People QuickFacts Daviess County Kentucky Population, 2012 estimate 97,847 4,380,415 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 96,659 4,339,357 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 1.2% 0.9% Population, 2010 96,656 4,339,367 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.9% 6.4% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 24.3% 23.4% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 14.7% 13.5% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.5% 50.8%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 92.4% 88.9% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 5.0% 8.0% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 0.3% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.7% 1.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.6% 1.6% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 2.6% 3.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 90.0% 86.1%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 86.2% 84.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 1.8% 3.1% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 2.9% 4.7% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 87.4% 81.7% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 18.5% 20.6% Veterans, 2007-2011 7,808 323,823 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 17.7 22.6  Housing units, 2011 41,407 1,932,599 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 70.4% 69.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 18.6% 17.8% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $107,800 $118,700 Households, 2007-2011 37,279 1,681,085 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.50 2.49 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $22,516 $23,033 Median household income, 2007-2011 $44,763 $42,248 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 14.2% 18.1%     Business QuickFacts Daviess County Kentucky Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 2,261 89,770 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 40,582 1,463,173 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 0.9% 0.4% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 5,461 272,455  Total number of firms, 2007 7,007 337,600 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.6% 3.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.3% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.6% 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 23.0% 25.6%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 2,919,998 119,105,421 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 818,094 74,680,759 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,282,912 50,405,925 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $13,652 $11,843 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 147,433 6,300,866 Building permits, 2012 256 9,725     Geography QuickFacts Daviess County Kentucky Land area in square miles, 2010 458.35 39,486.34 Persons per square mile, 2010 210.9 109.9 FIPS Code 059 21 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Owensboro, KY Metro 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