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Jefferson County, KY

772,144 Population
380.8 square miles 2,027.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 39.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,368 ±$1,050 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $34,676 ±$484
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$64,542 ±$2,806 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Kentucky: $61,118 ±$653
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

16.1% ±1.5% (121,836  ±11,002) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 16.4% 720,642 (±0.5% / ±20,801)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

22.5 minutes ±0.5 (7,251,125  ±222,084) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 24.2 45,143,416 (±0.3 / ±662,711)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

331,206 ±3,370 Number of households
  • Kentucky: 1,853,603 ±7,950
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0 (758,697  ±849) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 † 4,404,947 (±,299.7 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

5.1% ±0.9% (9,199  ±1,714) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 54,757 (±0.4% / ±3,624)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

360,822 ±375 Number of housing units
  • Kentucky: 2,036,559 ±301
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$250,800 ±$6,007 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $211,800 ±$2,250
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

14% ±1.3% (106,414  ±9,710.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 12.3% 549,779 (±0.4% / ±18,178.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

91.7% ±2.1% (493,283  ±11,469.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 89.5% 2,782,267 (±0.8% / ±26,576.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
36.9% ±1.3% (198,172  ±6,790.9) 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

10% ±7,164.7% (76,889  ±6,228) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 4.5% † 201,672 (±,546.9% / ±11,100)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

6% ±0.6% (36,186  ±3,282) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 6.2% 216,667 (±0.2% / ±6,866)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
36,186 Total veterans ±3,282 30,981 Male ±2,622 5,205 Female ±1,470

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