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Census Data for Jacobs

As far as we can tell, Jacobs<1> has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Jacobs, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

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Carter County ...

Jacobs is located in Carter County<3>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Carter County.

Miscellaneous Information for Jacobs ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Carter County or the community of Jacobs:

  • The GNIS Codes ...
    • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Jacobs:
    • GNIS ID for Jacobs: 508330
    • GNIS ID for Carter County: 516868
    • GNIS ID for State of Kentucky: 1779786
  • The FIPS Codes ...
    • An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
    • State Code: 21 (Kentucky)
    • County Code: 043 (Carter County)
    • Place Code: 40078 (Jacobs)
    • State & County Code: 21/043 (Kentucky / Carter County)
    • State & Place Code: 21/40078 (Kentucky / Jacobs)
  • Misc. Census Codes ...
    • Jacobs is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #6 (the East South-Central Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Jacobs.

Footnotes ...

<1>It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Jacobs may originally have been Jacob's.. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Jacobs.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Carter, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.