Madison County, Kentucky QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Madison County Kentucky
?  Population, 2000 70,8724,041,769
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 23.2%9.6%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 6.4%6.6%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 21.9%24.6%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 9.8%12.5%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 93.0%90.1%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 4.4%7.3%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3%0.2%
?  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.7%0.7%
?  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) ZZ
?  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3%0.6%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 1.2%1.1%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 51.7%51.1%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 1.0%1.5%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 92.4%89.3%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 20,8981,507,976
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 6,172318,127
?  Housing units, 2000 29,5951,750,927
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 59.7%70.8%
?  Households, 2000 27,1521,590,647
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.422.47
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 34.1%35.5%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $31,963$31,730
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 16.2%16.0%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 21.2%23.1%

Business QuickFacts Madison County Kentucky
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 1,36989,593
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 20,7751,443,015
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 36.7%21.7%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 3,781212,238
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 1,576,10886,636,107
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 564,95033,332,675
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $8,629$8,530
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 NA7,421
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 1,12274,280
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 61721,581
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 255,30122,198,101
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 1,591134,740

Geography QuickFacts Madison County Kentucky
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 44139,728
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 160.7101.7
?  Metropolitan Area Lexington, KY MSA 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

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NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown