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Kentucky

4,512,310 Population
39,485.3 square miles 114.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$33,980 ±$506 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$59,341 ±$924 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

16.5% ±0.5% (722,865  ±23,794) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

24.1 minutes ±0.3 (43,888,620  ±606,955) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

1,828,680 ±8,263 Number of households
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.4 ±303.8 (4,392,235  ±-555,555,600) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 325,134,660 (±4.3 / ±-555,555,600)

5.5% ±0.4% (56,396  ±4,465) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

2,023,679 ±185 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$196,300 ±$2,572 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

12.8% ±0.5% (569,433  ±20,264.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±187,841.9)

Social

89% ±0.8% (2,751,440  ±24,664.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±272,504.5)
27.9% ±0.4% (861,336  ±13,374.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±175,321.9)

5.9% ±0.2% (252,521  ±9,690.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 22% 69,241,800 (±0.1% / ±203,206.2)

4% ±493.6% (180,899  ±7,497) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.9% † 46,182,176 (±23.1% / ±149,842)

6.7% ±0.2% (233,436  ±6,659) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
233,436 Total veterans ±6,659 213,196 Male ±6,634 20,240 Female ±2,428

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