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Harlan County

  •   State: 
    Kentucky
      County: 
    Harlan County
      Zips: 
    40801
    40849
    40964
    40819
    40820
    40847
    40865
    40818
    40808
    40927
    40830
    40843
    40863
    40824
    40819
    40870
    40829
    40807
    40815
    40855
    40810
    40854
    40873
    40806
    40828
    40823
    40831
      Coordinates: 
    36.856974471081585, -83.21795126045207
      Area total: 
    468.15 sq. mi., 1212.51 sq. km, 299617.28 acres
      Area land: 
    465.83 sq. mi., 1206.50 sq. km, 298131.84 acres
      Area water: 
    2.32 sq. mi., 6.01 sq. km, 1485.44 acres
      Established: 
    1819
      Capital seat: 

    Harlan
    Address: PO BOX 670
    County Courthouse
    Harlan, KY 40831-0670
    Governing Body: Magistrate Fiscal Court with 5 board size
    Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule

  • Harlan County, Kentucky, United States

  •   Population: 
    26,831; Population change: -8.36% (2010 - 2020)
      Population density: 
    58 persons per square mile
      Household income: 
    $24,113
      Households: 
    7,454
      Unemployment rate: 
    11.90% per 6,548 county labor force
  •   Sales taxes: 
    6.00%
      Income taxes: 
    6.00%
      GDP: 
    $551.65 M, gross domestic product (GDP)
  • Harlan County's population of Kentucky of 14,859 residents in 1930 has increased 1,26-fold to 18,692 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.

    Approximately 51.09% female residents and 48.91% male residents live in as of 2020, 62.39% in Harlan County, Kentucky are married and the remaining 37.61% are single population.

    As of 2020, 62.39% in Harlan County, Kentucky are married and the remaining 37.61% are single population.

  •   Housing units: 
    12,962 residential units of which 86.78% share occupied residential units.

    27.8 minutes is the average time that residents in Harlan County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61­–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.

    80.41% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 12.77% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 1.15% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 1.45% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.

  • Of the total residential buildings in Harlan County, Kentucky 63.40% are owner-occupied homes, another 22.68% are rented apartments, and the remaining 13.92% are vacant.

  • The 47.85% of the population in Harlan County, Kentucky who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.

    Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 72.270%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 26.080%) of those eligible to vote in Harlan County, Kentucky.

Skyline of Harlan County

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