2022 population: 26,395 ( 1,325 from 2010 , 231 from 2020)
Land area: 409.5 square miles
Population density: 64.5 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	25,408	96.26%	5.7%
Black:	195	0.74%	34.5%
Indian:	70	0.27%	7.7%
Asian:	78	0.30%	62.5%
2+ races:	247	0.94%	20.5%
Hispanic:	397	1.50%	23.7%

Total non-White:	987	3.74%	24.9%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	654	12.3
Deaths:	905	17.0
Net Migration:	14	0.3
Net Immigration:	-2	-0.0

Change in White population:	-1,522	-5.5
Change in Non-White pop.:	197	0.7

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
27,720
26,930	97.15%
145	0.52%
65	0.23%
48	0.17%
205	0.74%
321	1.16%
790	2.85%

2000
26,889
26,494	98.53%
34	0.13%
66	0.25%
30	0.11%
105	0.39%
158	0.59%
395	1.47%

1990
24,340
24,234	99.56%
6	0.02%
5	0.02%
13	0.05%
n/a
82	0.34%
106	0.44%

1980
25,060
24,859	99.20%
0	0.00%
13	0.05%
6	0.02%
n/a
182	0.73%
201	0.80%

1970
19,850
19,568	98.58%
189	0.95%
11	0.06%
12	0.06%
n/a
63	0.32%
282	1.42%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
3,306	12.3
2,691	10.0
-704	-2.6
14	0.1

436	1.6
395	1.5

Number	Rate
1990's
3,734	15.3
2,544	10.5
1,708	7.0
2	0.0

2,260	9.3
289	1.2

Number	Rate
1980's
3,610	14.4
2,266	9.0
-1,950	-7.8
n/a

-625	-2.5
-95	-0.4

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
2,969	15.0
n/a

5,291	26.7
-81	-0.4

Age, Family & Household Data for Carter County, KY

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
41.9
5,899	22.3%
20,496	77.7%
5,221	19.8%

9,778
2.66

6,652	68.0%
5,325	80.1%
440	6.6%
3,126	32.0%

2010
Number	Percent
39.3
6,504	23.5%
21,216	76.5%
4,119	14.9%

10,760
2.52

7,717	71.7%
5,905	76.5%
638	8.3%
3,043	28.3%

2000
Number	Percent
35.7
6,610	24.6%
20,279	75.4%
3,358	12.5%

10,356
2.54

7,770	75.0%
6,386	82.2%
545	7.0%
2,586	25.0%

1990
Number	Percent
33.0
6,465	26.6%
17,875	73.4%
3,108	12.8%

8,746
2.73

6,974	79.7%
5,809	83.3%
516	7.4%
1,772	20.3%

1980
Number	Percent
28.2
8,052	32.1%
17,008	67.9%
2,747	11.0%

8,197
3.02

6,864	83.7%
5,997	87.4%
301	4.4%
1,333	16.3%

2022 Housing Data for Carter County, KY

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	1,080	11.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	671	6.9%
$15,000 to $19,999	576	5.9%
$20,000 to $24,999	595	6.1%
$25,000 to $29,999	554	5.7%
$30,000 to $34,999	432	4.4%
$35,000 to $39,999	418	4.3%
$40,000 to $44,999	357	3.7%
$45,000 to $49,999	481	4.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	691	7.1%
$60,000 to $74,999	965	9.9%
$75,000 to $99,999	959	9.8%
$100,000 to $124,999	929	9.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	421	4.3%
$150,000 to $199,999	364	3.7%
$200,000 or more	285	2.9%

Median Household Income	47,004
Per Capita Income	24,949

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	92
Compared to U.S.	74

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	845	8.6%
Public Assistance	188	1.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	2,134	21.8%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	8,618	53.5%
Unemployed	564	3.5%
In Armed Forces	0	0.0%

Total Labor Force	9,182	57.0%
Not in Labor Force	6,925	43.0%

Real Unemployment Rate		46.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	3,495	2,374	59.6%
Non-Profit	196	714	21.5%
Self-Employed	379	221	63.2%

Local Government	439	381	53.5%
State Government	196	511	27.7%
Federal Government	159	112	58.7%

Total Private + Self	3,874	2,595	59.9%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	990	1,718	36.6%
Total	4,864	4,313	53.0%

Pct. Govt.	19.6%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	966	10.5%
Sales and Office Occupations	1,588	17.3%
Professional, Technical	1,782	19.4%
Service Occupations	1,863	20.3%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	72	0.8%
All others	2,978	32.5%

