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Bell County, KY

24,674 Population
359 square miles 68.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$17,542 ±$1,307 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $30,634 ±$203
  • about half the amount in United States: $37,638 ±$102
$32,123 ±$4,632 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $55,454 ±$389
  • about half the amount in United States: $69,021 ±$146

28.3% ±3% (6,740  ±723) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.3% 709,140 (±0.3% / ±11,216)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,661,636 (±0.1% / ±274,456)

23.6 minutes ±2.3 (156,310  ±19,297) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 23.7 43,697,456 (±0.2 / ±368,478)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,757,208,800 (±0.1 / ±8,102,155)

Families

9,483 ±270 Number of households
  • Kentucky: 1,748,475 ±5,017
  • United States: 124,010,990 ±196,755
2.5 ±0.1 (23,935  ±161) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,367,713 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 321,899,260

4% ±2.2% (207  ±111) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 5.1% 52,740 (±0.2% / ±1,951)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,971,395 (±0% / ±22,692)

Housing

11,705 ±73 Number of housing units
  • Kentucky: 1,988,420 ±335
  • United States: 139,647,020 ±3,504

$67,800 ±$5,744 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $155,100 ±$748
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $244,900 ±$316

13.7% ±2.6% (3,342  ±635) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 14% 620,661 (±0.2% / ±8,863.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 13.4% 43,820,703 (±0% / ±133,972.5)

Social

75.3% ±4.2% (13,014  ±731.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 87.7% 2,676,601 (±0.4% / ±11,790.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 88.9% 200,101,962 (±0.1% / ±254,727.4)
9.9% ±1.6% (1,717  ±276) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 25.7% 785,070 (±0.2% / ±6,548.5)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 33.7% 75,808,835 (±0.1% / ±157,731.9)

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

0.2% ±0.2% (47  ±41) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 4.1% 181,844 (±0.1% / ±4,042)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.6% 44,844,808 (±0% / ±126,423)

4.7% ±0.9% (917  ±180) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 7.2% 250,427 (±0.1% / ±3,316)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,431,290 (±0% / ±48,418)
917 Total veterans ±180 851 Male ±175 66 Female ±50

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