People QuickFacts Webster County Kentucky Population, 2012 estimate 13,583 4,380,415 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 13,621 4,339,357 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -0.3% 0.9% Population, 2010 13,621 4,339,367 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.8% 6.4% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 23.3% 23.4% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 15.3% 13.5% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.5% 50.8%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 93.3% 88.9% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 4.3% 8.0% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 0.3% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 1.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.5% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.3% 1.6% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 4.7% 3.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 89.2% 86.1%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 90.2% 84.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 2.4% 3.1% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 4.8% 4.7% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 75.4% 81.7% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 9.4% 20.6% Veterans, 2007-2011 957 323,823 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 24.0 22.6  Housing units, 2011 5,871 1,932,599 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 77.4% 69.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 6.1% 17.8% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $68,300 $118,700 Households, 2007-2011 4,990 1,681,085 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.70 2.49 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $20,058 $23,033 Median household income, 2007-2011 $42,115 $42,248 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 15.8% 18.1%     Business QuickFacts Webster County Kentucky Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 237 90,771 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 2,471 1,456,790 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -12.3 -3.8 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 714 272,455  Total number of firms, 2007 911 337,600 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 27.0% 25.6%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 0 119,105,421 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 74,680,759 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 67,451 50,405,925 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $4,858 $11,843 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 4,700 6,300,866 Building permits, 2011 2 7,782     Geography QuickFacts Webster County Kentucky Land area in square miles, 2010 331.94 39,486.34 Persons per square mile, 2010 41.0 109.9 FIPS Code 233 21 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Evansville, IN-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