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Kentucky

4,468,402 Population
39,490.3 square miles 113.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$27,823 ±$388 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $33,831 ±$77
$50,247 ±$567 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $61,937 ±$94

16.9% ±0.5% (730,408  ±22,182) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 13.1% 41,852,315 (±0.1% / ±232,949)

23.5 minutes ±0.3 (44,232,510  ±636,810) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.1 3,967,761,655 (±0 / ±7,704,522)

Families

1,732,713 ±8,718 Number of households
  • United States: 121,520,180 ±153,217
2.5 ±0 (4,336,705  ±0) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 319,075,830

5.6% ±0.4% (56,995  ±3,846) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,956,960 (±0% / ±30,916)

Housing

1,995,187 ±228 Number of housing units
  • United States: 138,539,906 ±4,033

$148,100 ±$1,710 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $229,700 ±$366

15.2% ±0.5% (670,526  ±19,842.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 45,452,496 (±0.1% / ±185,008.3)

Social

86.8% ±0.7% (2,638,350  ±22,847.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.3% 197,114,684 (±0.1% / ±245,154.7)
24.8% ±0.4% (753,785  ±11,944.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 32.6% 72,750,461 (±0.1% / ±151,650)

5.6% ±0.3% (236,457  ±10,581.6) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 21.9% 67,268,668 (±0.1% / ±198,318.9)

3.8% ±0.2% (169,346  ±6,623) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,728,721 (±0.1% / ±157,222)

7.6% ±0.2% (261,887  ±7,670) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,964,242 (±0% / ±66,854)
261,887 Total veterans ±7,670 241,849 Male ±6,807 20,038 Female ±2,368

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