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McCracken County, KY

67,428 Population
248.8 square miles 271 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$42,497 ±$7,825 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $34,676 ±$484
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$60,720 ±$4,105 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Kentucky: $61,118 ±$653
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

15.6% ±3.6% (10,382  ±2,416) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 16.4% 720,642 (±0.5% / ±20,801)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

17.2 minutes ±0.8 (476,440  ±26,035) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

28,934 ±1,142 Number of households
  • Kentucky: 1,853,603 ±7,950
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0.1 (65,923  ±98) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,404,947
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

2.2% ±1.8% (333  ±266) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 54,757 (±0.4% / ±3,624)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

32,364 ±52 Number of housing units
  • Kentucky: 2,036,559 ±301
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$179,600 ±$17,477 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $211,800 ±$2,250
  • about half the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

7.7% ±2.1% (5,169  ±1,419.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 12.3% 549,779 (±0.4% / ±18,178.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

93.3% ±7.3% (44,808  ±3,572.9) 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)
25.3% ±4.4% (12,143  ±2,116.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 27.9% 865,265 (±0.5% / ±15,692.7)
  • about two-thirds of 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

1.4% (950  ±526) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Kentucky: 4.5% 201,672
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

7.1% ±1.7% (3,714  ±902) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 6.2% 216,667 (±0.2% / ±6,866)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
3,714 Total veterans ±902 3,714 Male ±902 N/A Female ±206

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