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Kentucky

4,526,154 Population
39,485.4 square miles 114.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

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

Economics

$34,676 ±$484 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$61,118 ±$653 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

16.4% ±0.5% (720,642  ±20,801) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

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

Families

1,853,603 ±7,950 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 (4,404,947  ±) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.4% ±0.4% (54,757  ±3,624) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

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

$211,800 ±$2,250 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

12.3% ±0.4% (549,779  ±18,178.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

89.5% ±0.8% (2,782,267  ±26,576.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
27.9% ±0.5% (865,265  ±15,692.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

6.7% ±0.3% (284,447  ±12,908.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±222,236.2)

4.5% (201,672  ±11,100) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.2% ±0.2% (216,667  ±6,866) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
216,667 Total veterans ±6,866 195,850 Male ±6,169 20,817 Female ±2,527

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