Knott County, Kentucky (KY)

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• • 13,63496.0%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2071.5%Two or more races
  • 1581.1%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1481.0%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 300.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 190.1%Asian alone
  • 80.06%Some other race alone

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 1
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 1
• Burglaries: 4
• Thefts: 10
• Auto thefts: 10

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: 8
• Thefts: 14
• Auto thefts: 8

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $1,077 (0.8%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $431 (0.8%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Knott 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: Carr Fork, Emmalena, Beaver, Mousie, Hindman, Pippa Passes.

Neighboring counties: Alamosa County, Colorado , Conejos County, Colorado , Breathitt County , Hopkins County , Letcher County , Colonial Heights city, Virginia .

Current college students: 1,107
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 71.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 16.3%

Number of foreign born residents: 69 (53.3% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 452010 or later
• 262000 to 2009
• 01990 to 1999
• 91980 to 1989
• 91970 to 1979
• 22Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 99.4%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 4,090
• One, attached: 51
• Two: 50
• 3 or 4: 68
• 5 to 9: 66
• 10 to 19: 83
• 50 or more: 5
• Mobile homes: 2,343

Housing units in Knott County with a mortgage: 1,161 (78 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 71 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 61

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Agriculture in Knott 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 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 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, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: August 18, 2014 to August 24, 2014, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4196: September 30, 2014, FEMA Id: 4196, Natural disaster type: 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 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
• 23 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

5.72% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($32,906 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.42% relocated from other counties in Kentucky ($26,833 average AGI)
1.29% relocated from other states ($6,073 average AGI)

Knott County:	1.29%
Kentucky average:	2.87%

from Perry County, KY	2.13% ($37,851 average AGI)
from Floyd County, KY	0.64% ($37,692)

5.46% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($34,717 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.75% relocated to other counties in Kentucky ($29,013 average AGI)
0.71% relocated to other states ($5,704 average AGI)

Knott County:	0.71%
Kentucky average:	2.73%

to Perry County, KY	1.52% ($30,113 average AGI)
to Floyd County, KY	0.78% ($32,156)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.3

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 10.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 13.2

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 12.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.3

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Knott County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 2,497 (697 living alone), Female householders: 3,266 (860 living alone)

• 2,706 spouses (2,706 opposite-sex spouses), 341 unmarried partners, (319 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 3,387 children (3,104 natural, 117 adopted, 165 stepchildren), 415 grandchildren, 128 brothers or sisters, 147 parents, 36 foster children, 492 other relatives, 331 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 541

Size of family households: 1,819 2-persons, 783 3-persons, 586 4-persons, 384 5-persons, 292 6-persons, 28 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,557 1-person, 243 2-persons, 39 3-persons, 10 4-persons.

1,411 married couples with children.
700 single-parent households (84 men, 616 women).

99.3% of residents of Knott speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (30% speak English very well, 70% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $118,848,000 ($6,760 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $920,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $44,885,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $25,616,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $92,000
Federal grants: $44,052,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,332,000 ($351,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $2,871,000 ($338,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $189,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $2,640,000
Federal Government insurance: $3,074,000

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

Here:	-5 per 1000 residents
State:	+8 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.37 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Knott County, Kentucky
• 162020 or later
• 4862010 to 2019
• 9242000 to 2009
• 9701990 to 1999
• 1,3671980 to 1989
• 1,1021970 to 1979
• 6671960 to 1969
• 4181950 to 1959
• 2641940 to 1949
• 4881939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Knott County, Kentucky

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Knott County, Kentucky
• 41 room
• 402 rooms
• 1403 rooms
• 4914 rooms
• 7725 rooms
• 9926 rooms
• 8137 rooms
• 3838 rooms
• 5889+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Knott County, Kentucky
• 411 room
• 152 rooms
• 2173 rooms
• 2914 rooms
• 4085 rooms
• 1476 rooms
• 1547 rooms
• 778 rooms
• 1749+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Knott County, Kentucky

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Knott County, Kentucky
• 4no bedroom
• 991 bedroom
• 8132 bedrooms
• 2,5163 bedrooms
• 6694 bedrooms
• 1165+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Knott County, Kentucky
• 53no bedroom
• 1061 bedroom
• 4422 bedrooms
• 6233 bedrooms
• 1964 bedrooms
• 705+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Knott County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 227no vehicle
• 1,2891 vehicle
• 1,7572 vehicles
• 5843 vehicles
• 2654 vehicles
• 1015+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Knott County in renter-occupied apartments
• 183no vehicle
• 9561 vehicle
• 3792 vehicles
• 383 vehicles
• 14 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

91.8% of Knott County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 32% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Kentucky.

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

• This state: 11,653
• Other state: 2,465
• Northeast: 102
• Midwest: 1,646
• South: 662
• West: 23

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,764
• Number of aged recipients: 71
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,693
• Number of recipients under 18: 163
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,297
• Number of recipients older than 64: 304
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 491
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 816

Knott County on our top lists:

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