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Kentucky Population

People QuickFacts Kentucky
Population, 2005 estimate 4,173,405
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 3.2%
Population, 2000 4,041,769
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 9.6%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2004 6.4%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2004 23.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2004 12.5%
Female persons, percent, 2004 50.9%
 
White persons, percent, 2004 (a) 90.4%
Black persons, percent, 2004 (a) 7.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2004 (a) 0.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2004 (a) 0.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2004 (a) 0.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2004 1.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2004 (b) 1.9%
White persons, not Hispanic, percent, 2004 88.7%
 
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 55.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 2.0%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 3.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 17.1%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 874,156
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 23.5
 
Housing units, 2004 1,842,971
Homeownership rate, 2000 70.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 17.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $86,700
 
Households, 2000 1,590,647
Persons per household, 2000 2.47
Per capita money income, 1999 $18,093
Median household income, 2003 $36,663
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 14.9%
Business QuickFacts Kentucky
Private nonfarm establishments, 2003 90,6511
Private nonfarm employment, 2003 1,471,8781
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2003 -2.8%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2003 248,394
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 88,513,497
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 40,062,561
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $9,795
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 4.5%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 23.4%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2004 22,623
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 31,713,5431
Geography QuickFacts Kentucky
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 39,728
Persons per square mile, 2000 101.7
FIPS Code 21
 

 

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