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Morgantown, KY
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Morgantown is a very small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 2,467 people and five associated neighborhoods, Morgantown is the 161st largest community in Kentucky.

Morgantown is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

In Morgantown, just 9.49% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Morgantown in 2022 was $19,233, which is low income relative to Kentucky and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $76,932 for a family of four. However, Morgantown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Morgantown also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 40.10% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Morgantown is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Morgantown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Morgantown residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Morgantown also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.25% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Morgantown include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Scots-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Morgantown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.


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