Who's moving to and from Letcher County, Kentucky?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 397 people in, 548 out. Most were moving between Kentucky counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−151 people
−91 households
Arrivals' income
$36.0k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$43.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Letcher County went in Kentucky

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Kentucky counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 7 in 10 already lived in Kentucky. People, 2022–23.

  1. Pike County59
  2. Knott County51
  3. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)287

Where did people go?

About 7 in 10 who left stayed in Kentucky. People, 2022–23.

  1. Pike County74
  2. Knott County57
  3. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)417

Some numbers are withheld

County flows may be withheld because of fewer than 20 returns or other IRS disclosure rules. We show these as —. It doesn't mean nobody moved.

Arrived from abroad
withheld
Left for abroad
withheld
Smaller moves from the Northeast
withheld
Smaller moves from the Midwest
withheld
Smaller moves from the West
withheld
Smaller moves to the Northeast
withheld
Smaller moves to the West
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Letcher usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2013–14.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−9122–23††‡†
Net migration of Letcher County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−73
2014–15 †−48
2015–16−105
2016–17 †−121
2017–18−96
2018–19 ‡−13
2019–20−53
2020–21−10
2021–22−45
2022–23 †−91

The IRS changed its processing in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. Compare years between the dotted lines. ‡ County disclosure-method change in 2018–19: small counts began being deleted rather than reassigned to similar categories. County figures across this break may not be comparable.

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Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Letcher County, Kentucky?” movedwhere.com/county/letcher-county-ky. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.