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Kentucky state QuickFacts

	Kentucky	United States
Total population	4,041,769	281,421,906
State	Kentucky

Kentucky state Population

	Kentucky	%, Kentucky	United States
Male	1,975,368	48.87%	49.06%
Female	2,066,401	51.13%	50.94%
Median age (years)	35.9		35.3

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	Kentucky	%, Kentucky	United States
18 years and over	3,046,951	75.39%	74.31%
21 years and over	2,867,257	70.94%	69.97%
62 years and over	601,762	14.89%	14.66%
65 years and over	504,793	12.49%	12.43%

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	Kentucky	%, Kentucky	United States
White	3,640,889	90.08%	75.14%
Black or African American	295,994	7.32%	12.32%
Asian	29,744	0.74%	3.64%
Some other race	32,699	0.81%	5.46%
Two or more races	42,443	1.05%	2.43%

Kentucky state Housing

	Kentucky	%, Kentucky	United States
Total households	1,590,647		105,480,101
Family households (families)	1,104,398	69.43%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	486,249	30.57%	31.94%

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	Kentucky	%, Kentucky	United States
Total housing units	1,750,927		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	160,280	9.15%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	1,590,647	90.85%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	1,125,397	64.27%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	465,250	26.57%	30.77%

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	Kentucky	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	146,424	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	351,734	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	171,363	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	72,007	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	44,571	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	15,414	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	4,013	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	935	0.57%
Median (dollars)	86,700	119,600

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	Kentucky	%, Kentucky	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	314,188	19.75%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	446,600	28.08%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	257,546	16.19%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	243,068	15.28%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	166,554	10.47%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	162,691	10.23%	9.65%

Kentucky state Education

	Kentucky	%, Kentucky	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	1,007,452		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	62,338	6.19%	6.47%
Kindergarten	55,163	5.48%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	458,749	45.54%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	224,835	22.32%	21.38%
College or graduate school	206,367	20.48%	22.81%

Kentucky state Economy

	Kentucky	%, Kentucky	United States
Population 16 years and over	3,161,542		217,168,077
In labor force	1,926,731	60.94%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	1,907,614	60.34%	63.39%
- - Employed	1,798,264	56.88%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	109,350	3.46%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	5.7		5.8
- Armed Forces	19,117	0.6%	0.53%
Not in labor force	1,234,811	39.06%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	1,638,529	51.83%	51.66%
In labor force	891,713	28.21%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	890,071	28.15%	29.65%
- - Employed	838,668	26.53%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	305,950	9.68%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	179,167		12,787,501

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	Kentucky	%, Kentucky	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	1,591,739		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	220,692	13.86%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	133,977	8.42%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	245,034	15.39%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	219,944	13.82%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	261,684	16.44%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	274,530	17.25%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	122,008	7.67%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	73,228	4.6%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	18,757	1.18%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	21,885	1.37%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	33,672		41,994

	Kentucky	%, Kentucky	United States
With earnings	1,217,199	38.5%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	46,278		56,604
With Social Security income	454,200	14.37%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,293		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	114,363	3.62%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,809		6,320
With public assistance income	60,071	1.9%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,174		3,032
With retirement income	278,757	8.82%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	15,795		17,376

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