Bell County, Kentucky (KY)
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 4,635
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 8,098
Renter-occupied apartments: 4,061 (it was 3,906 in 2000)
% of renters here: | 33% |
State: | 31% |
Land area: 361 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.6 sq. mi.
Population density: 67 people per square mile (average).
Industries providing employment: Educational, health and social services (26.6%), Retail trade (13.6%), Manufacturing (12.7%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 73%
- Government: 21%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 6%
- Unpaid family work: 0%
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- 22,40792.1%White Non-Hispanic Alone
- 9794.0%Two or more races
- 4521.9%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
- 3411.4%Hispanic or Latino
- 600.2%Some other race alone
- 540.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
- 250.1%Asian alone
Median resident age: | 41.8 years |
Kentucky median age: | 39.4 years |
Males: 12,161 | (50.1%) |
Females: 12,137 | (49.9%) |
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Bell County: | 2.0 people |
Kentucky: | 2 people |
Estimated median household income in 2022: $33,187 ($19,057 in 1999)
This county: | $33,187 |
Kentucky: | $59,341 |
Median contract rent in 2022 for apartments: $375 (lower quartile is $197, upper quartile is $549)
This county: | $375 |
State: | $702 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $85,063 (it was $41,700 in 2000)
Bell: | $85,063 |
Kentucky: | $196,300 |
Mean price in 2022:
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $987Detached houses: $148,633
Here: $148,633 State: $256,452 Townhouses or other attached units: $90,266
Here: $90,266 State: $264,090 In 2-unit structures: $102,201
Here: $102,201 State: $211,203 In 3-to-4-unit structures: $378,810
Here: $378,810 State: $169,074 Mobile homes: $61,459
Here: $61,459 State: $84,635
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $322
Institutionalized population: 653
Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 0
- Rapes: 1
- Robberies: 0
- Assaults: 9
- Burglaries: 17
- Thefts: 29
- Auto thefts: 11
Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 1
- Rapes: 2
- Robberies: 0
- Assaults: 8
- Burglaries: 32
- Thefts: 42
- Auto thefts: 14
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 2022: 41 buildings, average cost: $100,700
- 2021: 47 buildings, average cost: $107,500
- 2020: 38 buildings, average cost: $106,000
- 2019: 34 buildings, average cost: $100,300
- 2018: 34 buildings, average cost: $104,300
- 2017: 28 buildings, average cost: $98,800
- 2016: 26 buildings, average cost: $100,200
- 2015: 20 buildings, average cost: $99,700
- 2014: 20 buildings, average cost: $99,700
- 2013: 21 buildings, average cost: $104,500
- 2012: 14 buildings, average cost: $101,000
- 2011: 19 buildings, average cost: $87,500
- 2010: 22 buildings, average cost: $103,800
- 2009: 20 buildings, average cost: $72,600
- 2008: 22 buildings, average cost: $65,900
- 2007: 20 buildings, average cost: $91,200
- 2006: 32 buildings, average cost: $83,300
- 2005: 54 buildings, average cost: $66,300
- 2004: 58 buildings, average cost: $59,500
- 2003: 59 buildings, average cost: $55,800
- 2002: 62 buildings, average cost: $53,200
- 2001: 62 buildings, average cost: $55,000
- 2000: 65 buildings, average cost: $53,400
- 1999: 61 buildings, average cost: $55,400
- 1998: 62 buildings, average cost: $55,200
- 1997: 42 buildings, average cost: $69,500
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $986 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $527 (0.8%)
Bell County: | 26.9% |
Kentucky: | 16.5% |
Median age of residents in 2022: 41.8 years old
(Males: 39.1 years old, Females: 44.5 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 42.7 years old, Black residents: 52.9 years old, American Indian residents: 46.4 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 10.6 years old, Other race residents: 41.1 years old)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Bell County is $385 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $429 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $512 a month.
