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People QuickFacts | Ballard County | Kentucky
Population, 2012 estimate | 8,333 | 4,380,415
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 8,249 | 4,339,357
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, 2011 | 5.5% | 6.4%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 21.9% | 23.4%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 17.8% | 13.5%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 50.4% | 50.8%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 94.8% | 88.9%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 3.0% | 8.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.2% | 0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.2% | 1.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.8% | 1.6%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 1.2% | 3.2%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 93.7% | 86.1%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 88.7% | 84.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 1.2% | 3.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 2.2% | 4.7%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 82.0% | 81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 11.8% | 20.6%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 740 | 323,823
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 21.5 | 22.6
Housing units, 2011 | 3,870 | 1,932,599
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 81.1% | 69.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 6.3% | 17.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $79,300 | $118,700
Households, 2007-2011 | 3,358 | 1,681,085
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.42 | 2.49
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $24,405 | $23,033
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $41,875 | $42,248
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 14.5% | 18.1%
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, 2010 | 489 | 272,455
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