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

Kenton County is 3rd in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Current population (2012)

Kenton County is 3rd in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Households

Kenton County is 3rd in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Housing units

Kenton County is 3rd in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Kenton County is 3rd in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Kenton County is 3rd in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Kenton County is 3rd in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Kenton County is 3rd in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Kenton County is 5th in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Kenton County is 6th in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Size Demographics
	Kenton County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Current population (2012)	161,711	3rd	4,380,415	313,914,040
Size in square miles	160.2	114th	39,486.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	996.7	3rd	109.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Kenton County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Residents younger than 5	7.2%	6th	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.8%	18th	23.2%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.7%	110th	14.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Kenton County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.0%	9th	81.7%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	27.5%	9th	20.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Kenton County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Race - White	91.8%	97th	88.6%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	4.8%	33rd	8.1%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	31st	0.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.1%	10th	1.3%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	14th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.9%	12th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	28th	3.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	89.4%	90th	85.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Kenton County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Female residents	50.5%	67th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.4%	20th	3.1%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Kenton County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Housing units	68,863	3rd	1,932,599	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	26.3%	5th	17.8%	25.9%
Households	62,054	3rd	1,681,085	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	68.7%	101st	69.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$146,700	10th	$118,700	$186,200
People per household	2.5	69th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	313	6th	9,725	829,658

Income Demographics
	Kenton County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Income per capita	$27,484	7th	$23,033	$27,915
Income per household	$53,375	7th	$42,248	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.6%	114th	18.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Kenton County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Non-farm private establishments	3,087	3rd	89,770	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	68,972	3rd	1,463,173	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	12,369	3rd	337,600	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,261,984	8th	$50,405,925	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,046	56th	$11,843	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$323,301	3rd	$6,300,866	$613,795,732