Kentucky in Focus: Census Bureau Pre-Primary Snapshot

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WASHINGTON, May 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With its primary on May 20, Kentucky's 2007 population of 4.2 million includes a higher percentage of the non-Hispanic white-alone population and a lower percentage of Hispanics than the nation as a whole, according to U.S. Census Bureau statistics. About 65 percent of Kentucky's voting-age citizens cast a ballot in the 2004 general election, not statistically different from the national rate of 64 percent.

These and other statistics about Kentucky's population on topics ranging from language spoken to commute times can be found in the American FactFinder section of the Census Bureau Web site http://factfinder.census.gov/. More information about the nation's voting record can be found in Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2004 at http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/voting.html.

Highlights include the following:

    Selected Characteristics                           Kentucky        U.S.
    Median age                                            37.2        36.4
    Women                                                 51.0%       50.7%
    White alone, not Hispanic or Latino                   88.4%       66.4%
    Black alone                                            7.5%       12.8%
    Hispanic or Latino                                     2.0%       14.8%
    Median household income                            $39,372     $48,451
    Foreign born                                           2.7%       12.5%
    Persons below poverty                                 17.0%       13.3%
    Bachelor's degree or higher (age 25+)                 20.0%       27.0%
    Median home value                                 $111,000    $185,200

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Total Population Estimates (2007), State Population Estimates by Characteristics (2006), American Community Survey (2006).

Editor's note: News releases, reports and data tables are available on the Census Bureau's home page. Go to http://www.census.gov and click on "Releases."

Danielle Conceicao

Public Information Office

301-763-3691/763-6340 (fax)

301-457-1037 (TDD)

e-mail: pio@census.gov

SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau

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Kentucky in Focus: Census Bureau Pre-Primary Snapshot