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Lawrence County, KY

16,171 Population
415.6 square miles 38.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$24,027 ±$2,369 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$45,584 ±$6,280 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

22% ±4.1% (3,529  ±650) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

30.4 minutes ±2.8 (146,660  ±19,685) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

6,150 ±223 Number of households
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.6 ±0.1 (16,044  ±6) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

7% ±3.6% (234  ±121) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

7,575 ±18 Number of housing units
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$108,100 ±$7,556 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

7.7% ±2.2% (1,219  ±354.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

79.8% ±5.6% (8,985  ±630.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
14.2% ±2.4% (1,598  ±266.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

1.6% (257  ±135) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

4.3% ±1% (534  ±127) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
534 Total veterans ±127 502 Male ±125 32 Female ±26

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