hospitals: $988,000
Health and Hospitals: $721,000
General Local Government Support: $289,000
General Local Government Support: $21,000
- Tax - Individual Income: $5,067,000
Individual Income: $4,898,000
Property: $1,282,000
Property: $1,272,000
Public Utilities Sales: $461,000
Public Utilities Sales: $445,000
Corporation License: $91,000
Corporation License: $86,000
Other Selective Sales: $65,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $58,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $56,000
Other Selective Sales: $49,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $3,414,000
: $3,410,000
Whitley County government finances - Revenue in 2020:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $308,000
Cash and Securities: $46,000
- Charges - Hospital Public: $4,040,000
Other: $2,482,000
Other: $2,346,000
Hospital Public: $1,099,000
Solid Waste Management: $27,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $1,909,000
Regular Highways: $516,000
- Current Operations - Health - Other: $7,327,000
Health - Other: $4,915,000
General - Other: $3,142,000
General - Other: $2,967,000
Correctional Institutions: $2,081,000
Correctional Institutions: $2,020,000
Regular Highways: $1,174,000
Regular Highways: $1,089,000
Police Protection: $767,000
Police Protection: $696,000
Central Staff Services: $475,000
Central Staff Services: $436,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $420,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $410,000
General Public Buildings: $219,000
Solid Waste Management: $216,000
Financial Administration: $216,000
General Public Buildings: $212,000
Financial Administration: $203,000
Parks and Recreation: $126,000
Parks and Recreation: $115,000
Solid Waste Management: $93,000
Local Fire Protection: $48,000
Local Fire Protection: $35,000
Public Welfare - Other: $7,000
Public Welfare - Other: $5,000
Natural Resources - Other: $3,000
Natural Resources - Other: $3,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $1,164,000
Health and Hospitals: $682,000
Other: $564,000
Other: $134,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $525,000
Interest on Debt: $493,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Correctional Institutions: $23,000
Other - Correctional Institutions: $20,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $932,000
Health and Hospitals: $400,000
Other: $68,000
Other: $49,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $13,125,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $12,730,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $12,330,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $11,930,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $400,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $395,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $517,000
General Revenue - Other: $310,000
Interest Earnings: $47,000
Interest Earnings: $11,000
Sale of Property: $6,000
Sale of Property: $1,000
Rents: $1,000
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $568,000
General - Other: $564,000
Central Staff Services: $231,000
Central Staff Services: $128,000
Solid Waste Management: $90,000
Regular Highways: $84,000
Regular Highways: $49,000
Health - Other: $41,000
Health - Other: $34,000
Local Fire Protection: $5,000
Correctional Institutions: $2,000
Financial Administration: $2,000
Local Fire Protection: $1,000
Financial Administration: $1,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $1,901,000
Cash and Securities: $1,444,000
- State Intergovernmental - Other: $4,314,000
Other: $2,997,000
Highways: $1,822,000
Highways: $1,776,000
Health and Hospitals: $988,000
Health and Hospitals: $721,000
General Local Government Support: $289,000
General Local Government Support: $21,000
- Tax - Individual Income: $5,067,000
Individual Income: $4,898,000
Property: $1,282,000
Property: $1,272,000
Public Utilities Sales: $461,000
Public Utilities Sales: $445,000
Corporation License: $91,000
Corporation License: $86,000
Other Selective Sales: $65,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $58,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $56,000
Other Selective Sales: $49,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $3,414,000
: $3,410,000
Whitley County government finances - Debt in 2020:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $308,000
Cash and Securities: $46,000
- Charges - Hospital Public: $4,040,000
Other: $2,482,000
Other: $2,346,000
Hospital Public: $1,099,000
Solid Waste Management: $27,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $1,909,000
Regular Highways: $516,000
- Current Operations - Health - Other: $7,327,000
Health - Other: $4,915,000