Cities in this county include: Middlesborough, Kentucky Ridge, Pineville, Tejay, Pruden-Fonde.
2023 air pollution in Bell County:
Ozone (1-hour): 0.034 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Annual: 10.8 µg/m3(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m3). Near U.S. average.
Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Bell County: Shaw (A), Carlisle County Rural Rescue and Fire (B), Cunningham Fire Department Station 2 (C), Cunningham Fire Department (D), Berkley Fire Department (E), Milburn Fire Department (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Bell County include: Hopewell Church (A), Zoar Baptist Church (B), Mayfield Creek Church (C), Morris Valley Church (D), Palestine Methodist Church (E), Antioch Church (F), Beech Grove Church (G), Saint Charles Church (H), Central Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Hall Cemetery (1), Jones Cemetery (2), Campbell Cemetery (3), Allred Cemetery (4), Zook Cemetery (5), Bardwell Cemetery (6), Dicus Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Twin Pond (A), Indian Camp Lake (B), Island Number 1 Chute (C), Crooked Lake (D), Winford Pond (E), Straight Slough (F), Forked Lake (G), Back Slough (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Back Slough (A), Barn Branch (B), Barnes Creek (C), Brush Creek (D), Coon Branch (E), Truman Creek (F), Thomas Creek (G), Central Creek (H), Wilson Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Neighboring counties: Ballard County , Carlisle County , Franklin County, Virginia , Ozark County, Missouri , Wythe County, Virginia .
Here: | 5.3% |
Kentucky: | 3.8% |
Current college students: 912
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 78.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 11.7%
Number of foreign born residents: 49 (88.3% naturalized citizens)
Bell County: | 0.2% |
Whole state: | 4.0% |
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population
- 202010 or later
- 02000 to 2009
- 71990 to 1999
- 391980 to 1989
- 101970 to 1979
- 27Before 1970
Mean travel time to work (commute): minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 88.1%
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 7,415
- One, attached: 38
- Two: 237
- 3 or 4: 669
- 5 to 9: 510
- 10 to 19: 51
- 20 to 49: 24
- 50 or more: 252
- Mobile homes: 2,550
Housing units in Bell County with a mortgage: 1,901 (102 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 102 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 19
Here: | 5.0% with mortgage |
State: | 96.8% with mortgage |
Religion statistics for Bell County
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Evangelical Protestant | 17,897 | 64 |
Mainline Protestant | 2,651 | 12 |
Catholic | 372 | 2 |
Black Protestant | 119 | 1 |
Other | 2 | - |
None | 7,650 | - |
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:
Bell County: | 4.14 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 2.19 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 0.34 / 10,000 pop. |
Kentucky: | 0.25 / 10,000 pop. |
Bell County: | 2.41 / 10,000 pop. |
Kentucky: | 4.36 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 3.45 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 5.74 / 10,000 pop. |
Bell County: | 13.5% |
Kentucky: | 11.0% |
Bell County: | 34.2% |
State: | 30.0% |
Here: | 19.4% |
State: | 15.9% |
Agriculture in Bell County:
Average size of farms: 110 acresAverage value of agricultural products sold per farm: $3,424
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $54.11
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.00%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 71.98%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $5,321
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 16.19%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $20,593
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 96.83%
Average age of principal farm operators: 55 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 10.71
Vegetables: 31 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 6 acres
Earthquake activity:
Bell County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Kentucky state average. It is 65% 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 105.5 miles away from Bell County center
On 8/9/2020 at 12:07:37, a magnitude 5.1 (5.1 MW, Depth: 4.7 mi) earthquake occurred 145.7 miles away from the 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 63.4 miles away from the county center
On 8/23/2011 at 17:51:04, a magnitude 5.8 (5.8 MW, Depth: 3.7 mi) earthquake occurred 328.2 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 259.6 miles away from Bell County center
On 9/7/1988 at 02:28:09, a magnitude 4.6 (4.5 MB, 4.6 LG) earthquake occurred 100.9 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 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: June 19, 2011 to June 23, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4008: July 25, 2011, FEMA Id: 4008, 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 Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: March 17, 2002 to March 21, 2002, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1407: April 04, 2002, FEMA Id: 1407, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
- Kentucky Southeastern Fire Complex, Incident Period: November 02, 2001, Fire Management Assistance Declared: November 02, 2001, FEMA Id: 2385, Natural disaster type: Fire
- 11 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.
