Owsley County, Kentucky (KY)

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• • 3,66789.0%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3067.4%Two or more races
  • 912.2%Some other race alone
  • 521.3%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 50.1%Asian alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $109,258

Here:	$109,258
State:	$256,452

Mobile homes: $60,670

Here:	$60,670
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: 0
• Burglaries: 1
• Thefts: 0
• Auto thefts: 0

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: 1
• Thefts: 0
• Auto thefts: 1

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $820 (0.8%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $576 (0.8%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Owsley County is $374 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $429 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $537 a month.

Cities in this county include: Sturgeon, Cowcreek, Booneville.

Neighboring counties: Dade County, Missouri , Daviess County , San Francisco County, California , Madison County, Missouri , Bedford city, Virginia , Roanoke city, Virginia .

Current college students: 154
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 71.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 11.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 5 (105.1% naturalized citizens)

Mean travel time to work (commute): & minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 96.4%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 1,299
• One, attached: 15
• Two: 48
• 3 or 4: 41
• 5 to 9: 89
• 10 to 19: 15
• Mobile homes: 451

Housing units in Owsley County with a mortgage: 280 (4 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 32

Religion statistics for Owsley County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Owsley County:

Tornado activity:

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, 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, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: July 11, 2015 to July 20, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4239: August 12, 2015, FEMA Id: 4239, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood, Wind
• 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 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, Tornadoes, Flooding, and Mudslides, Incident Period: May 03, 2009 to May 20, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1841: May 29, 2009, FEMA Id: 1841, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Mudslide, Flood
• Kentucky Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: January 27, 2009 to February 05, 2009, Emergency Declared EM-3302: January 28, 2009, FEMA Id: 3302, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• 22 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

4.94% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($29,474 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.94% relocated from other counties in Kentucky ($29,474 average AGI)
10 or fewer of this county's residents relocated from other states.

5.51% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($23,156 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.51% relocated to other counties in Kentucky ($23,156 average AGI)
10 or fewer of this county's residents relocated to other states.

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.4
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.4

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 15.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 17.6

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 2.7

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Owsley County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 25%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 20%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 636 (258 living alone), Female householders: 795 (251 living alone)

• 660 spouses (654 opposite-sex spouses), 89 unmarried partners, (89 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 919 children (854 natural, 16 adopted, 49 stepchildren), 154 grandchildren, 62 brothers or sisters, 57 parents, 73 foster children, 190 other relatives, 255 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 89

Size of family households: 415 2-persons, 174 3-persons, 166 4-persons, 47 5-persons, 45 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 510 1-person, 48 2-persons, 10 4-persons.

289 married couples with children.
123 single-parent households (14 men, 109 women).

100.2% of residents of Owsley speak English at home.

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $50,025,000 ($10,534 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $273,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $17,522,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $10,507,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $79,000
Federal grants: $20,806,000
Federal procurement contracts: $232,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $880,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $440,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $77,000
Federal Government insurance: $889,000

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

Here:	-0 per 1000 residents
State:	+7 per 1000 residents

Here:	-9 per 1000 residents
State:	+8 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.31 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

• Year house built in Owsley County, Kentucky
• 02020 or later
• 2712010 to 2019
• 3742000 to 2009
• 2781990 to 1999
• 3261980 to 1989
• 3661970 to 1979
• 961960 to 1969
• 841950 to 1959
• 841940 to 1949
• 1051939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Owsley County, Kentucky

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Owsley County, Kentucky
• 01 room
• 172 rooms
• 73 rooms
• 1984 rooms
• 1555 rooms
• 2386 rooms
• 1507 rooms
• 808 rooms
• 759+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Owsley County, Kentucky
• 01 room
• 02 rooms
• 623 rooms
• 2154 rooms
• 875 rooms
• 476 rooms
• 807 rooms
• 128 rooms
• 19+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Owsley County, Kentucky

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Owsley County, Kentucky
• 0no bedroom
• 321 bedroom
• 3042 bedrooms
• 4343 bedrooms
• 1034 bedrooms
• 395+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Owsley County, Kentucky
• 0no bedroom
• 1591 bedroom
• 2302 bedrooms
• 1153 bedrooms
• 34 bedrooms
• 145+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Owsley County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 31no vehicle
• 1881 vehicle
• 3452 vehicles
• 1643 vehicles
• 924 vehicles
• 875+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Owsley County in renter-occupied apartments
• 109no vehicle
• 2701 vehicle
• 422 vehicles
• 893 vehicles
• 74 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

91.2% of Owsley County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Kentucky.

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

• This state: 3,389
• Other state: 574
• Northeast: 0
• Midwest: 417
• South: 148
• West: 0

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 950
• Number of aged recipients: 68
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 882
• Number of recipients under 18: 76
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 645
• Number of recipients older than 64: 229
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 291
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 435

Owsley County on our top lists:

• #18 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000"
• #26 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013"
• #74 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000"