Kentucky

2022 population: 4,512,310 ( 172,943 from 2010 , 6,417 from 2020)
Land area: 39491.4 square miles
Population density: 114.3 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	3,754,388	83.20%	0.2%
Black:	378,394	8.39%	13.6%
Indian:	9,511	0.21%	10.1%
Asian:	81,227	1.80%	61.1%
2+ races:	93,803	2.08%	46.3%
Hispanic:	194,987	4.32%	46.8%

Total non-White:	757,922	16.80%	27.7%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	116,529	12.9
Deaths:	131,955	14.6
Net Migration:	14,102	1.6
Net Immigration:	6,328	0.7

Change in White population:	8,733	0.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	164,210	3.8

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
4,339,367
3,745,655	86.32%
333,075	7.68%
8,642	0.20%
50,412	1.16%
64,113	1.48%
132,836	3.06%
593,712	13.68%

2000
4,041,769
3,608,013	89.27%
293,639	7.27%
7,939	0.20%
30,643	0.76%
37,750	0.93%
59,939	1.48%
433,756	10.73%

1990
3,685,296
3,379,712	91.71%
260,660	7.07%
6,587	0.18%
17,974	0.49%
n/a
20,363	0.55%
305,584	8.29%

1980
3,660,777
3,359,765	91.78%
257,078	7.02%
3,811	0.10%
11,823	0.32%
n/a
27,094	0.74%
301,012	8.22%

1970
3,218,706
2,960,969	91.99%
240,459	7.47%
1,594	0.05%
2,791	0.09%
n/a
11,112	0.35%
257,737	8.01%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
519,005	12.8
370,888	9.2
82,517	2.0
44,314	1.1

137,642	3.4
159,956	4.0

Number	Rate
1990's
535,612	14.5
371,650	10.1
103,319	2.8
19,144	0.5

228,301	6.2
128,172	3.5

Number	Rate
1980's
539,874	14.7
343,140	9.4
-151,761	-4.1
n/a

19,947	0.5
4,572	0.1

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
157,748	4.9
n/a

398,796	12.4
43,275	1.3

Age, Family & Household Data for Kentucky

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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
39.1
1,011,480	22.4%
3,500,830	77.6%
756,439	16.8%

1,769,102
2.48

1,142,472	64.6%
838,364	73.4%
111,889	9.8%
626,630	35.4%

2010
Number	Percent
38.0
1,023,371	23.6%
3,315,996	76.4%
578,227	13.3%

1,719,965
2.45

1,149,905	66.9%
848,324	73.8%
121,891	10.6%
570,060	33.1%

2000
Number	Percent
35.9
993,841	24.6%
3,047,928	75.4%
503,668	12.5%

1,591,739
2.47

1,110,426	69.8%
870,930	78.4%
109,566	9.9%
481,313	30.2%

1990
Number	Percent
33.0
955,618	25.9%
2,729,678	74.1%
466,816	12.7%

1,379,610
2.60

1,021,747	74.1%
831,239	81.4%
86,390	8.5%
357,863	25.9%

1980
Number	Percent
29.4
1,084,193	29.6%
2,576,584	70.4%
409,662	11.2%

1,263,102
2.82

986,495	78.1%
833,248	84.5%
70,915	7.2%
276,607	21.9%

2022 Housing Data for Kentucky

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	108,125	6.1%
$10,000 to $14,999	98,463	5.6%
$15,000 to $19,999	78,082	4.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	80,845	4.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	81,048	4.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	79,889	4.5%
$35,000 to $39,999	75,548	4.3%
$40,000 to $44,999	71,972	4.1%
$45,000 to $49,999	72,292	4.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	136,092	7.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	172,494	9.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	226,699	12.8%
$100,000 to $124,999	162,354	9.2%
$125,000 to $149,999	107,146	6.1%
$150,000 to $199,999	111,142	6.3%
$200,000 or more	106,911	6.0%