The number of natural disasters in Bell County (21) is greater than the US average (15).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 14
Emergencies Declared: 2
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 14, Storms: 12, Mudslides: 5, Landslides: 4, Tornadoes: 4, Fires: 2, Snows: 2, Winds: 2, Winter Storms: 2, Blizzard: 1, Freeze: 1, Hurricane: 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: 6,136 (74.6%)
- Carpooled: 1,285 (15.6%)
- Bus: 1 (0.0%)
- Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 37 (0.4%)
- Bicycle: 10 (0.1%)
- Walked: 292 (3.6%)
- Worked at home: 390 (4.7%)
- Health care and social assistance (27%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Public administration (12%)
- Retail trade (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Other services, except public administration (6%)
- Manufacturing (5%)
- Health care and social assistance (26%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Public administration (12%)
- Retail trade (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Other services, except public administration (6%)
- Manufacturing (5%)
- Production occupations (14%)
- Material moving occupations (12%)
- Construction and extraction occupations (11%)
- Transportation occupations (9%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (8%)
- Sales and related occupations (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (19%)
- Healthcare support occupations (17%)
- Sales and related occupations (12%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (9%)
- Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (8%)
- Management occupations (6%)
- Food preparation and serving related occupations (5%)
- Philippines (44%)
- Ukraine (26%)
- Cuba (24%)
- Norway (0%)
- Sweden (0%)
- United Kingdom, excluding England and Scotland (0%)
- England (0%)
- American (30%)
- English (15%)
- Irish (10%)
- German (8%)
- French (except Basque) (2%)
- Scotch-Irish (1%)
- Italian (1%)
People in group quarters in Bell County, Kentucky in 2010:
- 298 people in correctional residential facilities
- 288 people in college/university student housing
- 255 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
- 92 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities
- 10 people in emergency and transitional shelters (with sleeping facilities) for people experiencing homelessness
- 8 people in correctional facilities intended for juveniles
People in group quarters in Bell County, Kentucky in 2000:
- 287 people in nursing homes
- 225 people in state prisons
- 97 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 67 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 66 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 14 people in other workers' dormitories
- 11 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 8 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 8 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
5.75% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($26,847 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 5.75% |
Kentucky average: | 7.04% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.44% relocated from other counties in Kentucky ($10,322 average AGI)
3.30% relocated from other states ($16,525 average AGI)
Bell County: 3.30% Kentucky average: 2.87%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2020 and 2021:
from Claiborne County, TN | 1.15% ($29,905 average AGI) |
from Knox County, KY | 0.53% ($26,051) |
from Harlan County, KY | 0.47% ($31,588) |
6.04% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($37,305 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 6.04% |
Kentucky average: | 6.89% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.46% relocated to other counties in Kentucky ($15,751 average AGI)
3.58% relocated to other states ($21,554 average AGI)
Bell County: 3.58% Kentucky average: 2.73%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
to Claiborne County, TN | 1.37% ($46,480 average AGI) |
to Knox County, KY | 0.52% ($45,342) |
to Whitley County, KY | 0.34% ($32,240) |
to Harlan County, KY | 0.29% ($27,238) |
to Laurel County, KY | 0.27% ($29,150) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.6
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 12.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 14.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 9.2
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 3.6%
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 6,417 (4,021 aged, 2,396 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 850 (13%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Bell County, Kentucky in 1999 - 2019:
- Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (919)
- Atherosclerotic heart disease (632)
- Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (602)
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified (382)
- Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (184)
- Congestive heart failure (176)
- Alzheimer disease, unspecified (92)
- Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, so described (79)
- Unspecified diabetes mellitus, without complications (70)
- Pneumonia, unspecified (58)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 20%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 27,791
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 829
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 115,361
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,291
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,139
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 38
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 84
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 13
Crimes per 100,000 population in 1996: 1
Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 111.2. This is less than state average.
