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People QuickFacts | Mercer County | Kentucky
Population, 2012 estimate | 21,261 | 4,380,415
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 21,331 | 4,339,357
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.3% | 0.9%
Population, 2010 | 21,331 | 4,339,367
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 6.2% | 6.4%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 23.1% | 23.4%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 16.3% | 13.5%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 51.2% | 50.8%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 93.8% | 88.9%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 3.7% | 8.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.3% | 0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.4% | 1.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.7% | 1.6%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 2.4% | 3.2%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 91.9% | 86.1%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 83.5% | 84.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 0.9% | 3.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 1.4% | 4.7%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 83.2% | 81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 18.0% | 20.6%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 1,563 | 323,823
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 25 | 22.6
Housing units, 2011 | 9,926 | 1,932,599
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 75.1% | 69.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 13.4% | 17.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $133,000 | $118,700
Households, 2007-2011 | 8,330 | 1,681,085
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.54 | 2.49
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $23,723 | $23,033
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $47,690 | $42,248
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 13.7% | 18.1%
Business QuickFacts | Mercer County | Kentucky
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 373 | 90,771
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 5,099 | 1,456,790
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -18 | -3.8
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 1,524 | 272,455
Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,213 | 337,600
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 3.1%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.3%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 1.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 1.1%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 25.6%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 1,252,350 | 119,105,421
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 14,950 | 74,680,759
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 157,041 | 50,405,925
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $7,219 | $11,843
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 20,665 | 6,300,866
Building permits, 2011 | 37 | 7,782
Geography QuickFacts | Mercer County | Kentucky
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 248.8 | 39,486.34
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 85.7 | 109.9
FIPS Code | 167 | 21
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts