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People QuickFacts | Mason County | Kentucky
Population, 2013 estimate | 17,278 | 4,395,295
Population, 2012 estimate | 17,465 | 4,379,730
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 17,490 | 4,339,357
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | -1.2% | 1.3%
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.1% | 0.9%
Population, 2010 | 17,490 | 4,339,367
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 6.6% | 6.4%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 24.1% | 23.2%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 15.7% | 14.0%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 51.6% | 50.7%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 90.6% | 88.6%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 6.7% | 8.1%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.2% | 0.3%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.7% | 1.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.8% | 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 1.5% | 3.2%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 89.4% | 85.9%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 83.1% | 84.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 1.1% | 3.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 4.3% | 4.8%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 80.0% | 82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 14.3% | 21.0%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 1,224 | 319,678
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 21.8 | 22.7
Housing units, 2012 | 8,104 | 1,937,312
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 72.1% | 68.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 14.2% | 18.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $99,000 | $120,000
Households, 2008-2012 | 6,728 | 1,691,716
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.54 | 2.49
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $21,645 | $23,210
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $39,192 | $42,610
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 19.4% | 18.6%
Business QuickFacts | Mason County | Kentucky
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 452 | 89,770
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 7,028 | 1,463,173
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -1.7% | 0.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 1,126 | 275,059
Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,415 | 337,600
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 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 | 36.5% | 25.6%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 119,105,421
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 74,680,759
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 357,976 | 50,405,925
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $20,831 | $11,843
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 36,489 | 6,300,866
Building permits, 2012 | 45 | 9,725
Geography QuickFacts | Mason County | Kentucky
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 240.13 | 39,486.34
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 72.8 | 109.9
FIPS Code | 161 | 21
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Maysville, KY 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