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Kentucky

4,454,189 Population
39,485.2 square miles 112.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,779 ±$293 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $32,397 ±$64
$48,375 ±$630 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $60,336 ±$86

17.2% ±0.5% (744,239  ±20,861) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,583,651 (±0.1% / ±241,032)

23.3 minutes ±0.2 (43,615,645  ±485,079) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,891,349,480 (±0.1 / ±8,012,447)

Families

1,725,034 ±10,346 Number of households
  • United States: 120,062,818 ±161,148
2.5 ±0 (4,322,206  ±0) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.7 317,631,941

5.2% ±0.3% (53,444  ±3,431) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,394 (±0% / ±28,051)

Housing

1,984,235 ±283 Number of housing units
  • United States: 137,407,308 ±4,122

$141,000 ±$1,619 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $217,600 ±$437

15.5% ±0.4% (683,179  ±18,581.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.3% 46,073,420 (±0.1% / ±187,510.3)

Social

86.3% ±0.8% (2,606,467  ±23,194.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88% 194,667,872 (±0.1% / ±241,381.6)
24% ±0.4% (723,552  ±12,662.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 32% 70,765,915 (±0.1% / ±146,608.8)

5.7% ±0.3% (235,901  ±11,703.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 21.8% 66,592,306 (±0.1% / ±178,397.9)

3.8% ±0.2% (169,085  ±7,898) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,525,855 (±0% / ±135,763)

7.7% ±0.2% (263,104  ±6,860) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,204,605 (±0% / ±71,514)
263,104 Total veterans ±6,860 240,194 Male ±6,538 22,910 Female ±2,272

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