BEA Regional Economic Accounts · CAGDP1 and CAINC1 · GDP, personal income and population, by year · Letcher County, KY
What is the GDP of Letcher County, KY?
The GDP of Letcher County, KY was $538.8 million in the year ended .
Letcher County, KY, output, each year
- GDP, millions of dollars$538.8 million$348.7 million to $612.6 million
- Real GDP, millions of dollars$411.8 million$330.3 million to $940.1 million
- GDP per person, dollars$26,754$15,515 to $26,823
Letcher County, KY, income and people, each year
- Personal income, millions of dollars$903.2 million$51.3 million to $903.2 million
- Income per person, dollars$44,848$2,153 to $44,848
- Population, people20,13920,139 to 30,763
Each row is one measure of Letcher County, KY over the years the page holds, one year to a point, with its newest value and its range printed beside it. A gap is a year with no value. Pointing at the chart shows the year and the value.
Observed .
Right now
The GDP of Letcher County, KY was $538.8 million in 2024, ranking 2358th highest of 3,127 counties and county equivalents.
In real terms (chained 2017 dollars) the GDP of Letcher County, KY was down 4.4% over a year to 2024 and up 15.6% over five years (ours).
GDP per person was $26,754 in 2024, 2968th highest of 3,115 (ours).
IncomeOurs: change and rank
Personal income per person in Letcher County, KY was $44,848 in 2024, against $58,270 for Kentucky, 2815th highest of 3,127.
Personal income was $903.2 million in 2024, up 4.6% over a year (ours), 1976th highest of 3,127.
The population was 20,139 in 2024, down 1.3% over a year (ours), 1809th highest of 3,127.
Largest changesOurs
Since 2001 the real GDP of Letcher County, KY rose most in 2023, by 10.0%, and fell most in 2012, by 18.7%, each over the year before.
State
Letcher County lies in Kentucky.
Understanding the GDP and income of Letcher County, KY
Where it stands today
The GDP of Letcher County, KY was $538.8 million in 2024.
What do the figures for Letcher County, KY measure?
This page gathers the output and income figures of Letcher County, KY that the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) publishes: its gross domestic product (GDP), the value of what is produced there in a year, in current dollars and with price changes taken out; its personal income, what the people who live there receive; and its population.
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BEA estimates the GDP of the counties once a year, in December, for the year before, and their personal income in the autumn. The figures are for calendar years and are not seasonally adjusted. BEA revises earlier years when it publishes a new one.
What 500metrics adds: the rank of Letcher County, KY among the counties, the change over a year and over five years in real terms, GDP per person, the years of its largest rise and fall, and the history of each figure as small charts.
The numbers behind the chart
What are the latest figures for Letcher County, KY?6 measures, each in its own newest year
| Measure | Year | Value | Change over a year | Change over five years | Kentucky | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | $538.8 million | −1.6% | +44.2% | n/a | 2358 of 3127 | |
| Real GDP | $411.8 million | −4.4% | +15.6% | n/a | n/a | |
| GDP per person (ours) | $26,754 | −0.3% | +56.1% | n/a | 2968 of 3115 | |
| Personal income | $903.2 million | +4.6% | +32.3% | n/a | 1976 of 3127 | |
| Income per person | $44,848 | +6.0% | +43.2% | $58,270 | 2815 of 3127 | |
| Population | 20,139 | −1.3% | −7.6% | n/a | 1809 of 3127 |
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What were the figures for Letcher County, KY in each year?24 years, 2001 to 2024, newest first
| Year | GDP | Real GDP | GDP per person | Income per person | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $538.8 million | $411.8 million | $26,754 | $44,848 | 20,139 | |
| $547.6 million | $430.8 million | $26,823 | $42,300 | 20,414 | |
| $478.2 million | $391.5 million | $22,998 | $39,815 | 20,792 | |
| $410.9 million | $360.6 million | $19,357 | $39,716 | 21,229 | |
| $357.2 million | $330.3 million | $16,640 | $35,506 | 21,468 | |
| $373.6 million | $356.2 million | $17,144 | $31,325 | 21,789 | |
| $383.5 million | $374.1 million | $17,391 | $30,282 | 22,051 | |
| $348.7 million | $348.7 million | $15,515 | $28,849 | 22,477 | |
| $367.8 million | $374.8 million | $16,048 | $28,217 | 22,920 | |
| $411.1 million | $425.6 million | $17,742 | $28,449 | 23,173 |
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| Year | GDP | Real GDP | GDP per person | Income per person | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $450.3 million | $473.5 million | $19,196 | $27,494 | 23,457 | |
| $468.9 million | $499.1 million | $19,852 | $26,258 | 23,617 | |
| $501.7 million | $531.3 million | $20,849 | $27,540 | 24,065 | |
| $611.3 million | $653.8 million | $25,046 | $29,695 | 24,406 | |
| $579.9 million | $648.8 million | $23,632 | $29,321 | 24,541 | |
| $606.6 million | $712.8 million | $24,896 | $28,906 | 24,364 | |
| $604.9 million | $712.3 million | $24,829 | $28,293 | 24,363 | |
| $544.9 million | $690.8 million | $22,244 | $25,100 | 24,499 | |
| $612.6 million | $816.9 million | $24,969 | $24,746 | 24,534 | |
| $586.2 million | $844.2 million | $23,844 | $23,359 | 24,585 | |
| $494.6 million | $801.0 million | $19,991 | $21,845 | 24,742 | |
| $447.8 million | $786.3 million | $17,965 | $20,012 | 24,925 | |
| $476.4 million | $891.9 million | $19,120 | $19,994 | 24,914 | |
| $493.9 million | $940.1 million | $19,864 | $19,727 | 24,862 |
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What this number cannot tell you
- County GDP counts what is produced in a county, wherever the people who work there live, so a county with a large employer or a port can have a large GDP and a small population. Personal income is what the residents receive, wherever they work.
- A rank is among the counties and county equivalents for which BEA published a value in the same year, highest value first; equal values share a rank. GDP and personal income count dollars, so a large county ranks high on them; GDP per person and income per person do not depend on the size of the county.
- Real GDP is in chained 2017 dollars, BEA's measure with price changes taken out. The changes over a year and over five years are ours, worked out from BEA's real GDP, and GDP per person is ours, GDP divided by population in the same year.
- BEA combines some places and publishes none for others: it combines some Virginia cities with the county around them, for example. A place BEA does not publish under its own code has no page here; a county BEA has no value for in the newest year keeps its page, with its newest year and no rank. A value BEA withholds is left out of the charts and tables and is never shown as zero.
- County figures are estimates from sources that are less complete than those for a state, and BEA revises them. The state's figure beside a county's income per person is BEA's own.
- This product uses the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Data API but is not endorsed or certified by BEA.
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How to cite this
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Economic Accounts, GDP and personal income of Letcher County, KY, 2024. Compiled by 500metrics, "What is the GDP of Letcher County, KY?", https://500metrics.com/counties/kentucky/letcher-county.
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