2022 population: 170,313 ( 10,593 from 2010 , 1,285 from 2020)
Land area: 160.3 square miles
Population density: 1062.5 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	148,808	87.37%	3.7%
Black:	8,381	4.92%	15.3%
Indian:	175	0.10%	25.5%
Asian:	2,565	1.51%	66.9%
2+ races:	3,925	2.30%	41.9%
Hispanic:	6,459	3.79%	52.9%

Total non-White:	21,505	12.63%	32.0%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	4,919	14.6
Deaths:	3,819	11.3
Net Migration:	-117	-0.3
Net Immigration:	215	0.6

Change in White population:	5,378	3.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	5,215	3.3

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
159,720
143,430	89.80%
7,267	4.55%
235	0.15%
1,537	0.96%
2,767	1.73%
4,225	2.65%
16,290	10.20%

2000
151,464
141,315	93.30%
5,782	3.82%
213	0.14%
910	0.60%
1,381	0.91%
1,669	1.10%
10,149	6.70%

1990
142,031
136,650	96.21%
4,096	2.88%
168	0.12%
468	0.33%
n/a
649	0.46%
5,381	3.79%

1980
137,058
131,965	96.28%
3,646	2.66%
219	0.16%
517	0.38%
n/a
682	0.50%
5,093	3.72%

1970
129,440
125,051	96.61%
3,684	2.85%
46	0.04%
110	0.08%
n/a
528	0.41%
4,389	3.39%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
21,964	14.5
12,200	8.1
-2,646	-1.7
1,139	0.8

2,115	1.4
6,141	4.1

Number	Rate
1990's
22,915	16.1
12,427	8.7
-4,891	-3.4
468	0.3

4,665	3.3
4,768	3.4

Number	Rate
1980's
23,415	17.1
13,006	9.5
-4,139	-3.0
n/a

4,685	3.4
288	0.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-2,794	-2.2
n/a

6,914	5.3
704	0.5

Age, Family & Household Data for Kenton 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
37.7
39,621	23.3%
130,692	76.7%
25,375	14.9%

67,353
2.48

42,127	62.5%
31,030	73.7%
3,795	9.0%
25,226	37.5%

2010
Number	Percent
36.0
39,946	25.0%
119,774	75.0%
17,853	11.2%

62,768
2.51

40,837	65.1%
29,430	72.1%
4,645	11.4%
21,931	34.9%

2000
Number	Percent
34.5
39,870	26.3%
111,594	73.7%
16,712	11.0%

59,453
2.52

39,457	66.4%
30,064	76.2%
3,983	10.1%
19,996	33.6%

1990
Number	Percent
31.8
39,156	27.6%
102,875	72.4%
16,323	11.5%

52,733
2.66

37,798	71.7%
29,882	79.1%
3,607	9.5%
14,935	28.3%

1980
Number	Percent
29.2
41,434	30.2%
95,624	69.8%
15,254	11.1%

48,159
2.81

35,802	74.3%
29,384	82.1%
2,967	8.3%
12,357	25.7%

2022 Housing Data for Kenton County, KY

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	2,857	4.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,381	3.5%
$15,000 to $19,999	1,732	2.6%
$20,000 to $24,999	2,647	3.9%
$25,000 to $29,999	2,356	3.5%
$30,000 to $34,999	2,541	3.8%
$35,000 to $39,999	2,359	3.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	2,395	3.6%
$45,000 to $49,999	2,381	3.5%
$50,000 to $59,999	5,219	7.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	6,315	9.4%
$75,000 to $99,999	8,877	13.2%
$100,000 to $124,999	7,441	11.0%
$125,000 to $149,999	5,489	8.1%
$150,000 to $199,999	6,214	9.2%
$200,000 or more	6,149	9.1%

Median Household Income	76,016
Per Capita Income	40,780

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	109
Compared to U.S.	87

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	3,417	5.1%
Public Assistance	1,140	1.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	5,289	7.9%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	80,751	76.8%
Unemployed	3,724	3.5%
In Armed Forces	66	0.1%

Total Labor Force	84,541	80.4%
Not in Labor Force	20,568	19.6%

Real Unemployment Rate		23.1%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	35,973	28,641	55.7%
Non-Profit	2,952	6,535	31.1%
Self-Employed	3,444	2,004	63.2%

Local Government	2,236	2,752	44.8%
State Government	745	1,351	35.5%
Federal Government	912	1,005	47.6%

Total Private + Self	39,417	30,645	56.3%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	6,845	11,643	37.0%
Total	46,262	42,288	52.2%

Pct. Govt.	10.2%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	16,884	19.0%
Sales and Office Occupations	18,946	21.4%
Professional, Technical	21,346	24.1%
Service Occupations	12,424	14.0%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	150	0.2%
All others	19,106	21.5%