General - Other: $3,142,000
General - Other: $2,967,000
Correctional Institutions: $2,081,000
Correctional Institutions: $2,020,000
Regular Highways: $1,174,000
Regular Highways: $1,089,000
Police Protection: $767,000
Police Protection: $696,000
Central Staff Services: $475,000
Central Staff Services: $436,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $420,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $410,000
General Public Buildings: $219,000
Solid Waste Management: $216,000
Financial Administration: $216,000
General Public Buildings: $212,000
Financial Administration: $203,000
Parks and Recreation: $126,000
Parks and Recreation: $115,000
Solid Waste Management: $93,000
Local Fire Protection: $48,000
Local Fire Protection: $35,000
Public Welfare - Other: $7,000
Public Welfare - Other: $5,000
Natural Resources - Other: $3,000
Natural Resources - Other: $3,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $1,164,000
Health and Hospitals: $682,000
Other: $564,000
Other: $134,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $525,000
Interest on Debt: $493,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Correctional Institutions: $23,000
Other - Correctional Institutions: $20,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $932,000
Health and Hospitals: $400,000
Other: $68,000
Other: $49,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $13,125,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $12,730,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $12,330,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $11,930,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $400,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $395,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $517,000
General Revenue - Other: $310,000
Interest Earnings: $47,000
Interest Earnings: $11,000
Sale of Property: $6,000
Sale of Property: $1,000
Rents: $1,000
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $568,000
General - Other: $564,000
Central Staff Services: $231,000
Central Staff Services: $128,000
Solid Waste Management: $90,000
Regular Highways: $84,000
Regular Highways: $49,000
Health - Other: $41,000
Health - Other: $34,000
Local Fire Protection: $5,000
Correctional Institutions: $2,000
Financial Administration: $2,000
Local Fire Protection: $1,000
Financial Administration: $1,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $1,901,000
Cash and Securities: $1,444,000
- State Intergovernmental - Other: $4,314,000
Other: $2,997,000
Highways: $1,822,000
Highways: $1,776,000
Health and Hospitals: $988,000
Health and Hospitals: $721,000
General Local Government Support: $289,000
General Local Government Support: $21,000
- Tax - Individual Income: $5,067,000
Individual Income: $4,898,000
Property: $1,282,000
Property: $1,272,000
Public Utilities Sales: $461,000
Public Utilities Sales: $445,000
Corporation License: $91,000
Corporation License: $86,000
Other Selective Sales: $65,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $58,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $56,000
Other Selective Sales: $49,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $3,414,000
: $3,410,000
Whitley County government finances - Cash and Securities in 2020:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $308,000
Cash and Securities: $46,000
- Charges - Hospital Public: $4,040,000
Other: $2,482,000
Other: $2,346,000
Hospital Public: $1,099,000
Solid Waste Management: $27,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $1,909,000
Regular Highways: $516,000
- Current Operations - Health - Other: $7,327,000
Health - Other: $4,915,000
General - Other: $3,142,000
General - Other: $2,967,000
Correctional Institutions: $2,081,000
Correctional Institutions: $2,020,000
Regular Highways: $1,174,000
Regular Highways: $1,089,000
Police Protection: $767,000
Police Protection: $696,000
Central Staff Services: $475,000
Central Staff Services: $436,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $420,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $410,000
General Public Buildings: $219,000
Solid Waste Management: $216,000
Financial Administration: $216,000
General Public Buildings: $212,000
Financial Administration: $203,000
Parks and Recreation: $126,000
Parks and Recreation: $115,000
Solid Waste Management: $93,000
Local Fire Protection: $48,000
Local Fire Protection: $35,000
Public Welfare - Other: $7,000
Public Welfare - Other: $5,000
Natural Resources - Other: $3,000
Natural Resources - Other: $3,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $1,164,000
Health and Hospitals: $682,000
Other: $564,000
Other: $134,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $525,000
