People QuickFacts Kentucky USA Population, 2012 estimate 4,380,415 313,914,040 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 4,339,357 308,747,508 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.9% 1.7% Population, 2010 4,339,367 308,745,538 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.4% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 23.4% 23.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 13.5% 13.3% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.8% 50.8%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 88.9% 78.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 8.0% 13.1% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 1.2% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.2% 5.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.2% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.6% 2.3% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 3.2% 16.7% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 86.1% 63.4%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 84.7% 84.6% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 3.1% 12.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 4.7% 20.3% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 81.7% 85.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 20.6% 28.2% Veterans, 2007-2011 323,823 22,215,303 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 22.6 25.4  Housing units, 2011 1,932,599 132,312,404 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 69.5% 66.1% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 17.8% 25.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $118,700 $186,200 Households, 2007-2011 1,681,085 114,761,359 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.49 2.60 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $23,033 $27,915 Median household income, 2007-2011 $42,248 $52,762 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 18.1% 14.3%     Business QuickFacts Kentucky USA Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 90,771 7,396,628 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 1,456,790 111,970,095 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -3.8 -1.8 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 272,455 22,110,628  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, 2011 7,782 624,061     Geography QuickFacts Kentucky USA Land area in square miles, 2010 39,486.34 3,531,905.43 Persons per square mile, 2010 109.9 87.4 FIPS Code 21 (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts