People QuickFacts	Union County	Kentucky
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	14,850	4,380,415
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	15,007	4,339,357
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-1.0%	0.9%
 	Population, 2010    	15,007	4,339,367
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	6.2%	6.4%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	22.7%	23.4%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	14.0%	13.5%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	48.8%	50.8% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	85.6%	88.9%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	12.4%	8.0%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.2%	0.3%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.4%	1.2%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.4%	1.6%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	1.8%	3.2%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	84.0%	86.1% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	81.0%	84.7%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	1.4%	3.1%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	3.2%	4.7%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	82.2%	81.7%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	11.3%	20.6%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,378	323,823
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	21.6	22.6 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	6,128	1,932,599
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	76.4%	69.5%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	7.4%	17.8%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$77,800	$118,700
 	Households, 2007-2011    	5,468	1,681,085
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.48	2.49
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$18,681	$23,033
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$38,651	$42,248
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	23.2%	18.1%

   	Business QuickFacts	Union County	Kentucky
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	288	90,771
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	4,539	1,456,790
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-27.5	-3.8
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	707	272,455 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	925	337,600
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.8%	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    	21.9%	25.6% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	250,359	119,105,421
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	93,971	74,680,759
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	144,171	50,405,925
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$9,585	$11,843
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	9,845	6,300,866
 	Building permits, 2011     	40	7,782

   	Geography QuickFacts	Union County	Kentucky
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	342.85	39,486.34
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	43.8	109.9
 	FIPS Code    	225	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