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Boone County, KY

140,496 Population
246.3 square miles 570.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 39.2 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$44,890 ±$3,213 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Kentucky: $34,676 ±$484
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$87,550 ±$6,464 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Kentucky: $61,118 ±$653
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

7.7% ±2.4% (10,693  ±3,278) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 16.4% 720,642 (±0.5% / ±20,801)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

24.7 minutes ±0.7 (1,516,685  ±56,329) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

51,702 ±943 Number of households
  • Kentucky: 1,853,603 ±7,950
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.7 ±0.1 (139,181  ±61) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,404,947
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4% ±2.1% (1,323  ±693) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 54,757 (±0.4% / ±3,624)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

53,958 ±36 Number of housing units
  • Kentucky: 2,036,559 ±301
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$285,600 ±$13,250 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Kentucky: $211,800 ±$2,250
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

11.1% ±2.9% (15,522  ±4,037.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 12.3% 549,779 (±0.4% / ±18,178.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

93.4% ±4.9% (85,989  ±4,631.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 89.5% 2,782,267 (±0.8% / ±26,576.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
37.1% ±3.2% (34,122  ±2,934) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kentucky: 27.9% 865,265 (±0.5% / ±15,692.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.7% (6,612  ±1,372) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 4.5% 201,672
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.7% ±1.5% (7,043  ±1,539) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 6.2% 216,667 (±0.2% / ±6,866)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
7,043 Total veterans ±1,539 5,953 Male ±1,326 1,090 Female ±561

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