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Paducah, KY--IL Urban Area

50,801 Population
41.4 square miles 1,227.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,965 ±$2,758 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,715 ±$2,555 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.8% ±2.1% (8,870  ±1,077) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.9 minutes ±0.9 (357,000  ±24,266) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

21,318 ±645 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (49,713  ±1,098) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.8% ±1.2% (320  ±132) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

24,943 ±435 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$181,300 ±$12,934 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.1% ±1.6% (5,621  ±826.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.4% ±3.4% (32,914  ±1,348.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
30.7% ±2.2% (10,922  ±816.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.1% ±0.6% (1,052  ±298) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±0.9% (2,767  ±342) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,767 Total veterans ±342 2,545 Male ±307 222 Female ±120

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