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Independence, Kentucky QuickFacts

	Independence, Kentucky	United States
Total population	14,982	281,421,906
State	Kentucky
City	independence

Independence, Kentucky Population

	Independence, Kentucky	%, Independence, Kentucky	United States
Male	7,552	50.41%	49.06%
Female	7,430	49.59%	50.94%
Median age (years)	31.3		35.3

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	Independence, Kentucky	%, Independence, Kentucky	United States
18 years and over	10,426	69.59%	74.31%
21 years and over	9,820	65.55%	69.97%
62 years and over	1,231	8.22%	14.66%
65 years and over	974	6.5%	12.43%

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	Independence, Kentucky	%, Independence, Kentucky	United States
White	14,563	97.2%	75.14%
Black or African American	144	0.96%	12.32%
Asian	60	0.4%	3.64%
Some other race	84	0.56%	5.46%
Two or more races	131	0.87%	2.43%

Independence, Kentucky Housing

	Independence, Kentucky	%, Independence, Kentucky	United States
Total households	5,181		105,480,101
Family households (families)	4,148	80.06%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	1,033	19.94%	31.94%

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	Independence, Kentucky	%, Independence, Kentucky	United States
Total housing units	5,356		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	210	3.92%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	5,181	96.73%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	3,980	74.31%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	1,201	22.42%	30.77%

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	Independence, Kentucky	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	94	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	1,271	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	1,565	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	497	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	153	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	17	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	0	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	0	0.57%
Median (dollars)	114,600	119,600

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	Independence, Kentucky	%, Independence, Kentucky	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	1,134	21.89%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	1,686	32.54%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	888	17.14%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	683	13.18%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	424	8.18%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	395	7.62%	9.65%

Independence, Kentucky Education

	Independence, Kentucky	%, Independence, Kentucky	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,826		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	270	7.06%	6.47%
Kindergarten	228	5.96%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,862	48.67%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	815	21.3%	21.38%
College or graduate school	651	17.02%	22.81%

Independence, Kentucky Economy

	Independence, Kentucky	%, Independence, Kentucky	United States
Population 16 years and over	11,105		217,168,077
In labor force	8,344	75.14%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	8,344	75.14%	63.39%
- - Employed	8,120	73.12%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	224	2.02%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	2.7		5.8
- Armed Forces	0		0.53%
Not in labor force	2,761	24.86%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	5,568	50.14%	51.66%
In labor force	3,858	34.74%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	3,858	34.74%	29.65%
- - Employed	3,725	33.54%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	1,523	13.71%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	846		12,787,501

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	Independence, Kentucky	%, Independence, Kentucky	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	5,229		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	252	4.82%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	123	2.35%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	463	8.85%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	502	9.6%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	1,214	23.22%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	1,562	29.87%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	649	12.41%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	389	7.44%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	25	0.48%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	50	0.96%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	51,002		41,994

	Independence, Kentucky	%, Independence, Kentucky	United States
With earnings	4,760	42.86%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	53,765		56,604
With Social Security income	886	7.98%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	13,070		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	148	1.33%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	7,882		6,320
With public assistance income	100	0.9%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	1,394		3,032
With retirement income	679	6.11%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	15,526		17,376

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