People QuickFacts Harrison County Kentucky Population, 2012 estimate 18,624 4,380,415 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 18,849 4,339,357 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -1.2% 0.9% Population, 2010 18,846 4,339,367 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.1% 6.4% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 23.7% 23.4% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 15.3% 13.5% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.1% 50.8%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 96.0% 88.9% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.2% 8.0% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 0.3% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 1.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.2% 1.6% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 1.8% 3.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 94.3% 86.1%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 87.6% 84.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 1.3% 3.1% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 2.7% 4.7% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 80.2% 81.7% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 12.6% 20.6% Veterans, 2007-2011 1,529 323,823 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 24.9 22.6  Housing units, 2011 8,224 1,932,599 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 66.7% 69.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 16.0% 17.8% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $106,300 $118,700 Households, 2007-2011 7,172 1,681,085 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.59 2.49 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $19,711 $23,033 Median household income, 2007-2011 $38,690 $42,248 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 19.9% 18.1%     Business QuickFacts Harrison County Kentucky Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 289 90,771 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 3,756 1,456,790 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -9.3 -3.8 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 1,087 272,455  Total number of firms, 2007 1,502 337,600 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 22.1% 25.6%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 549,589 119,105,421 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 39,772 74,680,759 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 147,036 50,405,925 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $7,912 $11,843 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 11,311 6,300,866 Building permits, 2011 20 7,782     Geography QuickFacts Harrison County Kentucky Land area in square miles, 2010 306.36 39,486.34 Persons per square mile, 2010 61.5 109.9 FIPS Code 097 21 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None   (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