2022 population: 320,347 ( 24,544 from 2010 , 2,220 from 2020)
Land area: 283.6 square miles
Population density: 1129.4 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	222,200	69.36%	2.8%
Black:	50,204	15.67%	18.6%
Indian:	526	0.16%	12.2%
Asian:	14,103	4.40%	46.7%
2+ races:	9,016	2.81%	46.3%
Hispanic:	24,298	7.58%	18.7%

Total non-White:	98,147	30.64%	23.1%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	8,224	12.7
Deaths:	6,650	10.3
Net Migration:	-5,036	-7.8
Net Immigration:	1,248	1.9

Change in White population:	6,128	2.1
Change in Non-White pop.:	18,416	6.2

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
295,803
216,072	73.05%
42,336	14.31%
599	0.20%
9,613	3.25%
6,163	2.08%
20,474	6.92%
79,731	26.95%

2000
260,512
206,174	79.14%
34,876	13.39%
457	0.18%
6,440	2.47%
3,534	1.36%
8,561	3.29%
54,338	20.86%

1990
225,366
189,192	83.95%
29,922	13.28%
407	0.18%
3,487	1.55%
n/a
2,358	1.05%
36,174	16.05%

1980
204,165
173,989	85.22%
26,869	13.16%
231	0.11%
1,580	0.77%
n/a
1,279	0.63%
30,176	14.78%

1970
174,323
151,154	86.71%
21,676	12.43%
86	0.05%
277	0.16%
n/a
867	0.50%
23,169	13.29%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
35,765	13.7
18,424	7.1
557	0.2
10,688	4.1

9,898	3.8
25,393	9.7

Number	Rate
1990's
34,317	15.2
18,508	8.2
29	0.0
3,293	1.5

16,982	7.5
18,164	8.1

Number	Rate
1980's
32,134	15.7
15,658	7.7
5,638	2.8
n/a

15,203	7.4
5,998	2.9

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
10,629	6.1
n/a

22,835	13.1
7,007	4.0

Age, Family & Household Data for Fayette County, KY

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
35.2
66,303	20.7%
254,044	79.3%
45,560	14.2%

136,104
2.27

75,950	55.8%
54,674	72.0%
7,542	9.9%
60,154	44.2%

2010
Number	Percent
33.7
62,633	21.2%
233,170	78.8%
31,138	10.5%

123,043
2.30

69,661	56.6%
49,368	70.9%
8,732	12.5%
53,382	43.4%

2000
Number	Percent
33.3
55,395	21.3%
205,117	78.7%
25,998	10.0%

108,411
2.29

63,648	58.7%
48,381	76.0%
7,617	12.0%
44,763	41.3%

1990
Number	Percent
31.4
50,460	22.4%
174,906	77.6%
22,303	9.9%

89,542
2.38

56,873	63.5%
44,067	77.5%
6,532	11.5%
32,669	36.5%

1980
Number	Percent
28.2
51,617	25.3%
152,548	74.7%
17,502	8.6%

75,303
2.56

50,893	67.6%
40,803	80.2%
5,307	10.4%
24,410	32.4%

2022 Housing Data for Fayette County, KY

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	8,245	6.1%
$10,000 to $14,999	4,823	3.5%
$15,000 to $19,999	4,752	3.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	6,424	4.7%
$25,000 to $29,999	6,247	4.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	4,939	3.6%
$35,000 to $39,999	5,835	4.3%
$40,000 to $44,999	5,725	4.2%
$45,000 to $49,999	4,779	3.5%
$50,000 to $59,999	10,631	7.8%
$60,000 to $74,999	13,157	9.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	16,202	11.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	12,023	8.8%
$125,000 to $149,999	9,130	6.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	10,465	7.7%
$200,000 or more	12,727	9.4%

Median Household Income	66,087
Per Capita Income	40,953

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	105
Compared to U.S.	84

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	5,483	4.0%
Public Assistance	1,820	1.3%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	12,603	9.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	147,993	73.2%
Unemployed	8,118	4.0%
In Armed Forces	60	0.0%

Total Labor Force	156,171	77.3%
Not in Labor Force	45,988	22.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		26.8%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	58,228	49,775	53.9%
Non-Profit	6,692	10,212	39.6%
Self-Employed	9,258	5,711	61.8%

Local Government	4,078	5,725	41.6%
State Government	7,303	9,070	44.6%
Federal Government	1,670	1,350	55.3%

Total Private + Self	67,486	55,486	54.9%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	19,743	26,357	42.8%
Total	87,229	81,843	51.6%

Pct. Govt.	17.3%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	27,767	16.4%
Sales and Office Occupations	35,170	20.8%
Professional, Technical	50,932	30.1%
Service Occupations	27,383	16.2%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	915	0.5%
All others	28,199	16.6%

White Collar		67.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	25,773	15.2%
Educational services	24,321	14.4%
Retail trade	20,552	12.1%
Manufacturing	15,660	9.2%
Professional, scientific, technical	13,842	8.2%
Accommodation and food services	12,141	7.2%
Other services	8,554	5.0%
Construction	7,712	4.6%
Transportation and warehousing	7,183	4.2%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	6,970	4.1%
Public administration	5,727	3.4%
Finance and insurance	5,416	3.2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	3,614	2.1%
Wholesale trade	3,428	2.0%
Real estate and rental and leasing	3,026	1.8%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	2,180	1.3%
Information	2,158	1.3%
Utilities	752	0.4%
Management	348	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	94	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	15,655	4.87%
Puerto Rican	1,685	0.52%
Cuban	629	0.20%
Dominican	119	0.04%

