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Kentucky

4,588,372 Population
39,485.4 square miles 116.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,955 ±$451 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$64,526 ±$1,165 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.6% ±0.5% (694,171  ±23,771) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.5 minutes ±0.3 (46,088,716  ±700,208) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

1,865,456 ±8,525 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 (4,467,347  ±) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.5% ±0.4% (57,287  ±4,158) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

2,051,004 ±488 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$226,000 ±$2,611 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12% ±0.4% (545,660  ±18,371.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89% ±0.8% (2,799,522  ±25,241.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
27.9% ±0.5% (879,169  ±14,377) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

7.5% ±0.3% (325,764  ±12,991.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

5.2% (238,231  ±13,361) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.2% ±0.2% (220,537  ±7,327) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
220,537 Total veterans ±7,327 201,549 Male ±7,020 18,988 Female ±2,113

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