People QuickFacts	Bowling Green	Kentucky
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	58,894	4,366,814
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	58,062	4,339,357
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	1.4%	0.6%
 	Population, 2010    	58,067	4,339,367
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	6.1%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	20.1%	23.6%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	10.7%	13.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	51.7%	50.8% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	75.8%	87.8%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	13.9%	7.8%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.3%	0.2%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	4.2%	1.1%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.2%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	2.7%	1.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	6.5%	3.1%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	73.0%	86.3% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	66.4%	84.7%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	10.9%	3.1%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	13.6%	4.7%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	82.1%	81.7%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	28.6%	20.6%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	3,152	323,823
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	14.9	22.6 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	24,712	1,927,164
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	42.4%	69.5%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	44.2%	17.8%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$127,400	$118,700
 	Households, 2007-2011    	22,224	1,681,085
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.31	2.49
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$19,845	$23,033
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$33,072	$42,248
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	27.3%	18.1%

   	Business QuickFacts	Bowling Green	Kentucky
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	5,670	337,600
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	5.0%	3.1%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.3%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.3%	1.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.0%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	1.3%	1.1%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	18.4%	25.6% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	4,473,843	119,105,421
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	2,071,877	74,680,759
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,609,806	50,405,925
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$29,452	$11,843
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	223,127	6,300,866

   	Geography QuickFacts	Bowling Green	Kentucky
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	37.78	39,486.34
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,536.9	109.9
 	FIPS Code    	08902	21
 	Counties    	Warren County
 	

(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