Household type by relationship:
Households: 24,298- Male householders: 4,246 (1,584 living alone), Female householders: 5,551 (1,420 living alone)
4,064 spouses (4,028 opposite-sex spouses), 472 unmarried partners, (431 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 6,138 children (5,737 natural, 189 adopted, 213 stepchildren), 891 grandchildren, 496 brothers or sisters, 298 parents, 9 foster children, 816 other relatives, 493 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 680
Size of family households: 3,406 2-persons, 1,405 3-persons, 971 4-persons, 428 5-persons, 149 6-persons, 72 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 3,003 1-person, 279 2-persons, 54 3-persons, 11 4-persons.
2,580 married couples with children.
1,169 single-parent households (224 men, 945 women).
99.6% of residents of Bell speak English at home.
0.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 52% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $78,074,000 ($2,631 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $3,060,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $99,946,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $53,394,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $816,000
Federal grants: $73,534,000
Federal procurement contracts: $-159,386,000 ($383,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $9,772,000 ($1,096,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $371,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $10,568,000
Federal Government insurance: $28,408,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 1,989Here: | 67 per 1000 residents |
State: | 69 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 1,981
Here: | 67 per 1000 residents |
State: | 50 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +75
Here: | +3 per 1000 residents |
State: | +7 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -445
Here: | -15 per 1000 residents |
State: | +8 per 1000 residents |
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.90 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)
Here: | 5.9 |
State: | 6.4 |
Here: | 4.6 |
State: | 4.4 |
- Year house built in Bell County, Kentucky
- 252020 or later
- 4352010 to 2019
- 1,4132000 to 2009
- 1,4091990 to 1999
- 2,0831980 to 1989
- 2,3541970 to 1979
- 1,2851960 to 1969
- 1,1151950 to 1959
- 4821940 to 1949
- 8571939 or earlier
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Bell County, Kentucky
- 101 room
- 522 rooms
- 743 rooms
- 5754 rooms
- 1,6785 rooms
- 1,6646 rooms
- 9627 rooms
- 4508 rooms
- 7469+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Bell County, Kentucky
- 2411 room
- 722 rooms
- 3553 rooms
- 9944 rooms
- 7775 rooms
- 4136 rooms
- 1837 rooms
- 1028 rooms
- 3569+ rooms
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Bell County, Kentucky
- 10no bedroom
- 1441 bedroom
- 1,6562 bedrooms
- 3,3873 bedrooms
- 8304 bedrooms
- 2025+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Bell County, Kentucky
- 265no bedroom
- 4001 bedroom
- 1,3682 bedrooms
- 9603 bedrooms
- 3534 bedrooms
- 1245+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Bell County in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 219no vehicle
- 1,9871 vehicle
- 2,4062 vehicles
- 1,0653 vehicles
- 3994 vehicles
- 1635+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Bell County in renter-occupied apartments
- 492no vehicle
- 1,8721 vehicle
- 9512 vehicles
- 2033 vehicles
- 04 vehicles
- 235+ vehicles
88.5% of Bell 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, 75% lived in Kentucky.
