2024 population: 1,309,433 ( 27,851 from 2020)
Land area: 11595.1 square miles
Population density: 112.9 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	1,099,709	83.98%	0.2%
Black:	84,741	6.47%	7.5%
Indian:	2,921	0.22%	9.6%
Asian:	25,565	1.95%	21.8%
2+ races:	27,186	2.08%	18.1%
Hispanic:	69,311	5.29%	18.7%

Total non-White:	209,724	16.02%	14.1%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	60,995	11.9
Deaths:	68,834	13.4
Net Migration:	16,771	3.3
Net Immigration:	18,477	3.6

Change in White population:	2,006	0.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	25,845	2.0

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
1,281,582
1,097,703	85.65%
78,838	6.15%
2,664	0.21%
20,991	1.64%
23,013	1.80%
58,373	4.55%
183,879	14.35%

2010
1,221,100
1,076,304	88.14%
69,493	5.69%
2,260	0.19%
14,462	1.18%
16,875	1.38%
40,454	3.31%
144,796	11.86%

2000
1,125,309
1,023,720	90.97%
61,322	5.45%
2,136	0.19%
9,360	0.83%
10,220	0.91%
17,551	1.56%
101,589	9.03%

1990
993,893
927,915	93.36%
54,128	5.45%
1,811	0.18%
5,084	0.51%
n/a
4,955	0.50%
65,978	6.64%

1980
953,890
889,781	93.28%
53,187	5.58%
808	0.08%
3,025	0.32%
n/a
6,721	0.70%
64,109	6.72%

1970
788,709
733,284	92.97%
51,632	6.55%
359	0.05%
679	0.09%
n/a
2,259	0.29%
55,425	7.03%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
141,680	11.6
116,846	9.6
16,276	1.3
14,151	1.2

21,399	1.8
39,083	3.2

Number	Rate
2000's
143,545	12.8
100,476	8.9
37,402	3.3
16,648	1.5

52,584	4.7
43,207	3.8

Number	Rate
1990's
144,677	14.6
96,320	9.7
58,581	5.9
5,535	0.6

95,805	9.6
35,611	3.6

Number	Rate
1980's
140,043	14.7
85,837	9.0
-9,635	-1.0
n/a

38,134	4.0
1,869	0.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
88,076	11.2
n/a

156,497	19.8
8,684	1.1

Age, Family & Household Data for Lexington, KY Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
38.7
285,949	21.8%
1,023,484	78.2%
214,328	16.4%

514,461
2.45

330,986	64.3%
242,376	73.2%
31,839	9.6%
183,475	35.7%

2010
Number	Percent
37.5
278,729	22.8%
942,371	77.2%
157,635	12.9%

487,102
2.42

321,408	66.0%
237,326	73.8%
33,200	10.3%
165,694	34.0%

2000
Number	Percent
35.2
266,716	23.7%
858,593	76.3%
131,994	11.7%

444,873
2.44

306,620	68.9%
242,387	79.1%
29,190	9.5%
138,253	31.1%

1990
Number	Percent
32.5
252,353	25.4%
741,540	74.6%
118,534	11.9%

370,813
2.59

274,140	73.9%
223,601	81.6%
22,825	8.3%
96,673	26.1%

1980
Number	Percent
28.9
281,085	29.5%
672,805	70.5%
102,469	10.7%

327,571
2.81

254,327	77.6%
215,144	84.6%
18,160	7.1%
73,244	22.4%

2022 Housing Data for Lexington, KY Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	33,739	6.6%
$10,000 to $14,999	32,184	6.3%
$15,000 to $19,999	23,680	4.6%
$20,000 to $24,999	25,027	4.9%
$25,000 to $29,999	24,210	4.7%
$30,000 to $34,999	23,996	4.7%
$35,000 to $39,999	22,719	4.4%
$40,000 to $44,999	21,576	4.2%
$45,000 to $49,999	21,471	4.2%
$50,000 to $59,999	39,938	7.8%
$60,000 to $74,999	48,800	9.5%
$75,000 to $99,999	64,267	12.5%
$100,000 to $124,999	44,994	8.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	30,388	5.9%
$150,000 to $199,999	29,703	5.8%
$200,000 or more	27,769	5.4%

Median Household Income	57,699
Per Capita Income	32,461

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	78

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	41,138	8.0%
Public Assistance	8,840	1.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	76,559	14.9%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	525,564	65.2%
Unemployed	30,703	3.8%
In Armed Forces	484	0.1%

Total Labor Force	556,751	69.1%
Not in Labor Force	249,202	30.9%

Real Unemployment Rate		34.7%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	210,837	168,497	55.6%
Non-Profit	16,761	31,139	35.0%
Self-Employed	31,948	18,654	63.1%

Local Government	16,580	22,660	42.3%
State Government	19,879	29,149	40.5%
Federal Government	6,912	6,056	53.3%

Total Private + Self	242,785	187,151	56.5%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	60,132	89,004	40.3%
Total	302,917	276,155	52.3%

Pct. Govt.	17.5%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	79,909	13.8%
Sales and Office Occupations	121,546	20.9%
Professional, Technical	137,876	23.7%
Service Occupations	95,302	16.4%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	3,703	0.6%
All others	146,159	25.2%

