Kentucky QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau

   People QuickFactsKentuckyUSA Population, 2014 estimate 4,413,457318,857,056 Population, 2013 estimate 4,399,583316,497,531 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 4,339,349308,758,105 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 4,339,367308,745,538 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 312,36521,263,779 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2009-2013 22.825.5 Housing units, 2013 1,936,565132,802,859 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 1,694,996115,610,216 Persons per household, 2009-2013 2.502.63 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 QuickFactsKentuckyUSA Private nonfarm establishments, 2013 90,675¹7,488,353 Private nonfarm employment, 2013 1,507,375¹118,266,253 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2012-2013 1.8%¹2.0% Nonemployer establishments, 2012 275,23022,735,915   Total number of firms, 2007 337,60027,092,908 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) 119,105,4215,319,456,312 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 74,680,7594,174,286,516 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 50,405,9253,917,663,456 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $11,843$12,990 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 6,300,866613,795,732 Building permits, 2013 8,955990,822