Monroe County, Kentucky (KY)

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• • 10,45092.8%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3783.4%Hispanic or Latino
  • 2842.5%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1201.1%Two or more races
  • 210.2%Asian alone
  • 60.05%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $189,157

Here:	$189,157
State:	$256,452

Townhouses or other attached units: $54,930

Here:	$54,930
State:	$264,090

Mobile homes: $249,571

Here:	$249,571
State:	$84,635

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 2
• Burglaries: 6
• Thefts: 6
• Auto thefts: 7

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 0
• Burglaries: 2
• Thefts: 4
• Auto thefts: 3

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $964 (0.6%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $654 (0.6%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Monroe County is $348 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $429 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $547 a month.

Cities in this county include: Tompkinsville, Mount Herman, Gamaliel, Fountain Run.

Neighboring counties: Clay County, Arkansas , Marion County, Arkansas , Mecklenburg County, Virginia , Sussex County, Virginia , Suffolk city, Virginia .

Current college students: 438
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 81.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 16.0%

Number of foreign born residents: 154 (36.8% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 22010 or later
• 1232000 to 2009
• 61990 to 1999
• 61980 to 1989
• 01970 to 1979
• 24Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 94.8%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 3,960
• One, attached: 32
• Two: 37
• 3 or 4: 57
• 5 to 9: 139
• 10 to 19: 81
• 20 to 49: 91
• 50 or more: 7
• Mobile homes: 863

Housing units in Monroe County with a mortgage: 1,373 (180 second mortgage, 22 home equity loan, 135 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 49

Religion statistics for Monroe County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Monroe County:

Earthquake activity:

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, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: April 12, 2011 to May 20, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1976: May 04, 2011, FEMA Id: 1976, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Kentucky Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Tornadoes, Incident Period: May 01, 2010 to June 01, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1912: May 11, 2010, FEMA Id: 1912, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Mudslide, Flood
• Kentucky Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: February 05, 2008 to February 06, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1746: February 21, 2008, FEMA Id: 1746, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• 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 and Flooding, Incident Period: July 13, 2004 to July 15, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1537: August 06, 2004, FEMA Id: 1537, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Kentucky Severe Storms, Flooding, Mud and Rock Slides, and Tornadoes, Incident Period: June 14, 2003 to June 27, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1475: July 02, 2003, FEMA Id: 1475, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Kentucky Severe Storms/Flooding, Incident Period: March 01, 1997 to March 31, 1997, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1163: March 04, 1997, FEMA Id: 1163, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Kentucky Blizzard, Incident Period: January 05, 1996 to January 12, 1996, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1089: January 13, 1996, FEMA Id: 1089, Natural disaster type: Blizzard
• 3 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

4.25% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($32,026 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.96% relocated from other counties in Kentucky ($23,336 average AGI)
1.28% relocated from other states ($8,691 average AGI)

Monroe County:	1.28%
Kentucky average:	2.87%

from Barren County, KY

1.06% ($36,895 average AGI)

4.62% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($34,584 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.31% relocated to other counties in Kentucky ($24,211 average AGI)
1.31% relocated to other states ($10,380 average AGI)

Monroe County:	1.31%
Kentucky average:	2.73%

to Barren County, KY

1.31% ($32,489 average AGI)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.4
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.3

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 12.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 14.8

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 3.9

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Monroe County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 18%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 2,050 (596 living alone), Female householders: 2,657 (841 living alone)

• 2,195 spouses (2,195 opposite-sex spouses), 342 unmarried partners, (342 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 3,026 children (2,881 natural, 13 adopted, 134 stepchildren), 589 grandchildren, 56 brothers or sisters, 99 parents, 0 foster children, 167 other relatives, 56 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 150

Size of family households: 1,159 2-persons, 878 3-persons, 631 4-persons, 234 5-persons, 48 6-persons, 99 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,438 1-person, 211 2-persons.

1,385 married couples with children.
808 single-parent households (265 men, 543 women).

96.7% of residents of Monroe speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $92,260,000 ($7,913 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,600,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $31,992,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $22,392,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $637,000
Federal grants: $33,827,000
Federal procurement contracts: $463,000 ($16,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $2,949,000 ($886,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $169,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $1,214,000
Federal Government insurance: $546,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-11 per 1000 residents
State:	+8 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.37 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

• Year house built in Monroe County, Kentucky
• 122020 or later
• 3792010 to 2019
• 6122000 to 2009
• 7291990 to 1999
• 7101980 to 1989
• 1,0931970 to 1979
• 7671960 to 1969
• 4741950 to 1959
• 1261940 to 1949
• 2831939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Monroe County, Kentucky

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Monroe County, Kentucky
• 51 room
• 252 rooms
• 693 rooms
• 3514 rooms
• 6225 rooms
• 7566 rooms
• 5277 rooms
• 4128 rooms
• 6039+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Monroe County, Kentucky
• 81 room
• 02 rooms
• 983 rooms
• 3954 rooms
• 2825 rooms
• 3076 rooms
• 557 rooms
• 1268 rooms
• 539+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Monroe County, Kentucky

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Monroe County, Kentucky
• 5no bedroom
• 831 bedroom
• 7502 bedrooms
• 1,7443 bedrooms
• 5264 bedrooms
• 2505+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Monroe County, Kentucky
• 8no bedroom
• 881 bedroom
• 6692 bedrooms
• 4653 bedrooms
• 694 bedrooms
• 155+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Monroe County, Kentucky in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Monroe County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 197no vehicle
• 8461 vehicle
• 1,1922 vehicles
• 6923 vehicles
• 2564 vehicles
• 1695+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Monroe County in renter-occupied apartments
• 138no vehicle
• 6161 vehicle
• 4262 vehicles
• 1083 vehicles
• 84 vehicles
• 385+ vehicles

88.0% of Monroe County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Kentucky.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 8,957
• Other state: 2,115
• Northeast: 222
• Midwest: 682
• South: 1,146
• West: 53

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 942
• Number of aged recipients: 122
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 820
• Number of recipients under 18: 77
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 555
• Number of recipients older than 64: 310
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 432
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 350

Monroe County on our top lists:

• #47 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000"
• #96 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000"