Median Household Income	60,183
Per Capita Income	33,515

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	80

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	126,220	7.1%
Public Assistance	33,503	1.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	235,793	13.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,827,266	66.7%
Unemployed	100,755	3.7%
In Armed Forces	10,981	0.4%

Total Labor Force	1,939,002	70.8%
Not in Labor Force	800,832	29.2%

Real Unemployment Rate		32.9%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	775,572	617,845	55.7%
Non-Profit	53,278	113,611	31.9%
Self-Employed	108,211	60,203	64.3%

Local Government	54,384	78,286	41.0%
State Government	43,880	68,743	39.0%
Federal Government	25,086	20,775	54.7%

Total Private + Self	883,783	678,048	56.6%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	176,628	281,415	38.6%
Total	1,060,411	959,463	52.5%

Pct. Govt.	14.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	288,350	14.2%
Sales and Office Occupations	417,013	20.6%
Professional, Technical	449,039	22.2%
Service Occupations	317,053	15.7%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	10,472	0.5%
All others	553,941	27.3%

White Collar		57.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	292,544	14.4%
Manufacturing	287,839	14.2%
Retail trade	238,919	11.8%
Educational services	193,253	9.5%
Accommodation and food services	135,086	6.7%
Construction	125,130	6.2%
Transportation and warehousing	116,356	5.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	99,700	4.9%
Other services	91,647	4.5%
Public administration	86,763	4.3%
Finance and insurance	85,476	4.2%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	80,184	4.0%
Wholesale trade	46,590	2.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	29,298	1.4%
Information	27,981	1.4%
Real estate and rental and leasing	27,533	1.4%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	26,631	1.3%
Utilities	21,628	1.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	10,765	0.5%
Management	2,073	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	93,527	2.08%
Puerto Rican	17,895	0.40%
Cuban	21,676	0.48%
Dominican	1,632	0.04%

Total Central American	24,797	0.55%
Costa Rican	400	0.01%
Guatemalan	11,128	0.25%
Honduran	7,018	0.16%
Nicaraguan	687	0.02%
Panamanian	2,034	0.05%
Salvadoran	3,518	0.08%
Other Central American	12	0.00%

Total South American	9,181	0.20%
Argentinean	1,234	0.03%
Bolivian	197	0.00%
Chilean	464	0.01%
Colombian	2,665	0.06%
Ecuadorian	534	0.01%
Paraguayan	65	0.00%
Peruvian	2,289	0.05%
Uruguayan	24	0.00%
Venezuelan	1,537	0.03%
Other South American	172	0.00%

Other Hispanic	11,773	0.26%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	17,614	0.39%
Chinese	10,568	0.23%
Filipino	6,961	0.15%
Burmese	6,075	0.13%
Korean	5,309	0.12%
Vietnamese	5,297	0.12%
Japanese	3,400	0.08%
Cambodian	1,720	0.04%
Thai	1,055	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	3,986,047	94.1%
Spanish	117,581	2.8%
Other Indo-European	21,989	0.5%
German, other Germanic	21,710	0.5%
Other Asian	21,183	0.5%
Other	16,395	0.4%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	11,083	0.3%
French, Haitian, Cajun	11,036	0.3%
Arabic	8,660	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	581,212	12.9%
English	580,949	12.9%
American	570,404	12.7%
Irish	500,090	11.1%
Italian	91,093	2.0%
European	85,281	1.9%
Scottish	84,811	1.9%
French	60,639	1.3%
Scotch-Irish	57,336	1.3%
Polish	41,001	0.9%
Dutch	34,692	0.8%
Welsh	25,690	0.6%
African	24,769	0.6%
British	23,780	0.5%
Swedish	17,385	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	4,396,064	97.6%
Not a citizen	106,871	2.4%

