|
|
People
Facts |
Owensboro |
Kentucky |
|
Population, 2003 estimate
|
54,312 |
4,117,827 |
|
Population, percent change,
April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003
|
0.5% |
1.9% |
|
Population, 2000
|
54,067 |
4,041,769 |
|
Population, percent change,
1990 to 2000
|
0.6% |
9.6% |
|
Persons under 5 years old,
percent, 2000
|
6.8% |
6.6% |
|
Persons under 18 years old,
percent, 2000
|
24.1% |
24.6% |
|
Persons 65 years old and
over, percent, 2000
|
16.3% |
12.5% |
|
Female persons, percent, 2000
|
53.3% |
51.1% |
|
White persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
90.6% |
90.1% |
|
Black or African American
persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
6.9% |
7.3% |
|
American Indian and Alaska
Native persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
0.1% |
0.2% |
|
Asian persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
0.5% |
0.7% |
|
Persons reporting some other
race, percent, 2000
(a) |
0.5% |
0.6% |
|
Persons reporting two or
more races, percent, 2000
|
1.3% |
1.1% |
|
Persons of Hispanic or
Latino origin, percent, 2000
|
1.0% |
1.5% |
|
Living in same house in 1995
and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over
|
50.8% |
55.9% |
|
Foreign born persons,
percent, 2000
|
1.2% |
2.0% |
|
Language other than English
spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000
|
3.4% |
3.9% |
|
High school graduates,
percent of persons age 25+, 2000
|
78.5% |
74.1% |
|
Bachelor's degree or higher,
pct of persons age 25+, 2000
|
17.8% |
17.1% |
|
Mean travel time to work
(minutes), workers age 16+, 2000
|
16.5 |
23.5 |
| |
|
Housing units, 2000
|
24,302 |
1,750,927 |
|
Homeownership rate, 2000
|
60.2% |
70.8% |
|
Median value of
owner-occupied housing units, 2000
|
$76,100 |
$86,700 |
| |
|
Households, 2000
|
22,659 |
1,590,647 |
|
Persons per household, 2000
|
2.29 |
2.47 |
|
Median household income,
1999
|
$31,867 |
$33,672 |
|
Per capita money income,
1999
|
$17,968 |
$18,093 |
|
Persons below poverty,
percent, 1999
|
15.9% |
15.8% |
