Fayette County Facts

Census Statistics

	Fayette County	Kentucky
Population, 2003 estimate	266,798	4,117,827
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	2.4%	1.9%
Population, 2000	260,512	4,041,769
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	15.6%	9.6%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.2%	6.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	21.3%	24.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	10.0%	12.5%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.9%	51.1%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	81.0%	90.1%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	13.5%	7.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	2.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	1.2%	0.6%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.6%	1.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	3.3%	1.5%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	79.1%	89.3%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	42.5%	55.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	5.9%	2.0%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	8.3%	3.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	85.8%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	35.6%	17.1%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	42,433	874,156
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	19.3	23.5?
Housing units, 2002	120,496	1,796,900
Homeownership rate, 2000	55.3%	70.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	36.5%	17.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$110,800	$86,700?
Households, 2000	108,288	1,590,647
Persons per household, 2000	2.29	2.47
Median household income, 1999	$39,813	$33,672
Per capita money income, 1999	$23,109	$18,093
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	12.9%	15.8%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	7,869	89,501
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	147,715	1,497,466
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-2.3%	-1.1%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	15,970	226,193
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	4,313,912	86,636,107
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	3,133,071	33,332,675
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$13,078	$8,530
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	4.8%	4.5%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	23.6%	23.4%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	2,321	19,459
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	1,428,039	28,879,501
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	285	39,728
Persons per square mile, 2000	915.6	101.7
Metropolitan Area	Lexington, KY MSA	?
FIPS Code	067	21

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