Harlan County, Kentucky (KY)

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• • 24,84393.4%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 9423.5%Two or more races
  • 5292.0%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1100.4%Asian alone
  • 820.3%Hispanic or Latino
  • 650.2%Some other race alone
  • 240.09%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone
  • 40.02%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $112,042

Here:	$112,042
State:	$256,452

Townhouses or other attached units: $117,777

Here:	$117,777
State:	$264,090

In 2-unit structures: $250,926

Here:	$250,926
State:	$211,203

Mobile homes: $57,021

Here:	$57,021
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: 4
• Burglaries: 12
• Thefts: 24
• Auto thefts: 6

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 1
• Burglaries: 11
• Thefts: 8
• Auto thefts: 3

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $858 (0.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $586 (0.9%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Harlan County is $382 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $429 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $528 a month.

Cities in this county include: Cumberland, Cawood, Harlan, Upper Clover, Pine Mountain, Poor Fork, Evarts, South Wallins, Alva, Lynch.

Neighboring counties: Chautauqua County, Kansas , Cherokee County, Kansas , Carroll County, Virginia , Logan County , Taney County, Missouri , Radford city, Virginia .

Current college students: 1,004
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 77.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 10.5%

Number of foreign born residents: 112 (81.1% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 442010 or later
• 162000 to 2009
• 161990 to 1999
• 211980 to 1989
• 271970 to 1979
• 53Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 96.2%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 8,674
• One, attached: 180
• Two: 191
• 3 or 4: 365
• 5 to 9: 575
• 10 to 19: 127
• 20 to 49: 75
• 50 or more: 105
• Mobile homes: 2,820
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 20

Housing units in Harlan County with a mortgage: 2,346 (105 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 47 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 86

Religion statistics for Harlan County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Harlan 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, 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 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 Winter Storms, Snowstorms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: February 15, 2015 to February 23, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4216: April 30, 2015, FEMA Id: 4216, 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 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 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
• 11 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

3.39% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($33,260 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
1.88% relocated from other counties in Kentucky ($17,212 average AGI)
1.50% relocated from other states ($16,048 average AGI)

Harlan County:	1.50%
Kentucky average:	2.87%

from Bell County, KY

0.28% ($27,238 average AGI)

4.19% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($30,596 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.49% relocated to other counties in Kentucky ($15,231 average AGI)
1.71% relocated to other states ($15,362 average AGI)

Harlan County:	1.71%
Kentucky average:	2.73%

to Bell County, KY

0.46% ($31,588 average AGI)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.7

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 13.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 15.9

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 10.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.6

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Harlan County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 20%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 4,848 (1,270 living alone), Female householders: 6,020 (1,850 living alone)

• 5,160 spouses (4,966 opposite-sex spouses), 567 unmarried partners, (507 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 6,669 children (6,372 natural, 143 adopted, 160 stepchildren), 1,294 grandchildren, 148 brothers or sisters, 170 parents, 5 foster children, 485 other relatives, 679 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 597

Size of family households: 3,781 2-persons, 1,472 3-persons, 1,276 4-persons, 567 5-persons, 173 6-persons, 30 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,121 1-person, 372 2-persons, 25 3-persons, 5 4-persons, 34 7-or-more-persons.

3,180 married couples with children.
1,381 single-parent households (222 men, 1,159 women).

98.9% of residents of Harlan speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (59% speak English very well, 41% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (53% speak English very well, 2% speak English well, 28% speak English not well, 17% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $398,485,000 ($12,481 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $3,412,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $221,180,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $52,788,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $545,000
Federal grants: $64,860,000
Federal procurement contracts: $51,969,000 ($762,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $7,144,000 ($940,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $219,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $1,288,000
Federal Government insurance: $35,541,000

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

Here:	-40 per 1000 residents
State:	+8 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.88 millions of gallons per day (13% from ground, 87% from surface)

• Year house built in Harlan County, Kentucky
• 122020 or later
• 7312010 to 2019
• 1,5052000 to 2009
• 1,5101990 to 1999
• 2,0421980 to 1989
• 2,4121970 to 1979
• 8361960 to 1969
• 1,1391950 to 1959
• 8831940 to 1949
• 1,7741939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Harlan County, Kentucky

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Harlan County, Kentucky
• 71 room
• 72 rooms
• 1493 rooms
• 6994 rooms
• 1,8345 rooms
• 1,3596 rooms
• 1,3957 rooms
• 9358 rooms
• 1,1429+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Harlan County, Kentucky
• 3171 room
• 1602 rooms
• 3233 rooms
• 9194 rooms
• 6775 rooms
• 5356 rooms
• 1437 rooms
• 1348 rooms
• 659+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Harlan County, Kentucky

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Harlan County, Kentucky
• 13no bedroom
• 411 bedroom
• 1,6212 bedrooms
• 4,2043 bedrooms
• 1,3734 bedrooms
• 2985+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Harlan County, Kentucky
• 334no bedroom
• 4451 bedroom
• 1,2932 bedrooms
• 9543 bedrooms
• 1184 bedrooms
• 1055+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Harlan County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 373no vehicle
• 1,8881 vehicle
• 3,0792 vehicles
• 1,5453 vehicles
• 4654 vehicles
• 1905+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Harlan County in renter-occupied apartments
• 547no vehicle
• 1,9081 vehicle
• 6392 vehicles
• 2233 vehicles
• 24 vehicles
• 115+ vehicles

89.8% of Harlan County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 44% lived in Kentucky.

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

• This state: 21,593
• Other state: 4,727
• Northeast: 159
• Midwest: 1,875
• South: 2,436
• West: 227

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 2,986
• Number of aged recipients: 113
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 2,873
• Number of recipients under 18: 360
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 2,194
• Number of recipients older than 64: 432
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 819
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,398

Harlan County on our top lists:

• #1 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011"
• #6 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011"
• #7 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000"
• #39 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000"