Henry County, Kentucky QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Henry County Kentucky
?  Population, 2000 15,0604,041,769
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 17.4%9.6%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 6.8%6.6%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 25.4%24.6%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 12.3%12.5%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 94.0%90.1%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 3.3%7.3%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2%0.2%
?  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3%0.7%
?  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) ZZ
?  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 1.3%0.6%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 0.9%1.1%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 50.2%51.1%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 2.3%1.5%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 93.2%89.3%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 5,1101,507,976
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 687318,127
?  Housing units, 2000 6,3811,750,927
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 77.6%70.8%
?  Households, 2000 5,8441,590,647
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.572.47
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 37.7%35.5%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $31,846$31,730
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 15.3%16.0%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 22.4%23.1%

Business QuickFacts Henry County Kentucky
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 23989,593
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 2,3541,443,015
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 12.3%21.7%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 929212,238
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 213,88686,636,107
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 90,54133,332,675
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $6,159$8,530
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 NA7,421
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 26574,280
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 13821,581
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 53,27622,198,101
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 483134,740

Geography QuickFacts Henry County Kentucky
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 28939,728
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 52.1101.7
?  Metropolitan Area None 

(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