Letcher County, KY Population and Components of Change
| Date |
Population |
% Change |
Components of Change |
Total Population Change |
Births |
Deaths |
Inter- national Immigra- tion |
Net Domestic Migration |
| 1970 | 23,165 | - | - |
- | - | - | - |
| 1971 | 24,900 | 7.5 | 1,735 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1972 | 26,400 | 6.0 | 1,500 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1973 | 25,900 | -1.9 | -500 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1974 | 26,500 | 2.3 | 600 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1975 | 28,300 | 6.8 | 1,800 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1976 | 29,800 | 5.3 | 1,500 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1977 | 30,400 | 2.0 | 600 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1978 | 30,500 | 0.3 | 100 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1979 | 30,700 | 0.7 | 200 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1980 | 30,687 | 0.0 | -13 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1981 | 30,763 | 0.2 | 76 |
668 | 297 | - | - |
| 1982 | 30,416 | -1.1 | -347 |
525 | 271 | - | - |
| 1983 | 30,526 | 0.4 | 110 |
505 | 291 | - | - |
| 1984 | 29,878 | -2.1 | -648 |
462 | 263 | - | - |
| 1985 | 29,590 | -1.0 | -288 |
450 | 260 | - | - |
| 1986 | 29,074 | -1.7 | -516 |
415 | 287 | - | - |
| 1987 | 28,342 | -2.5 | -732 |
394 | 285 | - | - |
| 1988 | 27,706 | -2.2 | -636 |
365 | 278 | - | - |
| 1989 | 27,078 | -2.3 | -628 |
355 | 274 | - | - |
| 1990 | 27,000 | -0.3 | -78 |
281 | 201 | - | - |
| 1991 | 26,971 | -0.1 | -29 |
504 | 350 | 2 | -73 |
| 1992 | 26,800 | -0.6 | -171 |
341 | 272 | 8 | -159 |
| 1993 | 26,624 | -0.7 | -176 |
345 | 282 | 8 | -158 |
| 1994 | 26,551 | -0.3 | -73 |
335 | 295 | 6 | -34 |
| 1995 | 26,405 | -0.5 | -146 |
333 | 269 | 6 | -133 |
| 1996 | 26,158 | -0.9 | -247 |
291 | 312 | 10 | -154 |
| 1997 | 25,960 | -0.8 | -198 |
308 | 303 | 14 | -140 |
| 1998 | 25,612 | -1.3 | -348 |
323 | 295 | 5 | -311 |
| 1999 | 25,392 | -0.9 | -220 |
315 | 306 | -2 | -174 |
| 2000 | 25,277 | -0.5 | -115 |
- | - | - | - |
| 2001 | 24,799 | -1.9 | -478 |
347 | 386 | 1 | -422 |
| 2002 | 24,779 | -0.1 | -20 |
292 | 295 | 0 | 3 |
| 2003 | 24,693 | -0.3 | -86 |
296 | 305 | -1 | -41 |
| 2004 | 24,446 | -1.0 | -247 |
314 | 304 | 1 | -241 |
| 2005 | 24,209 | -1.0 | -237 |
313 | 285 | -1 | -245 |
| 2006 | 24,110 | -0.4 | -99 |
315 | 283 | 0 | -124 |
| 2007 | 24,014 | -0.4 | -96 |
308 | 316 | -1 | -93 |
Note: Decade years represent April 1, Census data, not the mid-year estimates.
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