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Kentucky

4,467,673 Population
39,491.4 square miles 113.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$29,029 ±$351 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$52,295 ±$625 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

16.3% ±0.5% (703,627  ±22,815) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

24.2 minutes ±0.3 (45,744,185  ±675,421) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

1,748,732 ±8,789 Number of households
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.5 ±0 (4,335,006  ±0) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

4.6% ±0.3% (47,407  ±3,456) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

2,006,335 ±404 Number of housing units
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$151,700 ±$1,390 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

14.2% ±0.5% (629,075  ±20,581.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

87.2% ±0.8% (2,657,789  ±23,739.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
25.1% ±0.4% (765,923  ±12,779.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

6% ±0.3% (253,227  ±11,587.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 22% 67,802,345 (±0.1% / ±214,346.6)

4.4% ±0.2% (196,618  ±9,888) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

7.2% ±0.2% (250,036  ±6,989) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
250,036 Total veterans ±6,989 227,902 Male ±6,828 22,134 Female ±2,035

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