White Collar		47.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	1,531	16.7%
Retail trade	1,154	12.6%
Construction	1,053	11.5%
Educational services	1,017	11.1%
Accommodation and food services	858	9.3%
Manufacturing	806	8.8%
Transportation and warehousing	444	4.8%
Public administration	437	4.8%
Other services	436	4.8%
Utilities	293	3.2%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	226	2.5%
Finance and insurance	194	2.1%
Professional, scientific, technical	180	2.0%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	124	1.4%
Wholesale trade	118	1.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	116	1.3%
Real estate and rental and leasing	88	1.0%
Information	83	0.9%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	19	0.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	118	0.44%
Puerto Rican	27	0.10%
Cuban	0	0.00%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	0	0.00%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	0	0.00%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	0	0.00%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	0	0.00%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	120	0.45%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Korean	30	0.11%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	24,803	98.7%
German, other Germanic	175	0.7%
Spanish	58	0.2%
Korean	30	0.1%
Other	23	0.1%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	17	0.1%
French, Haitian, Cajun	10	0.0%
Arabic	9	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	7,379	27.7%
American	4,286	16.1%
German	2,420	9.1%
Irish	2,087	7.8%
Scottish	489	1.8%
Scotch-Irish	470	1.8%
Italian	192	0.7%
Welsh	188	0.7%
European	182	0.7%
French	177	0.7%
Swedish	175	0.7%
British	101	0.4%
Polish	93	0.3%
Norwegian	82	0.3%
Ukrainian	65	0.2%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	26,492	99.3%
Not a citizen	179	0.7%

Native	26,412	99.0%
Foreign-born	259	1.0%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
1,464	8.0%	1,988	10.8%	7,361	40.2%	4,859	26.5%	1,543	8.4%	1,113	6.1%
Average years of education: 12.4

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	1,464	8.0%
9-12 Years	1,988	10.8%
H.S. Grad or GED	7,361	40.2%
Some College	4,859	26.5%
Bach. Degree	1,543	8.4%
Grad Degree	1,113	6.1%
Average years of education: 12.4

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	10,541	9,130	1,411	13.4%	6.0%
1991	10,766	9,045	1,721	16.0%	7.3%
1992	10,902	9,208	1,694	15.5%	6.9%
1993	11,043	9,271	1,772	16.0%	6.2%
1994	11,179	9,525	1,654	14.8%	5.4%
1995	11,338	9,746	1,592	14.0%	5.4%
1996	11,189	9,870	1,319	11.8%	5.4%
1997	11,482	10,176	1,306	11.4%	5.2%
1998	11,691	10,383	1,308	11.2%	4.5%
1999	12,022	10,485	1,537	12.8%	4.5%

2000	11,746	10,907	839	7.1%	4.1%
2001	12,482	11,196	1,286	10.3%	5.2%
2002	12,703	11,519	1,184	9.3%	5.8%
2003	13,101	11,931	1,170	8.9%	6.2%
2004	13,421	12,279	1,142	8.5%	5.5%
2005	13,572	12,456	1,116	8.2%	5.9%
2006	13,693	12,656	1,037	7.6%	5.7%
2007	13,523	12,566	957	7.1%	5.4%
2008	13,355	12,255	1,100	8.2%	6.5%
2009	13,563	11,801	1,762	13.0%	10.8%

2010	11,990	10,286	1,704	14.2%	10.3%
2011	11,723	10,108	1,615	13.8%	9.4%
2012	11,500	10,056	1,444	12.6%	8.2%
2013	11,031	9,647	1,384	12.5%	7.9%
2014	10,485	9,364	1,121	10.7%	6.4%
2015	9,929	8,937	992	10.0%	5.2%
2016	9,934	8,899	1,035	10.4%	5.0%
2017	9,892	8,942	950	9.6%	4.8%
2018	9,808	8,929	879	9.0%	4.2%
2019	9,729	8,950	779	8.0%	4.1%

2020	9,586	8,663	923	9.6%	6.6%
2021	9,581	8,886	695	7.3%	4.4%
2022	9,695	9,012	683	7.0%	3.9%
2023	9,599	8,871	728	7.6%	4.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	12,249
Median Value	$122,300

Occupied	9,778	79.8%
Vacant	2,471	20.2%

Owned	7,769	79.5%
Rented	2,009	20.5%
Median Rent	$708

Single-Family Units	8,381	68.4%
Detached	8,299	67.8%
Attached	82	0.7%
Buldings with 5+ Units	222	1.8%
Mobile Homes	3,297	26.9%

Carter County, KY

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Carter County, KY

2022 Housing Data for Carter County, KY

2022 Income & Employment Data for Carter County, KY

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Carter County, KY

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Carter County, KY

Historical Labor Force Data for Carter County, KY