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

Spencer County is 17th out of 3,143 other counties in Home ownership rate

Spencer County is 1st in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Home ownership rate

Spencer County is 3rd in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Income per household

Spencer County is 5th in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Home median value

Spencer County is 10th in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Income per capita

Spencer County is 13th in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Spencer County is 15th in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Spencer County is 16th in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Spencer County is 20th in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in People per household

Size Demographics
	Spencer County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Current population (2012)	17,416	67th	4,380,415	313,914,040
Size in square miles	186.7	110th	39,486.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	91.4	35th	109.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Spencer County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Residents younger than 5	5.9%	77th	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.9%	16th	23.2%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.5%	113th	14.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Spencer County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	86.2%	13th	81.7%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.4%	27th	20.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Spencer County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Race - White	96.3%	53rd	88.6%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.7%	70th	8.1%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	71st	0.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	48th	1.3%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	15th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.3%	52nd	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	60th	3.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	94.8%	52nd	85.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Spencer County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Female residents	49.4%	104th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.1%	62nd	3.1%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Spencer County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Housing units	6,767	74th	1,932,599	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	5.6%	94th	17.8%	25.9%
Households	6,224	69th	1,681,085	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	87.8%	1st	69.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$166,200	5th	$118,700	$186,200
People per household	2.7	20th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	48	30th	9,725	829,658

Income Demographics
	Spencer County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Income per capita	$26,834	10th	$23,033	$27,915
Income per household	$61,921	3rd	$42,248	$52,762
Income below poverty line	6.1%	120th	18.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Spencer County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Non-farm private establishments	201	81st	89,770	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,034	108th	1,463,173	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	0	118th	337,600	27,092,908
Retail sales	$68,129	82nd	$50,405,925	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$4,029	103rd	$11,843	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$0	105th	$6,300,866	$613,795,732