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Hopkins County, KY

45,044 Population
542.1 square miles 83.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$24,883 ±$937 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $29,123 ±$208
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$47,014 ±$2,608 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $52,238 ±$300
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

19.7% ±2.2% (8,620  ±952) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 16.6% 717,895 (±0.3% / ±10,991)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

22 minutes ±1.2 (395,400  ±25,024) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 23.7 44,125,360 (±0.1 / ±301,769)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

18,619 ±390 Number of households
  • Kentucky: 1,748,053 ±5,379
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.4 ±0.1 (44,058  ±196) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,330,127 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

6.4% ±1.5% (633  ±152) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 5.2% 53,722 (±0.2% / ±1,687)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

21,490 ±87 Number of housing units
  • Kentucky: 1,994,554 ±662
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$107,100 ±$6,700 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $147,100 ±$846
  • about half the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

13.1% ±2% (5,828  ±880) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 14.5% 640,554 (±0.2% / ±9,496.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

87.9% ±3.3% (27,596  ±1,043.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 87.2% 2,644,849 (±0.4% / ±11,647.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
16.1% ±1.6% (5,061  ±508.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 25% 759,332 (±0.2% / ±6,693.7)
  • about half the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

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

1.3% ±0.4% (576  ±159) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Kentucky: 4% 176,323 (±0.1% / ±3,508)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

6.8% ±0.9% (2,365  ±299) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 7.5% 257,452 (±0.1% / ±3,362)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
2,365 Total veterans ±299 2,116 Male ±282 249 Female ±87

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