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Bell County, KY

23,878 Population
359 square miles 66.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$20,463 ±$1,533 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
  • about half the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$32,403 ±$3,821 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

27.1% ±3.4% (6,268  ±775) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

23.1 minutes ±2.2 (152,455  ±17,955) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

9,526 ±348 Number of households
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.1 (23,262  ±23) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

3.7% ±1.8% (182  ±87) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

11,608 ±28 Number of housing units
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$83,000 ±$8,016 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

10.1% ±2% (2,386  ±,468.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±,144,000.6)

Social

79.4% ±4.7% (13,337  ±,803.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±,279,113.6)
13.9% ±2% (2,343  ±,334.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±,180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.3% (64  ±56) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

3.8% ±0.9% (714  ±164) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
714 Total veterans ±164 664 Male ±168 50 Female ±35

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