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People QuickFacts | Fayette County | Kentucky
Population, 2012 estimate | 305,489 | 4,380,415
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 295,803 | 4,339,357
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 3.3% | 0.9%
Population, 2010 | 295,803 | 4,339,367
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 6.3% | 6.4%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 21.1% | 23.2%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 11.0% | 14.0%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 50.8% | 50.7%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 78.8% | 88.6%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 14.9% | 8.1%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.4% | 0.3%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 3.6% | 1.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 2.3% | 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 7.0% | 3.2%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 72.7% | 85.9%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 74.6% | 84.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 8.5% | 3.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 11.1% | 4.7%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 88.5% | 81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 39.3% | 20.6%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 19,148 | 323,823
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 19.7 | 22.6
Housing units, 2011 | 136,182 | 1,932,599
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 56.9% | 69.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 33.6% | 17.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $161,100 | $118,700
Households, 2007-2011 | 122,075 | 1,681,085
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.29 | 2.49
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $29,125 | $23,033
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $48,306 | $42,248
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 17.9% | 18.1%
Business QuickFacts | Fayette County | Kentucky
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 8,165 | 89,770
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 139,249 | 1,463,173
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -2.8% | 0.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 20,887 | 275,059
Total number of firms, 2007 | 26,074 | 337,600
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 3.1%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.3%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.6% | 1.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.4% | 1.1%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 27.2% | 25.6%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 3,061,217 | 119,105,421
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 4,442,420 | 74,680,759
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 4,778,490 | 50,405,925
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $16,635 | $11,843
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 785,725 | 6,300,866
Building permits, 2012 | 1,816 | 9,725
Geography QuickFacts | Fayette County | Kentucky
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 283.65 | 39,486.34
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,042.8 | 109.9
FIPS Code | 67 | 21
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Lexington-Fayette, KY 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