Total Central American	2,954	0.92%
Costa Rican	79	0.02%
Guatemalan	751	0.23%
Honduran	1,536	0.48%
Nicaraguan	34	0.01%
Panamanian	272	0.08%
Salvadoran	278	0.09%
Other Central American	4	0.00%

Total South American	1,475	0.46%
Argentinean	138	0.04%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	81	0.03%
Colombian	315	0.10%
Ecuadorian	25	0.01%
Paraguayan	11	0.00%
Peruvian	471	0.15%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	434	0.14%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,322	0.41%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	3,602	1.12%
Indian	3,204	1.00%
Japanese	1,004	0.31%
Korean	990	0.31%
Filipino	594	0.18%
Vietnamese	507	0.16%
Cambodian	413	0.13%
Indonesian	167	0.05%
Thai	138	0.04%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	261,669	86.4%
Spanish	18,586	6.1%
Other Indo-European	5,351	1.8%
Other	3,590	1.2%
Chinese	2,971	1.0%
Other Asian	2,691	0.9%
Arabic	2,308	0.8%
French, Haitian, Cajun	1,943	0.6%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	1,632	0.5%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	41,951	13.1%
German	40,241	12.5%
Irish	35,948	11.2%
American	26,026	8.1%
Italian	8,967	2.8%
Scottish	8,050	2.5%
European	7,759	2.4%
Scotch-Irish	6,277	2.0%
French	5,027	1.6%
Polish	4,937	1.5%
British	3,509	1.1%
Welsh	3,039	0.9%
Dutch	2,640	0.8%
Other Subsaharan African	2,286	0.7%
African	1,874	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	300,240	93.5%
Not a citizen	21,036	6.5%

Native	288,444	89.8%
Foreign-born	32,832	10.2%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
6,735	3.2%	9,715	4.6%	39,312	18.8%	56,256	26.8%	54,431	26.0%	43,109	20.6%
Average years of education: 14.4

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	6,735	3.2%
9-12 Years	9,715	4.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	39,312	18.8%
Some College	56,256	26.8%
Bach. Degree	54,431	26.0%
Grad Degree	43,109	20.6%
Average years of education: 14.4

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	127,927	123,233	4,694	3.7%	6.0%
1991	126,331	121,637	4,694	3.7%	7.3%
1992	127,983	123,262	4,721	3.7%	6.9%
1993	131,693	127,214	4,479	3.4%	6.2%
1994	133,152	128,813	4,339	3.3%	5.4%
1995	134,291	130,779	3,512	2.6%	5.4%
1996	135,777	132,525	3,252	2.4%	5.4%
1997	139,551	136,208	3,343	2.4%	5.2%
1998	141,256	138,449	2,807	2.0%	4.5%
1999	143,670	140,842	2,828	2.0%	4.5%

2000	149,579	145,236	4,343	2.9%	4.1%
2001	147,454	141,948	5,506	3.7%	5.2%
2002	145,088	138,831	6,257	4.3%	5.8%
2003	145,725	139,009	6,716	4.6%	6.2%
2004	144,215	138,235	5,980	4.1%	5.5%
2005	145,783	139,299	6,484	4.4%	5.9%
2006	148,468	142,044	6,424	4.3%	5.7%
2007	151,497	145,461	6,036	4.0%	5.4%
2008	150,541	143,168	7,373	4.9%	6.5%
2009	152,340	139,945	12,395	8.1%	10.8%

2010	164,103	151,818	12,285	7.5%	10.3%
2011	165,355	154,034	11,321	6.8%	9.4%
2012	166,321	156,575	9,746	5.9%	8.2%
2013	168,491	158,808	9,683	5.7%	7.9%
2014	167,074	159,106	7,968	4.8%	6.4%
2015	167,924	161,561	6,363	3.8%	5.2%
2016	171,498	165,460	6,038	3.5%	5.0%
2017	175,111	168,906	6,205	3.5%	4.8%
2018	174,013	168,398	5,615	3.2%	4.2%
2019	175,727	170,118	5,609	3.2%	4.1%

2020	172,284	162,405	9,879	5.7%	6.6%
2021	172,829	166,438	6,391	3.7%	4.4%
2022	175,935	170,528	5,407	3.1%	3.9%
2023	175,552	169,623	5,929	3.4%	4.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	146,345
Median Value	$247,900

Occupied	136,104	93.0%
Vacant	10,241	7.0%

Owned	73,941	54.3%
Rented	62,163	45.7%
Median Rent	$1,065

Single-Family Units	96,490	65.9%
Detached	86,730	59.3%
Attached	9,760	6.7%
Buldings with 5+ Units	37,294	25.5%
Mobile Homes	1,341	0.9%

Fayette County, KY

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Fayette County, KY

2022 Housing Data for Fayette County, KY

2022 Income & Employment Data for Fayette County, KY

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Fayette County, KY

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Fayette County, KY

Historical Labor Force Data for Fayette County, KY