Population 27,202
State Kentucky
Current Time
Area 409.50 mi²
Per capita income $18,992

Cities in Carter County

Ardmore, Lone Grove, Elizabethton

Census Data

Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.0 %
White alone, percent, 2013 97.9 %
Asian alone, percent, 2013 0.2 %
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 20.4 %
Retail sales, 2007 ($1,000) TH$268,548
Total number of firms, 2007 2,273
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 0.9 %
Population, 2013 estimate 27,202
Households, 2008-2012 10,412
Population, percent change - April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 -1.9 %
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 1,824
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.0 %
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 $18,992
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 0.6 %
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 -9.4 %
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 5,028
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 31.3 min
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 0.7 %
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.0 %
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 0.0 %
Land area in square miles, 2010 409.50 mi²
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 27,718
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 $74,900
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1,000) TH$0
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 386
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 1.2 %
Median household income, 2008-2012 $35,415
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 22.5 %
American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.0 %
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1,000) TH$24,362
Female persons, percent, 2013 50.6 %
Veterans, 2008-2012 1,881
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 74.8 %
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 6.1 %
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 0.3 %
Persons per household, 2008-2012 2.58
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 15.8 %
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.0 %
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 9.3 %
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 89.9 %
Population, 2010 27,720
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 7.1 %
Population per square mile, 2010 67.7
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 96.8 %
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 78.3 %
Housing units, 2013 12,193
Retail sales per capita, 2007 $9,831
Building permits, 2012 6
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent, 2013 0.3 %
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1,000) TH$306,210
Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.0 %