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Union County, Kentucky

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Population:

  • Total Population: 15,637
  • Males: 7,904
  • Females: 7,733

Ethnicity:

  • White: 13,178
  • Black/African American: 1,994
  • Hispanic: 221
  • Native American/Eskimo: 28
  • Asian: 37
  • Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 0
  • Other: 22
  • 2 or more: 157

Top 5 Languages spoken at home:

  1. English only (14,100)
  2. Spanish (290)
  3. French Creole (65)
  4. French (55)
  5. German (35)

Top 7 Countries of Origin for Immigrants

Total Reported: 212

  1. Haiti (81)
  2. Jamaica (19)
  3. Japan (18)
  4. Mexico (17)
  5. India (15)
  6. Other Caribbean (13)
  7. Germany (11)

Top 5 Religions by Adherents:

  1. Southern Baptist Convention (4,902)
  2. Catholic Church (3,593)
  3. United Methodist Church, The (630)
  4. Christian Churches and Churches of Christ (544)
  5. Cumberland Presbyterian Church (264)

Migrant Health Clinics

    Disabilities:

    • Total Reported: 6,571
    • Sensory: 795
    • Physical: 1,609
    • Mental: 963
    • Self-care: 531
    • Go outside home: 1,261
    • Employment: 1,434

    Grandparents as caregivers

    Grandparents as caregivers: 65

    Heating fuel:

    • Total Reported: 5,710
    • Utility gas: 2,357
    • Bottled or LP gas: 1,057
    • Electricity: 2,117
    • Fuel oil, kerosene: 87
    • Coal or Coke: 14
    • Wood: 76
    • Solar Energy: 0
    • Other fuel: 0
    • No fuel used: 2

    Vehicles available:

    • Total Reported: 10,930
    • No vehicle: 660
    • 1 or more vehicle: 10,270

    Education Attainment:

    • No School: 91
    • No High School: 681
    • Some High School: 1,428
    • High School: 4,087
    • Some College: 1,710
    • Associate's Degree: 488
    • College Degree: 616
    • Master's Degree: 313
    • Professional Degree: 101
    • Doctoral Degree: 9

    Household Phones:

    • Households Reporting: 5,710
    • Owners with phone: 4,300
    • Owners without phone: 149
    • Renters with phone: 1,090
    • Renters without phone: 171

    10 closest counties:

    1. Webster County, Kentucky
    2. Gallatin County, Illinois
    3. Crittenden County, Kentucky
    4. Posey County, Indiana
    5. Hardin County, Illinois
    6. Henderson County, Kentucky
    7. Caldwell County, Kentucky
    8. Vanderburgh County, Indiana
    9. Hopkins County, Kentucky
    10. White County, Illinois

    Data Detail

    Zip Codes in county:

    42437, 42459, 42460, 42461, 42462

    Licensed Broadcast Media Outlets:

    • WMSK-FM (95.3 FM) MORGANFIELD, KY
    • WMSK (1550 AM) MORGANFIELD, KY
    • Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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