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People QuickFacts |
Bowling Green |
Kentucky |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
53,176 | 4,206,074 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
7.7% | 4.1% |
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Population, 2000 |
49,296 | 4,041,769 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
6.0% | 6.6% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
20.2% | 24.6% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
12.0% | 12.5% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
51.6% | 51.1% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
80.8% | 90.1% |
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Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
12.7% | 7.3% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.2% | 0.2% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
1.9% | 0.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.1% | Z |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
2.0% | 1.1% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
4.1% | 1.5% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
35.5% | 55.9% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
7.0% | 2.0% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
10.0% | 3.9% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
77.9% | 74.1% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
26.9% | 17.1% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
16.3 | 23.5 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
21,290 | 1,750,927 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
47.0% | 70.8% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$104,200 | $86,700 |
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Households, 2000 |
19,277 | 1,590,647 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.27 | 2.47 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$29,047 | $33,672 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$17,621 | $18,093 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
21.8% | 15.8% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Bowling Green |
Kentucky |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
1,797,562 | 51,838,719 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
1,153,912 | 40,062,561 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$23,069 | $9,799 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
156,198 | 4,908,331 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
4,726 | 300,685 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
3.8% | 2.5% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.4% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
2.3% | 1.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | Z |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
17.8% | 25.7% |
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