Bell County: | 88.5% |
State average: | 87.2% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 18,596
- Other state: 5,579
- Northeast: 253
- Midwest: 2,282
- South: 2,649
- West: 371
- 75.2%Electricity
- 12.5%Utility gas
- 4.6%Wood
- 4.1%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 2.8%Coal or coke
- 0.6%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 0.3%No fuel used
- 80.3%Electricity
- 10.7%Utility gas
- 4.2%Coal or coke
- 2.3%Wood
- 1.1%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 0.9%No fuel used
- 0.5%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Here: | 12.6% |
Kentucky: | 17.2% |
Here: | 6.5% |
Kentucky: | 15.2% |
Here: | 10.5% |
Kentucky: | 19.6% |
Bell County government finances - Expenditure in 2017:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $276,000
- Charges - Other: $956,000
Hospital Public: $893,000
- Current Operations - Health - Other: $3,349,000
General - Other: $3,263,000
Regular Highways: $1,451,000
Correctional Institutions: $1,259,000
Police Protection: $715,000
Central Staff Services: $367,000
General Public Buildings: $208,000
Local Fire Protection: $203,000
Financial Administration: $149,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $53,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $34,000
Natural Resources - Other: $27,000
Parks and Recreation: $18,000
Public Welfare - Other: $10,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $652,000
Other: $30,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $601,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Correctional Institutions: $52,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $605,000
Other: $45,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $15,016,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $14,411,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $605,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $271,000
Rents: $115,000
Interest Earnings: $20,000
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $245,000
Health - Other: $105,000
Correctional Institutions: $75,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $383,000
- State Intergovernmental - Other: $3,317,000
Highways: $1,355,000
Health and Hospitals: $528,000
General Local Government Support: $41,000
- Tax - Property: $1,184,000
Public Utilities Sales: $727,000
Insurance Premiums Sales: $701,000
Other: $153,000
Corporation License: $95,000
Individual Income: $37,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $33,000
Other License: $2,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $3,324,000
Bell County government finances - Revenue in 2017:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $276,000
- Charges - Other: $956,000
Hospital Public: $893,000
- Current Operations - Health - Other: $3,349,000
General - Other: $3,263,000
Regular Highways: $1,451,000
Correctional Institutions: $1,259,000
Police Protection: $715,000
Central Staff Services: $367,000
General Public Buildings: $208,000
Local Fire Protection: $203,000
Financial Administration: $149,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $53,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $34,000
Natural Resources - Other: $27,000
Parks and Recreation: $18,000
Public Welfare - Other: $10,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $652,000
Other: $30,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $601,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Correctional Institutions: $52,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $605,000
Other: $45,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $15,016,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $14,411,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $605,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $271,000
Rents: $115,000
Interest Earnings: $20,000
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $245,000
Health - Other: $105,000
Correctional Institutions: $75,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $383,000
- State Intergovernmental - Other: $3,317,000
Highways: $1,355,000
Health and Hospitals: $528,000
General Local Government Support: $41,000
- Tax - Property: $1,184,000
Public Utilities Sales: $727,000
Insurance Premiums Sales: $701,000
Other: $153,000
Corporation License: $95,000
Individual Income: $37,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $33,000
Other License: $2,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $3,324,000
Bell County government finances - Debt in 2017:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $276,000
- Charges - Other: $956,000
Hospital Public: $893,000
- Current Operations - Health - Other: $3,349,000
General - Other: $3,263,000
Regular Highways: $1,451,000
Correctional Institutions: $1,259,000
Police Protection: $715,000
Central Staff Services: $367,000
General Public Buildings: $208,000
Local Fire Protection: $203,000
Financial Administration: $149,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $53,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $34,000
Natural Resources - Other: $27,000
Parks and Recreation: $18,000
Public Welfare - Other: $10,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $652,000
