Census Data for Rhea
As far as we can tell, Rhea 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 Rhea, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Evarts
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harlan
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Loyall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Loyall is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyall
- Wallins Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wallins Creek is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Creek
- The population in 2016 was estimated at 146 people. This represents a 6.41% decrease since 2010.The 2010 Census gave a population of 156 people.
- Saint Charles
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Charles is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
- Cumberland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pennington Gap
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pennington Gap is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Gap
- Jonesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Benham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hyden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lynch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Blackey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blackey is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackey
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- Hazard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Vicco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Vicco is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicco
- Sneedville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Harlan County ...
Rhea is located in Harlan County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Harlan County.
Miscellaneous Information for Rhea ...
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 Harlan County or the community of Rhea:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Rhea:
- GNIS ID for Rhea: 514900
- GNIS ID for Harlan County: 516894
- 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: 095 (Harlan County)
- Place Code: 64920 (Rhea)
- State & County Code: 21/095 (Kentucky / Harlan County)
- State & Place Code: 21/64920 (Kentucky / Rhea)
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Rhea 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 Rhea.
Footnotes ...
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| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Harlan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |