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Big Sandy Area Development District PUMA, KY

140,720 Population
1,980 square miles 71.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$21,123 ±$779 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $29,123 ±$208
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$35,052 ±$1,390 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $52,238 ±$300
  • about half the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

25.3% ±1.4% (34,592  ±1,977) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.6% 717,895 (±0.3% / ±10,991)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

26.5 minutes ±1.5 (1,099,915  ±72,437) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 23.7 44,125,360 (±0.1 / ±301,769)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

57,768 ±937 Number of households
  • Kentucky: 1,748,053 ±5,379
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.4 ±0 (136,541  ±691) 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

4.9% ±1.1% (1,470  ±323) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 5.2% 53,722 (±0.2% / ±1,687)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

71,649 ±295 Number of housing units
  • Kentucky: 1,994,554 ±662
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$82,200 ±$3,545 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $147,100 ±$846
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

11.2% ±1% (15,650  ±1,338.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 14.5% 640,554 (±0.2% / ±9,496.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

78.1% ±1.9% (77,882  ±1,912.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 87.2% 2,644,849 (±0.4% / ±11,647.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
13.1% ±0.8% (13,058  ±811.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 25% 759,332 (±0.2% / ±6,693.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

1.3% ±0.3% (1,694  ±344.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kentucky: 5.7% 238,933 (±0.1% / ±4,502.9)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 21.5% 66,093,076 (±0.1% / ±186,870.8)

0.7% ±0.2% (1,035  ±227) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kentucky: 4% 176,323 (±0.1% / ±3,508)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

5.2% ±0.5% (5,785  ±567) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 7.5% 257,452 (±0.1% / ±3,362)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
5,785 Total veterans ±567 5,492 Male ±552 293 Female ±120

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