Census Reporter

Kentucky

4,461,952 Population
39,491.6 square miles 113 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±0.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$29,123 ±$208 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$52,238 ±$300 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

16.6% ±0.3% (717,895  ±10,991) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

23.7 minutes ±0.1 (44,125,360  ±301,769) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

1,748,053 ±5,379 Number of households
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.5 ±0 (4,330,127  ±0) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

5.2% ±0.2% (53,722  ±1,687) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

1,994,554 ±662 Number of housing units
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$147,100 ±$846 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

14.5% ±0.2% (640,554  ±9,496.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

87.2% ±0.4% (2,644,849  ±11,647.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
25% ±0.2% (759,332  ±6,693.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

5.7% ±0.1% (238,933  ±4,502.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 21.5% 66,093,076 (±0.1% / ±186,870.8)

4% ±0.1% (176,323  ±3,508) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

7.5% ±0.1% (257,452  ±3,362) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
257,452 Total veterans ±3,362 236,584 Male ±3,139 20,868 Female ±980

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