Thank you for your feedback! The new
QuickFacts Beta 2.0 delivers the following improvements:
Search by zip code, improved table display, browse more data features, download data, and more.
| People QuickFacts | Kentucky | USA |
|
Population, 2014 estimate | 4,413,457 | 318,857,056 |
|
Population, 2013 estimate | 4,399,583 | 316,497,531 |
|
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 4,339,349 | 308,758,105 |
|
Population, percent change - April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014 | 1.7% | 3.3% |
|
Population, percent change - April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | 1.4% | 2.5% |
|
Population, 2010 | 4,339,367 | 308,745,538 |
|
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 6.3% | 6.3% |
|
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 23.1% | 23.3% |
|
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 14.4% | 14.1% |
|
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 50.8% | 50.8% |
|
|
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 88.5% | 77.7% |
|
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 8.2% | 13.2% |
|
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.3% | 1.2% |
|
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 1.3% | 5.3% |
|
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.1% | 0.2% |
|
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 1.7% | 2.4% |
|
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 3.3% | 17.1% |
|
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 85.6% | 62.6% |
|
|
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2009-2013 | 84.8% | 84.9% |
|
Foreign born persons, percent, 2009-2013 | 3.3% | 12.9% |
|
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2009-2013 | 5.0% | 20.7% |
|
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 83.0% | 86.0% |
|
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 21.5% | 28.8% |
|
Veterans, 2009-2013 | 312,365 | 21,263,779 |
|
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2009-2013 | 22.8 | 25.5 |
|
Housing units, 2013 | 1,936,565 | 132,802,859 |
|
Homeownership rate, 2009-2013 | 68.4% | 64.9% |
|
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013 | 18.0% | 26.0% |
|
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013 | $120,400 | $176,700 |
|
Households, 2009-2013 | 1,694,996 | 115,610,216 |
|
Persons per household, 2009-2013 | 2.50 | 2.63 |
|
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars), 2009-2013 | $23,462 | $28,155 |
|
Median household income, 2009-2013 | $43,036 | $53,046 |
|
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009-2013 | 18.8% | 15.4% |
| Business QuickFacts | Kentucky | USA |
|
Private nonfarm establishments, 2013 | 90,6751 | 7,488,353 |
|
Private nonfarm employment, 2013 | 1,507,3751 | 118,266,253 |
|
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2012-2013 | 1.8%1 | 2.0% |
|
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 275,230 | 22,735,915 |
|
|
Total number of firms, 2007 | 337,600 | 27,092,908 |
|
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.1% | 7.1% |
|
American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.3% | 0.9% |
|
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.6% | 5.7% |
|
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.0% | 0.1% |
|
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.1% | 8.3% |
|
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 25.6% | 28.8% |
|
|
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 119,105,421 | 5,319,456,312 |
|
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 74,680,759 | 4,174,286,516 |
|
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 50,405,925 | 3,917,663,456 |
|
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $11,843 | $12,990 |
|
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 6,300,866 | 613,795,732 |
|
Building permits, 2013 | 8,955 | 990,822 |