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

Laurel County is 10th in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Laurel County is 11th in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Laurel County is 12th in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Laurel County is 12th in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Laurel County is 13th in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Retail sales

Laurel County is 15th in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Households

Laurel County is 15th in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Housing units

Laurel County is 16th in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Current population (2012)

Laurel County is 16th in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Laurel County is 19th in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Size Demographics
	Laurel County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Current population (2012)	59,462	16th	4,380,415	313,914,040
Size in square miles	433.9	25th	39,486.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	135.6	19th	109.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Laurel County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Residents younger than 5	6.4%	39th	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.0%	35th	23.2%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.9%	92nd	14.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Laurel County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	73.9%	76th	81.7%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	13.2%	49th	20.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Laurel County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Race - White	97.2%	40th	88.6%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.8%	94th	8.1%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	27th	0.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	34th	1.3%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	111th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	84th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	79th	3.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.1%	32nd	85.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Laurel County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Female residents	51.0%	36th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.2%	54th	3.1%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Laurel County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Housing units	25,698	15th	1,932,599	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	10.7%	43rd	17.8%	25.9%
Households	22,002	15th	1,681,085	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	73.8%	66th	69.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$95,800	50th	$118,700	$186,200
People per household	2.6	30th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	2	75th	9,725	829,658

Income Demographics
	Laurel County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Income per capita	$19,823	56th	$23,033	$27,915
Income per household	$37,286	64th	$42,248	$52,762
Income below poverty line	20.6%	53rd	18.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Laurel County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,182	16th	89,770	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	22,072	12th	1,463,173	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	5,525	12th	337,600	27,092,908
Retail sales	$914,739	13th	$50,405,925	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,970	10th	$11,843	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$91,032	11th	$6,300,866	$613,795,732