White Collar		58.4%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	86,450	14.9%
Manufacturing	77,525	13.3%
Retail trade	72,629	12.5%
Educational services	66,271	11.4%
Accommodation and food services	38,207	6.6%
Construction	33,762	5.8%
Public administration	30,299	5.2%
Professional, scientific, technical	29,715	5.1%
Other services	27,705	4.8%
Transportation and warehousing	24,885	4.3%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	22,739	3.9%
Finance and insurance	17,436	3.0%
Wholesale trade	11,275	1.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	10,261	1.8%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	8,406	1.4%
Information	7,785	1.3%
Real estate and rental and leasing	7,286	1.3%
Utilities	5,448	0.9%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	2,114	0.4%
Management	594	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	32,327	2.48%
Puerto Rican	4,026	0.31%
Cuban	1,479	0.11%
Dominican	536	0.04%

Total Central American	6,075	0.47%
Costa Rican	165	0.01%
Guatemalan	2,134	0.16%
Honduran	2,751	0.21%
Nicaraguan	34	0.00%
Panamanian	466	0.04%
Salvadoran	521	0.04%
Other Central American	4	0.00%

Total South American	2,836	0.22%
Argentinean	639	0.05%
Bolivian	29	0.00%
Chilean	103	0.01%
Colombian	752	0.06%
Ecuadorian	88	0.01%
Paraguayan	11	0.00%
Peruvian	751	0.06%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	445	0.03%
Other South American	18	0.00%

Other Hispanic	3,452	0.26%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	4,794	0.37%
Indian	4,390	0.34%
Filipino	1,769	0.14%
Japanese	1,222	0.09%
Korean	1,167	0.09%
Vietnamese	817	0.06%
Cambodian	685	0.05%
Indonesian	354	0.03%
Thai	322	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,157,961	94.2%
Spanish	35,051	2.9%
Other Indo-European	6,804	0.6%
Other Asian	4,784	0.4%
Other	4,264	0.3%
German, other Germanic	4,219	0.3%
Chinese	3,808	0.3%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	3,247	0.3%
French, Haitian, Cajun	3,077	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	217,020	16.6%
English	172,396	13.2%
Irish	135,110	10.4%
German	127,942	9.8%
Scottish	25,912	2.0%
European	22,948	1.8%
Italian	21,631	1.7%
Scotch-Irish	20,300	1.6%
French	14,908	1.1%
Polish	10,841	0.8%
Dutch	9,203	0.7%
British	8,244	0.6%
Welsh	7,974	0.6%
Swedish	4,821	0.4%
Norwegian	3,863	0.3%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	1,272,829	97.6%
Not a citizen	31,939	2.4%

Native	1,253,349	96.1%
Foreign-born	51,419	3.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
49,117	5.6%	67,984	7.7%	280,047	31.9%	239,124	27.2%	137,313	15.6%	105,374	12.0%
Average years of education: 13.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	49,117	5.6%
9-12 Years	67,984	7.7%
H.S. Grad or GED	280,047	31.9%
Some College	239,124	27.2%
Bach. Degree	137,313	15.6%
Grad Degree	105,374	12.0%
Average years of education: 13.2

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	481,359	451,807	29,552	6.1%
1991	480,933	447,099	33,834	7.0%
1992	486,194	455,451	30,743	6.3%
1993	496,916	468,065	28,851	5.8%
1994	504,049	477,511	26,538	5.3%
1995	511,016	486,665	24,351	4.8%
1996	518,355	494,044	24,311	4.7%
1997	531,439	508,011	23,428	4.4%
1998	539,766	518,729	21,037	3.9%
1999	547,055	527,121	19,934	3.6%

2000	554,714	533,015	21,699	3.9%
2001	556,971	528,723	28,248	5.1%
2002	553,782	522,434	31,348	5.7%
2003	560,332	527,001	33,331	5.9%
2004	557,992	528,411	29,581	5.3%
2005	565,110	533,805	31,305	5.5%
2006	576,253	544,345	31,908	5.5%
2007	579,546	549,129	30,417	5.2%
2008	577,666	541,565	36,101	6.2%
2009	584,192	523,122	61,070	10.5%

2010	592,072	533,211	58,861	9.9%
2011	591,107	536,961	54,146	9.2%
2012	590,175	542,671	47,504	8.0%
2013	590,076	544,028	46,048	7.8%
2014	578,292	541,635	36,657	6.3%
2015	571,230	541,825	29,405	5.1%
2016	579,355	550,963	28,392	4.9%
2017	588,424	560,741	27,683	4.7%
2018	587,918	563,485	24,433	4.2%
2019	594,651	570,650	24,001	4.0%

2020	582,959	544,991	37,968	6.5%
2021	584,666	560,004	24,662	4.2%
2022	592,224	570,078	22,146	3.7%
2023	588,135	564,324	23,811	4.0%
2024	607,584	577,354	30,230	5.0%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	581,326
Median Value	$177,748

Occupied	514,461	88.5%
Vacant	66,865	11.5%

Owned	339,828	66.1%
Rented	174,633	33.9%
Median Rent	n/a

Single-Family Units	400,024	68.8%
Detached	381,516	65.6%
Attached	18,508	3.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	65,721	11.3%
Mobile Homes	74,813	12.9%

Lexington, KY Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Lexington, KY Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Lexington, KY Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Lexington, KY Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Lexington, KY Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Lexington, KY Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Lexington, KY Market Area