Letcher

County in Kentucky

County

The population development of Letcher.

Name	Status	Population Census 1990-04-01	Population Census 2000-04-01	Population Census 2010-04-01	Population Census 2020-04-01	Population Estimate 2024-07-01
Letcher	County	27,000	25,277	24,519	21,550	20,139	→
Kentucky	State	3,685,296	4,041,769	4,339,367	4,506,302	4,588,372

Contents: Incorporated Places

The population development of the incorporated places in Letcher.

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Name	Status	County	Population Census 1990-04-01	Population Census 2000-04-01	Population Census 2010-04-01	Population Census 2020-04-01	Population Estimate 2024-07-01
Fleming-Neon	City	Letcher	783	790	708	578	545	→
Jenkins	City	Letcher	2,764	2,455	2,224	1,903	1,757	→
Whitesburg	City	Letcher	1,639	1,633	2,132	1,772	1,625	→

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Explanation: Latest available rebased population figures are used. In case of significant changes, they were recalculated by using census block data.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2020)
Males	10,673
Females	10,875

Age Groups (C 2020)
0-17 years	4,596
18-64 years	12,740
65+ years	4,212

Age Distribution (C 2020)
80+ years	789
70-79 years	1,873
60-69 years	3,223
50-59 years	3,175
40-49 years	2,770
30-39 years	2,502
20-29 years	2,226
10-19 years	2,612
0-9 years	2,378

Urbanization (C 2020)
Rural	21,548

»Race« (C 2020)
White	20,841
Black/African American	92
Indigenous	34
Asian	57
Some other	38
2 or more	486

Ethnicity (C 2020)
Hispanic or Latino	133
Other	21,415