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Big Sandy Area Development District PUMA, KY

137,039 Population
1,979.6 square miles 69.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±1.1 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

$27,617 ±$3,302 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $34,676 ±$484
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$39,253 ±$3,171 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $61,118 ±$653
  • about half the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

28.5% ±3.6% (37,497  ±4,911) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.4% 720,642 (±0.5% / ±20,801)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

26.5 minutes ±0.9 (1,092,490  ±51,569) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

61,963 ±1,545 Number of households
  • Kentucky: 1,853,603 ±7,950
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.1 ±0 (132,526  ±3,810) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,404,947
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

8.6% ±3.2% (2,471  ±932) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 54,757 (±0.4% / ±3,624)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

67,691 ±1,588 Number of housing units
  • Kentucky: 2,036,559 ±301
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$94,500 ±$12,338 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Kentucky: $211,800 ±$2,250
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

9.3% ±1.9% (12,617  ±2,612.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 12.3% 549,779 (±0.4% / ±18,178.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

81.8% ±4.1% (79,914  ±4,535.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 89.5% 2,782,267 (±0.8% / ±26,576.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
17% ±2.2% (16,605  ±2,231.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 27.9% 865,265 (±0.5% / ±15,692.7)
  • about half the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

1.3% ±0.3% (1,666  ±349.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 273,515 (±0.1% / ±4,671)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

0.4% ±0.3% (564  ±459) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 4.5% 201,672
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4.3% ±1% (4,590  ±1,103) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 6.2% 216,667 (±0.2% / ±6,866)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
4,590 Total veterans ±1,103 4,299 Male ±1,026 291 Female ±240

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