People Facts Jeffersontown Kentucky
Population, 2003 estimate 26,331 4,117,827
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 -0.8% 1.9%
Population, 2000 26,633 4,041,769
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 14.9% 9.6%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 7.2% 6.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 24.8% 24.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 10.8% 12.5%
Female persons, percent, 2000 51.9% 51.1%
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 86.7% 90.1%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 8.7% 7.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2% 0.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 1.8% 0.7%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 1.1% 0.6%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 1.5% 1.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 2.5% 1.5%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 50.1% 55.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 5.3% 2.0%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 6.8% 3.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 90.7% 74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 32.6% 17.1%
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 22.1 23.5
 
Housing units, 2000 11,220 1,750,927
Homeownership rate, 2000 69.8% 70.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $122,300 $86,700
 
Households, 2000 10,653 1,590,647
Persons per household, 2000 2.46 2.47
Median household income, 1999 $51,999 $33,672
Per capita money income, 1999 $23,977 $18,093
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 4.3% 15.8%
    Business Facts
Wholesale trade sales, 1997 ($1000) 1,512,503 37,242,872
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 767,551 33,332,675
Retail sales per capita, 1997 $30,287 $8,530
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 1997 ($1000) 98,708 4,056,107
Total number of firms, 1997 3,303 281,551
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 4.3% 4.5%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 29.2% 23.4%
    Geography Facts
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 10 39,728
Persons per square mile, 2000 2,675.9 101.7
Counties Jefferson County