People QuickFacts	Ballard County	Kentucky
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	8,333	4,380,415
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	8,249	4,339,357
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	1.0%	0.9%
 	Population, 2010    	8,249	4,339,367
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	5.5%	6.4%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	21.9%	23.4%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	17.8%	13.5%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	50.4%	50.8% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	94.8%	88.9%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	3.0%	8.0%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.2%	0.3%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.2%	1.2%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.8%	1.6%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	1.2%	3.2%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	93.7%	86.1% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	88.7%	84.7%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	1.2%	3.1%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	2.2%	4.7%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	82.0%	81.7%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	11.8%	20.6%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	740	323,823
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	21.5	22.6 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	3,870	1,932,599
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	81.1%	69.5%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	6.3%	17.8%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$79,300	$118,700
 	Households, 2007-2011    	3,358	1,681,085
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.42	2.49
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$24,405	$23,033
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$41,875	$42,248
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	14.5%	18.1%

   	Business QuickFacts	Ballard County	Kentucky
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	137	90,771
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	2,357	1,456,790
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	19.7	-3.8
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	489	272,455 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	795	337,600
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	3.1%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.3%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	1.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.0%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	1.1%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	30.7%	25.6% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	D	119,105,421
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	74,680,759
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	52,778	50,405,925
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$6,485	$11,843
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,841	6,300,866
 	Building permits, 2011     	0	7,782

   	Geography QuickFacts	Ballard County	Kentucky
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	246.66	39,486.34
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	33.4	109.9
 	FIPS Code    	007	21
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Paducah, KY-IL Micro Area	 

(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