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Kentucky

4,509,394 Population
39,491.7 square miles 114.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$30,728 ±$382 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$55,573 ±$701 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

16.5% ±0.5% (721,878  ±20,774) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

23.6 minutes ±0.3 (40,956,968  ±642,805) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

1,785,682 ±8,799 Number of households
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.5 ±0 (4,384,229  ±0) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

5.2% ±0.4% (53,246  ±3,925) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

2,008,227 ±316 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$173,300 ±$1,712 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

13.1% ±0.4% (582,427  ±19,845.5) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

88% ±0.8% (2,708,147  ±25,217) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
27% ±0.5% (830,414  ±14,466.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

5.9% ±0.3% (248,797  ±12,416.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 21.6% 67,754,440 (±0.1% / ±171,150.5)

4% ±0.2% (182,011  ±10,951) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

6.8% ±0.2% (237,597  ±7,792) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
237,597 Total veterans ±7,792 210,636 Male ±6,586 26,961 Female ±3,196

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