Interest on Debt: $493,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Correctional Institutions: $23,000
Other - Correctional Institutions: $20,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $932,000
Health and Hospitals: $400,000
Other: $68,000
Other: $49,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $13,125,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $12,730,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $12,330,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $11,930,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $400,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $395,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $517,000
General Revenue - Other: $310,000
Interest Earnings: $47,000
Interest Earnings: $11,000
Sale of Property: $6,000
Sale of Property: $1,000
Rents: $1,000
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $568,000
General - Other: $564,000
Central Staff Services: $231,000
Central Staff Services: $128,000
Solid Waste Management: $90,000
Regular Highways: $84,000
Regular Highways: $49,000
Health - Other: $41,000
Health - Other: $34,000
Local Fire Protection: $5,000
Correctional Institutions: $2,000
Financial Administration: $2,000
Local Fire Protection: $1,000
Financial Administration: $1,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $1,901,000
Cash and Securities: $1,444,000
- State Intergovernmental - Other: $4,314,000
Other: $2,997,000
Highways: $1,822,000
Highways: $1,776,000
Health and Hospitals: $988,000
Health and Hospitals: $721,000
General Local Government Support: $289,000
General Local Government Support: $21,000
- Tax - Individual Income: $5,067,000
Individual Income: $4,898,000
Property: $1,282,000
Property: $1,272,000
Public Utilities Sales: $461,000
Public Utilities Sales: $445,000
Corporation License: $91,000
Corporation License: $86,000
Other Selective Sales: $65,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $58,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $56,000
Other Selective Sales: $49,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $3,414,000
: $3,410,000
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:
- Total number of recipients: 3,068
- Number of aged recipients: 141
- Number of blind and disabled recipients: 2,927
- Number of recipients under 18: 395
- Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 2,153
- Number of recipients older than 64: 520
- Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 953
- Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,426
Most common first names in Whitley County, KY among deceased individuals | ||
Name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
James | 337 | 70.1 years |
William | 276 | 74.0 years |
John | 253 | 75.6 years |
Mary | 249 | 78.5 years |
Charles | 191 | 70.4 years |
Robert | 164 | 71.4 years |
George | 151 | 75.3 years |
Nannie | 86 | 82.0 years |
Martha | 75 | 80.6 years |
Roy | 74 | 71.8 years |
Most common last names in Whitley County, KY among deceased individuals | ||
Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
Smith | 269 | 73.6 years |
Jones | 203 | 75.7 years |
Lawson | 185 | 73.9 years |
Cox | 147 | 73.3 years |
Taylor | 133 | 74.8 years |
Davis | 128 | 75.4 years |
Johnson | 108 | 74.8 years |
Moses | 106 | 73.2 years |
Wilson | 105 | 72.4 years |
Rains | 104 | 76.6 years |
Businesses in Whitley County, KY | ||||
Name | Count | Name | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|
AT&T | 1 | Kroger | 2 | |
Advance Auto Parts | 3 | La-Z-Boy | 1 | |
Applebee's | 1 | Lane Furniture | 1 | |
Arby's | 3 | Little Caesars Pizza | 2 | |
Ashley Furniture | 1 | Long John Silver's | 2 | |
AutoZone | 1 | Lowe's | 1 | |
Baymont Inn | 1 | Marriott | 1 | |
Best Western | 1 | MasterBrand Cabinets | 5 | |
Blockbuster | 1 | Maurices | 1 | |
Burger King | 2 | McDonald's | 4 | |
Chevrolet | 1 | Nike | 3 | |
Comfort Suites | 1 | Papa John's Pizza | 1 | |
Curves | 1 | Pizza Hut | 2 | |
Dairy Queen | 1 | RadioShack | 2 | |
Days Inn | 1 | Rite Aid | 1 | |
Decora Cabinetry | 1 | SAS Shoes | 1 | |
Domino's Pizza | 2 | SONIC Drive-In | 2 | |
Fashion Bug | 1 | Sears | 1 | |
FedEx | 4 | Subway | 6 | |
Ford | 1 | Super 8 | 2 | |
GNC | 1 | T-Mobile | 1 | |
GameStop | 1 | Taco Bell | 2 | |
Goodwill | 2 | Toyota | 1 | |
H&R Block | 2 | True Value | 2 | |
Hardee's | 3 | U-Haul | 5 | |
Hilton | 2 | UPS | 6 | |
Holiday Inn | 1 | Waffle House | 1 | |
JCPenney | 1 | Walgreens | 2 | |
Jones New York | 1 | Walmart | 2 | |
KFC | 2 | Wendy's | 3 | |
Knights Inn | 1 |
Whitley County on our top lists:
- #19 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000"
- #68 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000"