White Collar		64.5%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	12,256	13.8%
Manufacturing	10,883	12.3%
Retail trade	10,045	11.3%
Educational services	7,622	8.6%
Professional, scientific, technical	6,866	7.7%
Accommodation and food services	6,151	6.9%
Finance and insurance	5,785	6.5%
Transportation and warehousing	5,680	6.4%
Construction	5,068	5.7%
Other services	3,462	3.9%
Public administration	3,231	3.6%
Wholesale trade	3,118	3.5%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	3,053	3.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,658	1.9%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,468	1.7%
Information	1,394	1.6%
Utilities	476	0.5%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	273	0.3%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	144	0.2%
Management	73	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	1,708	1.01%
Puerto Rican	691	0.41%
Cuban	254	0.15%
Dominican	65	0.04%

Total Central American	2,643	1.56%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	2,215	1.31%
Honduran	227	0.13%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	129	0.08%
Salvadoran	72	0.04%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	268	0.16%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	33	0.02%
Colombian	111	0.07%
Ecuadorian	7	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	39	0.02%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	78	0.05%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	465	0.28%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Vietnamese	388	0.23%
Indian	356	0.21%
Filipino	285	0.17%
Korean	274	0.16%
Chinese	270	0.16%
Japanese	225	0.13%
Burmese	154	0.09%
Thai	67	0.04%
Taiwanese	31	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	150,140	94.8%
Spanish	3,883	2.5%
Other	820	0.5%
Arabic	676	0.4%
French, Haitian, Cajun	581	0.4%
Other Indo-European	554	0.3%
Other Asian	539	0.3%
German, other Germanic	352	0.2%
Vietnamese	218	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	54,318	32.1%
Irish	29,685	17.6%
English	20,629	12.2%
American	10,582	6.3%
Italian	6,672	3.9%
European	4,100	2.4%
French	4,090	2.4%
Scottish	3,015	1.8%
Polish	2,217	1.3%
Scotch-Irish	2,091	1.2%
Dutch	1,781	1.1%
Welsh	1,165	0.7%
British	1,032	0.6%
Scandinavian	700	0.4%
Norwegian	636	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	165,236	97.7%
Not a citizen	3,830	2.3%

Native	162,905	96.4%
Foreign-born	6,161	3.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
3,341	2.9%	5,957	5.2%	31,462	27.2%	32,642	28.3%	27,047	23.4%	15,081	13.1%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	3,341	2.9%
9-12 Years	5,957	5.2%
H.S. Grad or GED	31,462	27.2%
Some College	32,642	28.3%
Bach. Degree	27,047	23.4%
Grad Degree	15,081	13.1%
Average years of education: 13.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	75,828	73,317	2,511	3.3%	6.0%
1991	75,335	71,597	3,738	5.0%	7.3%
1992	75,350	70,898	4,452	5.9%	6.9%
1993	75,188	71,433	3,755	5.0%	6.2%
1994	75,731	72,350	3,381	4.5%	5.4%
1995	76,629	73,402	3,227	4.2%	5.4%
1996	76,878	73,764	3,114	4.1%	5.4%
1997	78,745	75,858	2,887	3.7%	5.2%
1998	78,956	76,437	2,519	3.2%	4.5%
1999	79,353	76,830	2,523	3.2%	4.5%

2000	83,076	80,423	2,653	3.2%	4.1%
2001	82,008	78,504	3,504	4.3%	5.2%
2002	80,909	77,361	3,548	4.4%	5.8%
2003	81,771	77,825	3,946	4.8%	6.2%
2004	83,293	79,423	3,870	4.6%	5.5%
2005	83,676	79,483	4,193	5.0%	5.9%
2006	83,659	79,515	4,144	5.0%	5.7%
2007	83,679	79,679	4,000	4.8%	5.4%
2008	83,972	78,919	5,053	6.0%	6.5%
2009	84,356	75,684	8,672	10.3%	10.8%

2010	84,234	75,923	8,311	9.9%	10.3%
2011	83,991	76,588	7,403	8.8%	9.4%
2012	84,419	78,148	6,271	7.4%	8.2%
2013	85,096	79,184	5,912	6.9%	7.9%
2014	83,160	78,569	4,591	5.5%	6.4%
2015	83,262	79,629	3,633	4.4%	5.2%
2016	84,740	81,306	3,434	4.1%	5.0%
2017	86,485	83,137	3,348	3.9%	4.8%
2018	87,238	84,322	2,916	3.3%	4.2%
2019	88,741	85,708	3,033	3.4%	4.1%

2020	86,062	81,077	4,985	5.8%	6.6%
2021	86,899	83,485	3,414	3.9%	4.4%
2022	88,273	85,346	2,927	3.3%	3.9%
2023	86,915	83,716	3,199	3.7%	4.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	72,564
Median Value	$207,700

Occupied	67,353	92.8%
Vacant	5,211	7.2%

Owned	46,532	69.1%
Rented	20,821	30.9%
Median Rent	$961

Single-Family Units	52,183	71.9%
Detached	49,011	67.5%
Attached	3,172	4.4%
Buldings with 5+ Units	11,960	16.5%
Mobile Homes	1,521	2.1%

Kenton County, KY

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Kenton County, KY

2022 Housing Data for Kenton County, KY

2022 Income & Employment Data for Kenton County, KY

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Kenton County, KY

Historical Labor Force Data for Kenton County, KY