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People QuickFacts | Nelson County | Kentucky
Population, 2012 estimate | 44,319 | 4,380,415
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 43,437 | 4,339,357
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 2.0% | 0.9%
Population, 2010 | 43,437 | 4,339,367
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 6.6% | 6.4%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 25.3% | 23.2%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 12.5% | 14.0%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 50.8% | 50.7%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 92.6% | 88.6%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 5.2% | 8.1%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.2% | 0.3%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.6% | 1.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.4% | 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 2.1% | 3.2%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 90.8% | 85.9%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 85.9% | 84.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 1.5% | 3.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 2.8% | 4.7%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 83.4% | 81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 14.5% | 20.6%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 3,489 | 323,823
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 25 | 22.6
Housing units, 2011 | 18,188 | 1,932,599
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 76.3% | 69.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 11.5% | 17.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $120,600 | $118,700
Households, 2007-2011 | 16,160 | 1,681,085
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.63 | 2.49
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $21,938 | $23,033
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $45,149 | $42,248
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 14.9% | 18.1%
Business QuickFacts | Nelson County | Kentucky
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 911 | 89,770
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 12,707 | 1,463,173
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 6.6% | 0.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 3,112 | 275,059
Total number of firms, 2007 | 3,927 | 337,600
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.3% | 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 | F | 1.1%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 15.7% | 25.6%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 1,348,746 | 119,105,421
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 217,473 | 74,680,759
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 422,267 | 50,405,925
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $9,951 | $11,843
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 6,300,866
Building permits, 2012 | 112 | 9,725
Geography QuickFacts | Nelson County | Kentucky
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 417.51 | 39,486.34
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 104 | 109.9
FIPS Code | 179 | 21
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro 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