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Big Sandy Area Development District PUMA, KY

140,022 Population
1,980 square miles 70.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.9 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$20,709 ±$1,539 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $29,029 ±$351
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$32,956 ±$3,580 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $52,295 ±$625
  • about half the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

24.1% ±3.1% (32,882  ±4,337) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.3% 703,627 (±0.5% / ±22,815)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

27.5 minutes ±1.3 (1,153,195  ±62,462) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2019 5-year data
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 23.6 44,248,010 (±0.2 / ±338,999)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.9 3,901,729,885 (±0.1 / ±9,072,499)

Families

58,664 ±2,455 Number of households
  • Kentucky: 1,748,732 ±8,789
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.3 ±0.1 (135,771  ±4,607) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,335,006 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

4% ±2.3% (1,211  ±687) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 4.6% 47,407 (±0.3% / ±3,456)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

71,492 ±1,891 Number of housing units
  • Kentucky: 2,006,335 ±404
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$78,700 ±$6,118 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Kentucky: $151,700 ±$1,390
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

13.9% ±2.8% (19,348  ±3,992.5) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 14.2% 629,075 (±0.5% / ±20,581.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

76% ±3.5% (74,884  ±4,313) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 87.2% 2,657,789 (±0.8% / ±23,739.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
12.5% ±1.8% (12,334  ±1,790.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 25.1% 765,923 (±0.4% / ±12,779.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

1.3% ±0.3% (1,719  ±356.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kentucky: 5.6% 235,110 (±0.1% / ±3,695)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 21.6% 65,947,773 (±0.1% / ±212,842.9)

0.9% ±0.6% (1,291  ±775) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 196,618 (±0.2% / ±9,888)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

5.1% ±0.9% (5,604  ±993) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 7.2% 250,036 (±0.2% / ±6,989)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
5,604 Total veterans ±993 5,124 Male ±903 480 Female ±394

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