| | People QuickFacts | Breckinridge County | Kentucky |
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Population, 2012 estimate | 20,071 | 4,380,415 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 20,055 | 4,339,357 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 0.1% | 0.9% |
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Population, 2010 | 20,059 | 4,339,367 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 6.0% | 6.4% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 23.9% | 23.4% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 15.9% | 13.5% |
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Female persons, percent, 2011 | 50.0% | 50.8% |
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White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 95.8% | 88.9% |
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Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 2.3% | 8.0% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.4% | 0.3% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.3% | 1.2% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | Z | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.2% | 1.6% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 0.9% | 3.2% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 95.1% | 86.1% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 89.9% | 84.7% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 0.4% | 3.1% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 2.5% | 4.7% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 76.7% | 81.7% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 8.1% | 20.6% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 1,657 | 323,823 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 29.8 | 22.6 |
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Housing units, 2011 | 10,649 | 1,932,599 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 78.9% | 69.5% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 5.3% | 17.8% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $79,400 | $118,700 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 7,519 | 1,681,085 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.62 | 2.49 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $17,872 | $23,033 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $38,325 | $42,248 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 20.8% | 18.1% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Breckinridge County | Kentucky |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 286 | 90,7712 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 2,178 | 1,456,7902 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -3.5 | -3.82 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 1,243 | 272,455 |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,412 | 337,600 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 3.1% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.3% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.6% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.1% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 23.2% | 25.6% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 01 | 119,105,421 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 19,378 | 74,680,759 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 113,835 | 50,405,925 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $5,968 | $11,843 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 7,882 | 6,300,866 |
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Building permits, 2011 | 11 | 7,782 |