Owsley County is a county located in the Eastern Coalfield region of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,051, making it the second-least populous county in Kentucky. The county seat is Booneville. The county was organized on January 23, 1843, from Clay, Estill, and Breathitt counties and named for William Owsley (1782–1862), the judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals and Governor of Kentucky (1844–48). According to the 2010 census reports, Owsley County has the second-highest level of child poverty of any county in the United States. In terms of income per household, the county is the poorest in the nation. Between 1980 and 2014, the rate of death from cancer in the county increased by 45.6 percent, the largest such increase of any county in the United States. Collected from Wikipedia.
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Charts for Owsley County, KY
   People 25 Years and Over Who Have Completed an Associate's Degree or Higher (5-year estimate) in Owsley County, KY2023-01-01
   Single-Parent Households with Children as a Percentage of Households with Children (5-year estimate) in Owsley County, KY2023-01-01
   Income Inequality in Owsley County, KY2023-01-01
   Population Estimate, Total, Not Hispanic or Latino, Two or More Races (5-year estimate) in Owsley County, KY2023-01-01
   Real Gross Domestic Product: All Industries in Owsley County, KY2023-01-01
   Population Estimate, Total, Not Hispanic or Latino, White Alone (5-year estimate) in Owsley County, KY2023-01-01
   Net County-to-County Migration Flow (5-year estimate) for Owsley County, KY (DISCONTINUED)2020-01-01
   Estimated Percent of Related Children Age 5-17 in Families in Poverty for Owsley County, KY2023-01-01
   Estimate of People of All Ages in Poverty in Owsley County, KY2023-01-01
   Poverty Universe, All Ages for Owsley County, KY2023-01-01
   Population Estimate, Total, Hispanic or Latino, Two or More Races (5-year estimate) in Owsley County, KY2023-01-01
   Unemployment Rate in Owsley County, KY2024-12-01
   Burdened Households (5-year estimate) in Owsley County, KY2023-01-01
   Population Estimate, Total, Not Hispanic or Latino (5-year estimate) in Owsley County, KY2023-01-01
   High School Graduate or Higher (5-year estimate) in Owsley County, KY2023-01-01
   Bachelor's Degree or Higher (5-year estimate) in Owsley County, KY2023-01-01
   Number of Private Establishments for All Industries in Owsley County, KY2024-04-01
   Personal Income in Owsley County, KY2023-01-01
   Population Estimate, Total, Not Hispanic or Latino, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Alone (5-year estimate) in Owsley County, KY2023-01-01
   90% Confidence Interval Lower Bound of Estimate of Percent of People of All Ages in Poverty for Owsley County, KY2023-01-01
   Estimated Percent of People Age 0-17 in Poverty for Owsley County, KY2023-01-01
   Poverty Universe, Age 0-17 for Owsley County, KY2023-01-01
   90% Confidence Interval Lower Bound of Estimate of People of All Ages in Poverty for Owsley County, KY2023-01-01
   Estimate, Median Age by Sex, Total Population (5-year estimate) in Owsley County, KY2023-01-01
   Disconnected Youth (5-year estimate) for Owsley County, KY2023-01-01
   Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Owsley County, KY2023-01-01
   Population Estimate, Total, Not Hispanic or Latino, American Indian and Alaska Native Alone (5-year estimate) in Owsley County, KY2023-01-01
   Gross Domestic Product: All Industries in Owsley County, KY2023-01-01
   Real Gross Domestic Product: Private Goods-Producing Industries in Owsley County, KY2023-01-01
   SNAP Benefits Recipients in Owsley County, KY2021-01-01
   Combined Violent and Property Crime Offenses Known to Law Enforcement in Owsley County, KY (DISCONTINUED)2021-01-01
   Employed Persons in Owsley County, KY2023-01-01
   Per Capita Personal Income in Owsley County, KY2023-01-01
   90% Confidence Interval Upper Bound of Estimate of Median Household Income for Owsley County, KY2022-01-01
   Estimate of People Age 0-17 in Poverty in Owsley County, KY2022-01-01
   Age-Adjusted Premature Death Rate for Owsley County, KY2020-01-01
   Estimate of Median Household Income for Owsley County, KY2022-01-01
   Rate of Preventable Hospital Admissions (5-year estimate) in Owsley County, KY (DISCONTINUED)2015-01-01
   Resident Population in Owsley County, KY2023-01-01
   White to Non-White Racial Dissimilarity (5-year estimate) Index for Owsley County, KY2022-01-01
News and research for Owsley County, KY
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