|
|
People
Facts |
Paducah |
Kentucky |
|
Population, 2003 estimate
|
25,565 |
4,117,827 |
|
Population, percent change,
April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003
|
-2.9% |
1.9% |
|
Population, 2000
|
26,307 |
4,041,769 |
|
Population, percent change,
1990 to 2000
|
-4.0% |
9.6% |
|
Persons under 5 years old,
percent, 2000
|
6.5% |
6.6% |
|
Persons under 18 years old,
percent, 2000
|
22.5% |
24.6% |
|
Persons 65 years old and
over, percent, 2000
|
20.3% |
12.5% |
|
Female persons, percent, 2000
|
54.5% |
51.1% |
|
White persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
72.8% |
90.1% |
|
Black or African American
persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
24.1% |
7.3% |
|
American Indian and Alaska
Native persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
0.3% |
0.2% |
|
Asian persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
0.6% |
0.7% |
|
Persons reporting some other
race, percent, 2000
(a) |
0.5% |
0.6% |
|
Persons reporting two or
more races, percent, 2000
|
1.6% |
1.1% |
|
Persons of Hispanic or
Latino origin, percent, 2000
|
1.4% |
1.5% |
|
Living in same house in 1995
and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over
|
50.6% |
55.9% |
|
Foreign born persons,
percent, 2000
|
1.1% |
2.0% |
|
Language other than English
spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000
|
2.9% |
3.9% |
|
High school graduates,
percent of persons age 25+, 2000
|
76.6% |
74.1% |
|
Bachelor's degree or higher,
pct of persons age 25+, 2000
|
18.6% |
17.1% |
|
Mean travel time to work
(minutes), workers age 16+, 2000
|
15.8 |
23.5 |
| |
|
Housing units, 2000
|
13,221 |
1,750,927 |
|
Homeownership rate, 2000
|
52.9% |
70.8% |
|
Median value of
owner-occupied housing units, 2000
|
$62,700 |
$86,700 |
| |
|
Households, 2000
|
11,825 |
1,590,647 |
|
Persons per household, 2000
|
2.12 |
2.47 |
|
Median household income,
1999
|
$26,137 |
$33,672 |
|
Per capita money income,
1999
|
$18,417 |
$18,093 |
|
Persons below poverty,
percent, 1999
|
22.4% |
15.8% |
