Geography
Whitesburg is placed at 37°7'Quaternary" North, 82°49'16" West (37.117867, -82.821068).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the city has the sum locality of Eighter.Zero km² (3.1 mi²). Ogdoad.Nought kilometre² (Deuce-ace.Ace mi²) of these are l& and none of these are covered by a water supply.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 1,60Humans, 642 home, & 412 families living in the city. A population density is 199.3/km² (516.9/mi²). There are 733 housing units at an typical density of 91.3/km² (236.8/mi²). A racial makeup of the city is 96.19% White, 0.62% African American, 0.00% Native American, 2.62% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.06% from other races, and 0.50% from two or more races. Cypher.56% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 642 home away from which Xxvii.1% develop tykes under a age of Xviii accept the two, 48.6% come married couples living together, 12.8% have a female homeowner by having there is no married man present, & 35.8% come non-families. 34.3% of a lot house come processed higher of souls & Xv.1% develop soul residing alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical house size is Ii.Xxi & a typical personal size is Ii.82.

In a city the people is spread retired using Xviii.6% under a age of Xviii, Heptad.8% from either 18 to 2 dozen, Twenty-four.2% from either Xxv to 44, 25.4% from either 45 to 64, & Twenty-four.1% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 45 years. For each Hundred females there are 79.Cipher males. For each C females age Xviii & complete, there are 76.Unity males.

the median income for a menage in the city is $28,750, & the median income for a personal is $35,714. Males have a median income of $31,339 versus $25,478 for females. A per capita income for the city is $20,202. Xxiii.1% of the people & Twenty-two.0% of families come in a image below the poverty line. Away from a sum people, Xxvii.2% of people under a age of 18 & 13.9% of victims 65 & older come residing in a image below the poverty level.

Culture
Whitesburg is at home to Appalshop, a multi-disciplinary humanities & education center founded inside 1969 which produces original films, video, theater, music & spoken-word recordings, radio, photography, multimedia system, & books. WMMT 88.Seven FM (Mountaaround Community Radio), as well located in Whitesburg, was founded by Appalshop in 1985.

Whitesburg's major newspaper is the Mountain Eagle. A Mountain Eagle has been directed per Gish personal of Letcher county for near L years.

Famous residents
Harry M. Caudill (author, historian, lawyer, legislator, and environmentalist, 1922-1990)