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 MUHLENBERG COUNTY DEMOGRAPHICS

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Muhlenberg County lies in the Western Coal Field Region of Kentucky and encompasses a land area of 475 square miles. The county seat of Greenville is 133 miles southwest of Louisville, Kentucky, 93 miles north of Nashville, Tennessee, and 265 miles southeast of St. Louis, Missouri. Central City is eight miles north of Greenville and is Muhlenberg County's largest city.

Major highways serving Muhlenberg County include the multi-lane Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway, U.S. Highways 62 and 431 and Kentucky Routes 176 and 189. All are AAA-rated trucking highways with an 80,000-pound gross load limit. Nineteen trucking companies provide interstate and intrastate service to the county and rail service is provided by CSX Transportation. The nearest scheduled commercial airline service is available at the Evansville Regional Airport located in Evansville, Indiana, 77 miles north of Greenville and the Nashville International Airport is located 88 miles south of Greenville. The Muhlenberg County Airport maintains a 4,200 foot runway.

Kentucky Utilities serves the cities of Greenville, Central City, Drakesboro and northern Muhlenberg County. The remainder of the county receives its power from the Pennyrile Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation. Western Kentucky Gas provides natural gas service to Greenville and Central City and Drakesboro Natural Gas provides service to Drakesboro.

Primary and secondary education is provided by the Muhlenberg County Public School System consisting of eight elementary schools, two middle schools and two high schools. There are ten colleges and universities located within 60 miles of Greenville. Technical education is provided by the Muhlenberg County Area Technology Center in Greenville and by the Madisonville Technical College located 27 miles northwest of Greenville.

 

POPULATION

 AREA

 1980

 1990

 1998

 2000

 MUHLENBERG COUNTY
  32,238  31,318  32,060  31,839
 CENTRAL CITY

 5,214

 5,074

 4,878

 5,893
 GREENVILLE

 4,631

 4,689

 4,549

 4,398
 POWDERLY

 848

 748

 783

 846
 DRAKESBORO

 798

 565

 571

 627

LABOR

Estimated Labor Supply Total: 4,738
Unemployed: 908
Potential Labor supply: 863
Underemployed: 2,967
Future Labor Becoming 18 years of age 2000-2004: 2,478

LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS OF 1998

Civilian Labor Force: 12,436
Employed: 11,438
Unemployed: 908
Unemployment Rate (%): 7.4

INCOME ( 1997 Figures)

Per capita personal income: $15,893
Real Estate: $56-$166 per person
Retail Trade: $5,262-$7,839 per person
Hotel and food service: $161-$466 per person
Arts, entertainment and recreation (taxable only ) $70-$128 per person
Manufacturing: As much as $7,933 per person

AVERAGE PLACEMENT WAGES FOR ALL OCCUPATIONS IN MUHLENBERG COUNTY: $6.13/hr as of June 30, 1999.


AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGES FOR ALL OCCUPATIONS IN 1998: $430.62 in Muhlenberg County--$512.00 Statewide in Kentucky--$610.00 in the United States

 

CLIMATE

TEMPERATURE
 NORMAL (103 YR. RECORD)

 56.6 DEGREES
 AVERAGE ANNUAL, 1999

 56.8 DEGREES
 RECORD HIGHEST, JULY 1954

 105 DEGREES
 RECORD LOWEST, FEB. 1951

 -23 DEGREES

 

PRECIPITATION
 NORMAL (30 YR. RECORD)

 43.14 INCHES
 MEAN ANNUAL SNOWFALL

 15.5 INCHES
 TOTAL PRECIPITATION, 1999

 39.34 INCHES

 

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