McCreary County, KY

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2023 Population
16,905
0.077% 1-year growth
US Senator
Mitch McConnell
Republican Party
US Senator
Rand Paul
Republican Party
2023 Median Age
38.7
1.28% 1-year decrease
2023 Employed Population
4,859
0.451% 1-year decline

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None of the households in McCreary County, KY reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

Most people in McCreary County, KY drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 31.7 minutes. The average car ownership in McCreary County, KY was 2 cars per household.

Economy

The economy of McCreary County, KY employs 4.86k people. The largest industries in McCreary County, KY are , and the highest paying industries are Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($59,330), Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($58,403), and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting ($58,393).

Occupations

4.86k
2023 Value
± 547
−0.451%
1 Year decline
± 16.8%

The most common job groups, by number of people living in McCreary County, KY, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (683 people), Production Occupations (616 people), and Management Occupations (513 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of McCreary County, KY.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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Employment by Industries

4.86k
2023 Value
± 547
−0.451%
1 Year decline
± 16.8%

The most common employment sectors for those who live in McCreary County, KY, are . This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of McCreary County, KY, though some of these residents may live in McCreary County, KY and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Employment by Industry Sector

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2.51%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 1.98M people employed in Kentucky. This represents a 2.51% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 14.4%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Kentucky.

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Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments
  1. 22
    Retail Trade
  2. 14
    Retail Trade
  3. 10
    Other Services (except Public Administration)

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Payroll by Industry Sector

The industries with the highest total annual payroll
  1. $15.1k
    Manufacturing
  2. $10.7k
    Health Care and Social Assistance
  3. $10k
    Retail Trade

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Civics

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in McCreary County, KY went to Donald J. Trump with 88% of the vote. The runner-up was Joseph R Biden Jr. (11.3%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (0.528%).

Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul are the senators currently representing the state of Kentucky. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Kentucky is currently represented by 6 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

US Senators from Kentucky

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Mitch McConnell
Senator from Kentucky2
Assumed office on January 3, 1985
Rand Paul
Senator from Kentucky3
Assumed office on January 3, 2011

Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul are the senators currently representing Kentucky.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Kentucky over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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US Representatives from Kentucky

Kentucky is currently represented by 6 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Kentucky have changed over time starting in 2008.

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Education

Awarded Degrees over Time

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Educational Pyramid

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In N/A, N/A% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while N/A% of women were in the same situation.

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Educational Attainment

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Housing & Living

People in McCreary County, KY have an average commute time of 31.7 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in McCreary County, KY is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Income by Location

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Highest Median Household Income (Total)
  1. Census Tract 9602
  2. Census Tract 9601

The following map shows all of the tracts in McCreary County, KY colored by their Median Household Income (Total).

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Household Income

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The following chart displays the households in McCreary County, KY distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the < $10k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for McCreary County, KY is from McCreary County, KY.
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Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2023
  1. Drove Alone (78.6%)
  2. Carpooled (11.6%)
  3. Worked At Home (7.58%)

In 2023, 78.6% of workers in McCreary County, KY drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (11.6%) and those who worked at home (7.58%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

31.7 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in McCreary County, KY have a longer commute time (31.7 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, N/A% of the workforce in McCreary County, KY have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in McCreary County, KY distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in McCreary County, KY have 2 cars.

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Poverty & Diversity

N/A% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in McCreary County, KY (N/A out of N/A people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of 12.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are N/A N/A, followed by N/A N/A and then N/A N/A.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in McCreary County, KY is false, followed by false and false.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

N/A% of the population of McCreary County, KY has health coverage, with N/A% on employee plans, N/A% on Medicaid, N/A% on Medicare, N/A% on non-group plans, and N/A% on military or VA plans.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.

Health Care Diversity

In N/A, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in .

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.

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Uninsured People

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Employer Coverage
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Medicaid
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Medicare
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Non-Group
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Military or VA

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Health Outcomes

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Health Behaviors

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