Other: $30,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $601,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Correctional Institutions: $52,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $605,000
Other: $45,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $15,016,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $14,411,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $605,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $271,000
Rents: $115,000
Interest Earnings: $20,000
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $245,000
Health - Other: $105,000
Correctional Institutions: $75,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $383,000
- State Intergovernmental - Other: $3,317,000
Highways: $1,355,000
Health and Hospitals: $528,000
General Local Government Support: $41,000
- Tax - Property: $1,184,000
Public Utilities Sales: $727,000
Insurance Premiums Sales: $701,000
Other: $153,000
Corporation License: $95,000
Individual Income: $37,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $33,000
Other License: $2,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $3,324,000
Bell County government finances - Cash and Securities in 2017:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $276,000
- Charges - Other: $956,000
Hospital Public: $893,000
- Current Operations - Health - Other: $3,349,000
General - Other: $3,263,000
Regular Highways: $1,451,000
Correctional Institutions: $1,259,000
Police Protection: $715,000
Central Staff Services: $367,000
General Public Buildings: $208,000
Local Fire Protection: $203,000
Financial Administration: $149,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $53,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $34,000
Natural Resources - Other: $27,000
Parks and Recreation: $18,000
Public Welfare - Other: $10,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $652,000
Other: $30,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $601,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Correctional Institutions: $52,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $605,000
Other: $45,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $15,016,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $14,411,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $605,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $271,000
Rents: $115,000
Interest Earnings: $20,000
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $245,000
Health - Other: $105,000
Correctional Institutions: $75,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $383,000
- State Intergovernmental - Other: $3,317,000
Highways: $1,355,000
Health and Hospitals: $528,000
General Local Government Support: $41,000
- Tax - Property: $1,184,000
Public Utilities Sales: $727,000
Insurance Premiums Sales: $701,000
Other: $153,000
Corporation License: $95,000
Individual Income: $37,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $33,000
Other License: $2,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $3,324,000
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:
- Total number of recipients: 3,343
- Number of aged recipients: 125
- Number of blind and disabled recipients: 3,218
- Number of recipients under 18: 351
- Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 2,413
- Number of recipients older than 64: 579
- Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,052
- Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,578
Most common first names in Bell County, KY among deceased individuals | ||
Name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
James | 97 | 73.4 years |
Mary | 90 | 77.8 years |
John | 88 | 72.5 years |
William | 82 | 74.2 years |
Charles | 57 | 69.1 years |
Robert | 47 | 72.4 years |
George | 42 | 75.9 years |
Martha | 32 | 79.7 years |
Sarah | 31 | 86.0 years |
Henry | 30 | 73.2 years |
Most common last names in Bell County, KY among deceased individuals | ||
Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
Smith | 87 | 72.1 years |
Baker | 81 | 72.5 years |
Partin | 81 | 71.8 years |
Miracle | 79 | 73.8 years |
Brock | 68 | 70.9 years |
Hoskins | 67 | 76.8 years |
Wilson | 49 | 74.2 years |
Mason | 45 | 70.8 years |
Taylor | 44 | 75.4 years |
Fuson | 42 | 74.1 years |
Businesses in Bell County, KY | ||||
Name | Count | Name | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Advance Auto Parts | 1 | Lane Furniture | 2 | |
Arby's | 2 | Little Caesars Pizza | 1 | |
AutoZone | 1 | Long John Silver's | 1 | |
Bath & Body Works | 1 | McDonald's | 3 | |
Blockbuster | 1 | Nike | 1 | |
Burger King | 1 | Papa John's Pizza | 1 | |
Curves | 1 | Pizza Hut | 2 | |
Dairy Queen | 2 | RadioShack | 2 | |
FedEx | 3 | Rite Aid | 1 | |
Ford | 1 | Ryan's Grill | 1 | |
GameStop | 1 | SONIC Drive-In | 1 | |
Goodwill | 3 | Sears | 2 | |
H&R Block | 2 | Sleep Inn | 1 | |
Hardee's | 1 | Subway | 3 | |
Holiday Inn | 1 | Taco Bell | 1 | |
JCPenney | 1 | U-Haul | 5 | |
Jones New York | 1 | UPS | 3 | |
KFC | 2 | Walgreens | 1 | |
Kincaid | 1 | Walmart | 1 | |
Kroger | 1 | Wendy's | 1 |
Bell County on our top lists:
- #21 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000"
- #47 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000"