People QuickFacts	Hopkinsville	Kentucky
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	27,415	4,206,074
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	-9.0%	4.1%
  	Population, 2000    	30,089	4,041,769
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	7.4%	6.6%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	26.4%	24.6%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	14.8%	12.5%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	53.2%	51.1% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	66.1%	90.1%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	30.9%	7.3%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.2%	0.2%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.8%	0.7%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.1%	Z
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	1.4%	1.1%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	1.7%	1.5% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	48.9%	55.9%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	1.6%	2.0%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	3.9%	3.9%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	76.1%	74.1%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	16.0%	17.1%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	16.9	23.5 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	13,260	1,750,927
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	57.9%	70.8%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$73,400	$86,700 			
  	Households, 2000    	12,174	1,590,647
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.39	2.47
  	Median household income, 1999    	$30,419	$33,672
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$15,796	$18,093
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	16.8%	15.8%

   	Business QuickFacts	Hopkinsville	Kentucky
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	D	51,838,719
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	452,043	40,062,561
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$15,351	$9,799
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	46,901	4,908,331
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	2,394	300,685
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	18.6%	2.5%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.4%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	1.1%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.7%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	Z
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	27.7%	25.7% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Hopkinsville	Kentucky
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	24	39,728
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	1,252.1	101.7
  	FIPS Code    	37918	21
 	Counties    	Christian County
 	

(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