| | People QuickFacts | Lincoln County | Kentucky |
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Population, 2012 estimate | 24,461 | 4,380,415 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 24,749 | 4,339,357 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -1.2% | 0.9% |
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Population, 2010 | 24,742 | 4,339,367 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 6.5% | 6.4% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 24.5% | 23.4% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 15.2% | 13.5% |
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Female persons, percent, 2011 | 50.8% | 50.8% |
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White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 95.9% | 88.9% |
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Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 2.4% | 8.0% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.2% | 0.3% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.2% | 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 | 1.3% | 1.6% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 1.6% | 3.2% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 94.5% | 86.1% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 88.1% | 84.7% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 0.2% | 3.1% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 0.8% | 4.7% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 73.4% | 81.7% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 9.8% | 20.6% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 1,726 | 323,823 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 27.9 | 22.6 |
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Housing units, 2011 | 10,747 | 1,932,599 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 76.3% | 69.5% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 7.1% | 17.8% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $87,100 | $118,700 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 9,793 | 1,681,085 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.50 | 2.49 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $16,511 | $23,033 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $33,398 | $42,248 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 23.4% | 18.1% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Lincoln County | Kentucky |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 295 | 89,7701 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 3,508 | 1,463,1731 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -1.4% | 0.4%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 1,733 | 272,455 |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,809 | 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 | S | 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 | S | 25.6% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 119,105,421 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 74,680,759 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 127,171 | 50,405,925 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $5,053 | $11,843 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 9,405 | 6,300,866 |
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Building permits, 2012 | 41 | 9,725 |