Letcher County
Letcher county is located in east Kentucky. Letcher county has 337.91 square miles of land area and 1.12 square miles of water area. As of 2010, the total Letcher county population is 24,519, which has shrunk 3.00% since 2000. The population growth rate is much lower than the state average rate of 7.36% and is much lower than the national average rate of 9.71%. Letcher county median household income is $31,283 in 2006-2010 and has grown by 48.19% since 2000. The income growth rate is much higher than the state average rate of 18.98% and is much higher than the national average rate of 19.17%. Letcher county median house value is $51,500 in 2006-2010 and has grown by 30.38% since 2000. The house value growth rate is lower than the state average rate of 40.25% and is much lower than the national average rate of 50.42%. As a reference, the national Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate for the same period is 26.63%. On average, the public school district that covers Letcher county is worse than the state average in quality. The Letcher county area code is 606.
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