Native	4,318,826	95.9%
Foreign-born	184,109	4.1%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
139,839	4.6%	223,608	7.3%	1,003,270	32.7%	888,453	29.0%	478,134	15.6%	333,805	10.9%
Average years of education: 13.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	139,839	4.6%
9-12 Years	223,608	7.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	1,003,270	32.7%
Some College	888,453	29.0%
Bach. Degree	478,134	15.6%
Grad Degree	333,805	10.9%
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	1,754,575	1,648,597	105,978	6.0%
1991	1,759,897	1,631,042	128,855	7.3%
1992	1,777,326	1,654,833	122,493	6.9%
1993	1,800,313	1,689,095	111,218	6.2%
1994	1,828,643	1,730,430	98,213	5.4%
1995	1,856,627	1,756,624	100,003	5.4%
1996	1,873,510	1,771,832	101,678	5.4%
1997	1,910,335	1,810,897	99,438	5.2%
1998	1,923,034	1,836,359	86,675	4.5%
1999	1,947,161	1,859,696	87,465	4.5%

2000	1,957,418	1,876,241	81,177	4.1%
2001	1,953,842	1,852,048	101,794	5.2%
2002	1,944,687	1,832,253	112,434	5.8%
2003	1,965,898	1,844,388	121,510	6.2%
2004	1,969,944	1,861,755	108,189	5.5%
2005	1,991,733	1,874,750	116,983	5.9%
2006	2,026,150	1,910,587	115,563	5.7%
2007	2,035,500	1,925,717	109,783	5.4%
2008	2,038,233	1,906,277	131,956	6.5%
2009	2,064,857	1,842,094	222,763	10.8%

2010	2,065,027	1,852,306	212,721	10.3%
2011	2,061,506	1,868,170	193,336	9.4%
2012	2,060,098	1,891,116	168,982	8.2%
2013	2,055,911	1,892,784	163,127	7.9%
2014	2,006,530	1,877,560	128,970	6.4%
2015	1,979,654	1,876,016	103,638	5.2%
2016	2,015,646	1,914,481	101,165	5.0%
2017	2,049,918	1,952,381	97,537	4.8%
2018	2,052,886	1,966,614	86,272	4.2%
2019	2,070,346	1,984,667	85,679	4.1%

2020	2,019,899	1,885,650	134,249	6.6%
2021	2,027,174	1,937,541	89,633	4.4%
2022	2,048,078	1,968,128	79,950	3.9%
2023	2,026,270	1,942,001	84,269	4.2%

Migration Data for Kentucky

Inflows From (2011-2021)
From State	Number of People
Ohio	114,049
Indiana	95,011
Tennessee	91,689
Florida	70,273
Texas	46,809
Illinois	38,703
Georgia	32,970
California	31,529
North Carolina	28,935
Michigan	25,078
Virginia	23,968
New York	19,776
West Virginia	16,670
Missouri	16,393
Alabama	16,278

Outflows To (2011-2021)
To State	Number of People
Ohio	111,022
Tennessee	106,873
Indiana	100,901
Florida	84,237
Texas	54,666
Georgia	36,430
North Carolina	30,638
Illinois	29,603
California	28,817
Virginia	23,900
Michigan	21,789
South Carolina	18,562
Alabama	18,365
Missouri	16,104
Colorado	15,743

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	1,999,202
Median Value	$177,000

Occupied	1,769,102	88.5%
Vacant	230,100	11.5%

Owned	1,205,067	68.1%
Rented	564,035	31.9%
Median Rent	$902

Single-Family Units	1,409,364	70.5%
Detached	1,354,889	67.8%
Attached	54,475	2.7%
Buldings with 5+ Units	227,913	11.4%
Mobile Homes	218,517	10.9%

Counties in Kentucky

Districts in this state

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Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Kentucky

2022 Housing Data for Kentucky

2022 Income & Employment Data for Kentucky

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Kentucky

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Kentucky

Historical Labor Force Data for Kentucky

Migration Data for Kentucky

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