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People QuickFacts | Ballard County | Kentucky
Population, 2013 estimate | 8,332 | 4,395,295
Population, 2012 estimate | 8,328 | 4,379,730
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 8,247 | 4,339,357
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | 1.0% | 1.3%
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 1.0% | 0.9%
Population, 2010 | 8,249 | 4,339,367
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 5.6% | 6.4%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 22.5% | 23.2%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 18.6% | 14.0%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 50.2% | 50.7%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 94.9% | 88.6%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 2.9% | 8.1%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.2% | 0.3%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.3% | 1.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.7% | 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 1.3% | 3.2%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 93.8% | 85.9%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 91.1% | 84.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 1.1% | 3.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 2.3% | 4.8%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 81.8% | 82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 12.0% | 21.0%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 755 | 319,678
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 21 | 22.7
Housing units, 2012 | 3,885 | 1,937,312
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 80.6% | 68.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 6.6% | 18.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $91,800 | $120,000
Households, 2008-2012 | 3,379 | 1,691,716
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.41 | 2.49
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $24,778 | $23,210
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $41,989 | $42,610
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 13.2% | 18.6%
Business QuickFacts | Ballard County | Kentucky
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 135 | 89,770
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 2,065 | 1,463,173
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -12.4% | 0.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 488 | 275,059
Total number of firms, 2007 | 795 | 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 | F | 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 | 30.7% | 25.6%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 119,105,421
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 74,680,759
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 52,778 | 50,405,925
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $6,485 | $11,843
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,841 | 6,300,866
Building permits, 2012 | 0 | 9,725
Geography QuickFacts | Ballard County | Kentucky
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 246.66 | 39,486.34
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 33.4 | 109.9
FIPS Code | 7 | 21
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Paducah, KY-IL Micro 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