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Census Statistics

	Kentucky	USA
Population, 2003 estimate	4,117,827	290,809,777
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	1.9%	3.3%
Population, 2000	4,041,769	281,421,906
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	9.6%	13.1%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.6%	6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	24.6%	25.7%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	12.5%	12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.1%	50.9%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	90.1%	75.1%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	7.3%	12.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.9%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.7%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.6%	5.5%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.1%	2.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	1.5%	12.5%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	89.3%	69.1%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	55.9%	54.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	2.0%	11.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	3.9%	17.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	74.1%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	17.1%	24.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	874,156	49,746,248
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	23.5	25.5?
Housing units, 2002	1,796,900	119,302,132
Homeownership rate, 2000	70.8%	66.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	17.7%	26.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$86,700	$119,600?
Households, 2000	1,590,647	105,480,101
Persons per household, 2000	2.47	2.59
Median household income, 1999	$33,672	$41,994
Per capita money income, 1999	$18,093	$21,587
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	15.8%	12.4%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	89,501	7,095,302
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	1,497,466	115,061,184
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-1.1%	0.9%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	226,193	16,529,955
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	86,636,107	3,842,061,405
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	33,332,675	2,460,886,012
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$8,530	$9,190
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	4.5%	14.6%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	23.4%	26.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	19,459	1,747,678
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	28,879,501	1,901,247,889
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	39,728	3,537,438
Persons per square mile, 2000	101.7	79.6
FIPS Code	21

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