People QuickFacts Lexington-Fayette Kentucky Population, 2011 estimate 301,569 4,366,814 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 295,803 4,339,357 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 1.9% 0.6% Population, 2010 295,803 4,339,367 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 6.5% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 21.2% 23.6% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 10.5% 13.3% Female persons, percent, 2010 50.8% 50.8%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 75.7% 87.8% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 14.5% 7.8% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.3% 0.2% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 3.2% 1.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.5% 1.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 6.9% 3.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 73.0% 86.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 74.6% 84.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 8.5% 3.1% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 11.1% 4.7% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 88.5% 81.7% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 39.3% 20.6% Veterans, 2007-2011 19,148 323,823 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 19.7 22.6  Housing units, 2010 135,160 1,927,164 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 56.9% 69.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 33.6% 17.8% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $161,100 $118,700 Households, 2007-2011 122,075 1,681,085 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.29 2.49 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $29,125 $23,033 Median household income, 2007-2011 $48,306 $42,248 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 17.9% 18.1%     Business QuickFacts Lexington-Fayette Kentucky Total number of firms, 2007 26,074 337,600 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 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 2.4% 1.1% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 27.1% 25.6%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 3,061,217 119,105,421 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 4,442,420 74,680,759 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 4,778,490 50,405,925 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $16,635 $11,843 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 785,725 6,300,866     Geography QuickFacts Lexington-Fayette Kentucky Land area in square miles, 2010 283.65 39,486.34 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,042.8 109.9 FIPS Code 46027 21 Counties Fayette 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