Jefferson County, Kentucky Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Jefferson County is 1st in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Jefferson County is 1st in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Current population (2012)

Jefferson County is 1st in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Households

Jefferson County is 1st in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Housing units

Jefferson County is 1st in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Jefferson County is 1st in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Jefferson County is 1st in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Jefferson County is 1st in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Jefferson County is 1st in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Retail sales

Jefferson County is 1st in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Size Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Current population (2012)	750,828	1st	4,380,415	313,914,040
Size in square miles	380.4	38th	39,486.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,948.1	1st	109.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Residents younger than 5	6.6%	27th	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.9%	65th	23.2%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.8%	93rd	14.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.6%	5th	81.7%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	29.2%	4th	20.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Race - White	73.9%	118th	88.6%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	21.3%	3rd	8.1%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	34th	0.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.4%	3rd	1.3%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	20th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.1%	6th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	12th	3.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	70.0%	119th	85.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Female residents	51.7%	6th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	6.0%	4th	3.1%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Housing units	338,463	1st	1,932,599	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	29.0%	3rd	17.8%	25.9%
Households	301,312	1st	1,681,085	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	64.3%	111th	69.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$147,900	9th	$118,700	$186,200
People per household	2.4	107th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	2,044	1st	9,725	829,658

Income Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Income per capita	$27,301	8th	$23,033	$27,915
Income per household	$46,298	19th	$42,248	$52,762
Income below poverty line	15.7%	91st	18.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Non-farm private establishments	19,173	1st	89,770	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	380,789	1st	1,463,173	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	62,990	1st	337,600	27,092,908
Retail sales	$10,002,441	1st	$50,405,925	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$14,053	19th	$11,843	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,629,185	1st	$6,300,866	$613,795,732