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People QuickFacts |
Boyd County |
Kentucky |
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Population, 2008 estimate |
48,560 | 4,269,245 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 |
-2.4% | 5.6% |
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Population estimates base (April 1) 2000 |
49,752 | 4,042,284 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2007 |
6.0% | 6.6% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2007 |
21.2% | 23.7% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2007 |
15.8% | 13.0% |
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Female persons, percent, 2007 |
50.5% | 51.0% |
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White persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
95.6% | 90.0% |
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Black persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
2.9% | 7.7% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
0.2% | 0.2% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
0.4% | 1.0% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2007 (a) |
Z | Z |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2007 |
0.9% | 1.0% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2007 (b) |
1.4% | 2.2% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2007 |
94.3% | 88.0% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
58.9% | 55.9% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
1.1% | 2.0% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
2.9% | 3.9% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
78.0% | 74.1% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
14.1% | 17.1% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
11,957 | 874,156 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
20.6 | 23.5 |
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Housing units, 2007 |
22,742 | 1,906,096 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
72.9% | 70.8% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
13.5% | 17.7% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$68,800 | $86,700 |
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Households, 2000 |
20,010 | 1,590,647 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.38 | 2.47 |
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Median household income, 2007 |
$39,640 | $40,299 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$18,212 | $18,093 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2007 |
16.4% | 17.2% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Boyd County |
Kentucky |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2006 |
1,512 | 92,8291 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2006 |
25,744 | 1,552,0121 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006 |
1.0% | 2.5%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2006 |
2,695 | 267,161 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
3,659 | 300,685 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 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 |
F | 1.1% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.0% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.7% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
24.5% | 25.7% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
3,755,469 | 88,513,497 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
1,481,651 | 51,838,719 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
835,010 | 40,062,561 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$16,800 | $9,795 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
74,354 | 4,908,331 |
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Building permits, 2007 |
21 | 14,938 |
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Federal spending, 2007 ($1000) |
438,984 | 35,926,6261 |