Editing Phelps, Kentucky

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Phelps, Kentucky
| settlement_type    = [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
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| image_skyline      = Phelps, Kentucky, Courthouse.jpg
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| image_caption      = Phelps Courthouse
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| image_map          = Pike County Kentucky incorporated and unincorporated areas Phelps highlighted.svg
| mapsize            = 260px
| map_caption        = Location in [[Pike County, Kentucky|Pike County]] and the state of [[Kentucky]].
<!-- Location -->| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Kentucky]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Kentucky|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Pike County, Kentucky|Pike]]
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| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_21.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 18, 2022}}</ref>
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 20.70
| area_land_km2      = 20.70
| area_water_km2     = 0.00
| area_total_sq_mi   = 7.99
| area_land_sq_mi    = 7.99
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.00

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 760
| population_density_km2 = 36.71
| population_density_sq_mi = 95.07

<!-- General information -->| timezone           = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset         = -5
| timezone_DST       = EDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -4
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| elevation_ft       = 837
| coordinates        = {{coord|37|30|50|N|82|9|14|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 41553
| area_code          = [[Area code 606|606]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 21-60600
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 0508814<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|508814}}</ref>
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'''Phelps''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Pike County, Kentucky|Pike County]], [[Kentucky]], United States. The population was 1,053 at the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]]. It is the easternmost census-designated community in Kentucky.

==Geography==
Phelps is located at {{coord|37|30|50|N|82|9|14|W|type:city}} (37.513969, -82.153987).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|8.9|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left|2020= 760
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}
At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] there were 1,053 people, 423 households, and 321 families living in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|117.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 491 housing units at an average density of {{convert|55.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the CDP was 99.15% White, 0.19% African American, and 0.66% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.47%.<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>

Of the 423 households 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.9% were married couples living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.9% were non-families. 22.0% of households were one person and 7.6% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.90.

The age distribution was 23.6% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 27.1% from 45 to 64, and 12.3% 65 or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.0 males.

The median household income was $23,125 and the median family income  was $23,472. Males had a median income of $35,313 versus $25,132 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $10,365. About 34.8% of families and 36.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 52.0% of those under age 18 and 7.4% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Phelps has a [[public library|lending library]], a branch of the Pike County Public Library, Elementary School, and High School.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://kdla.ky.gov/librarians/pages/librarydirectory.aspx | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111202017/https://kdla.ky.gov/librarians/pages/librarydirectory.aspx | url-status=dead | archive-date=11 January 2019 | title=Kentucky Public Library Directory | publisher=Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives | access-date=7 June 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Pike County, Kentucky}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Pike County, Kentucky]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Kentucky]]
[[Category:Mining communities in Kentucky]]