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Jefferson County, KY

793,881 Population
380.8 square miles 2,084.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$41,316 ±$1,228 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $35,955 ±$451
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$70,585 ±$2,088 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $64,526 ±$1,165
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

14.2% ±1.5% (110,258  ±11,299) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 15.6% 694,171 (±0.5% / ±23,771)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23.5 minutes ±0.8 (7,956,275  ±333,335) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 24.5 46,088,716 (±0.3 / ±700,208)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

333,252 ±3,352 Number of households
  • Kentucky: 1,865,456 ±8,525
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0 (778,959  ±463) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,467,347
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.2% ±1% (7,894  ±1,844) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 5.5% 57,287 (±0.4% / ±4,158)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

363,550 ±207 Number of housing units
  • Kentucky: 2,051,004 ±488
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$257,100 ±$7,463 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $226,000 ±$2,611
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13.5% ±1.2% (106,025  ±9,298.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 12% 545,660 (±0.4% / ±18,371.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.5% (498,507  ±11,385.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 89% 2,799,522 (±0.8% / ±25,241.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
36.9% (203,411  ±7,031) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kentucky: 27.9% 879,169 (±0.5% / ±14,377)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

11.5% (91,404  ±9,428) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 5.2% 238,231
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.7% ±0.5% (35,127  ±3,091) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 6.2% 220,537 (±0.2% / ±7,327)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
35,127 Total veterans ±3,091 32,401 Male ±2,880 2,726 Female ±772

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