Editing Whitley City, Kentucky

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|official_name            = Whitley City, Kentucky
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|image_caption            = McCreary County courthouse in Whitley City
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|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Kentucky]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Kentucky|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[McCreary County, Kentucky|McCreary]]
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|unit_pref                = Imperial
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022">{{cite web |title=2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Kentucky |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2022_Gazetteer/2022_gaz_place_21.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=May 10, 2023}}</ref>
|area_total_km2           = 6.00
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US2182938&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=P1. Race – Whitley City CDP, Kentucky: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=May 10, 2023}}</ref>
|population_total         = 968
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|population_density_km2   = 162.02
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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 42653
|area_code                = [[Area code 606|606]]
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|blank_info               = 21-82938
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'''Whitley City''' is an [[unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[McCreary County, Kentucky|McCreary County]], [[Kentucky]], United States. The population was 968 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]],<ref name="Census 2020"/> down from 1,170 in [[2010 United States census|2010]]. It is the [[county seat]] of McCreary County.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> Whitley City is one of two unincorporated county seats in Kentucky (the other being [[Burlington, Kentucky|Burlington]] in [[Boone County, Kentucky|Boone County]]).

==Geography==
Whitley City is located in central McCreary County. It is bordered to the south by the community of [[Stearns, Kentucky|Stearns]]. [[U.S. Route 27]] passes through the east side of Whitley City, leading north {{convert|30|mi}} to [[Somerset, Kentucky|Somerset]] and south {{convert|18|mi}} to [[Oneida, Tennessee]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the Whitley City CDP has a total area of {{convert|2.32|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|0.01|sqmi|2}}, or 0.43%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/> [[Yahoo Falls]] on the course of Yahoo Creek, a tributary of the South Fork of the [[Cumberland River]], is located {{convert|4|mi|0}} to the northwest.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1960= 1034
|1970= 1060
|1980= 1683
|1990= 1133
|2000= 1111
|2010= 1170
|2020= 968
|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>
}}
As of the [[census]]<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 2000, there were 1,111 people, 458 households, and 296 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|481.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 516 housing units at an average density of {{convert|223.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.92% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.72% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.09% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.27% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.54% of the population.

There were 458 households, out of which 32.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 20.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.2% were non-families. 31.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.89.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 25.6% under the age of 18, 10.6% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.8 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $18,654, and the median income for a family was $18,702. Males had a median income of $29,306 versus $22,500 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $11,659. About 28.9% of families and 38.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 58.8% of those under age 18 and 12.4% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Whitley City has a [[public library|lending library]], the McCreary County Public Library.<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>

==Media==
* WHAY Radio 98.3FM<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hay98.com/|title=Home|website=hay98.com}}</ref>
* ''The McCreary County Voice''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.themccrearyvoice.com/|title=Home|website=The McCreary County Voice}}</ref>

==References==
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{{McCreary County, Kentucky}}
{{Kentucky county seats}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in McCreary County, Kentucky]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Kentucky]]
[[Category:County seats in Kentucky]]