2022 population: 1,285,062
( 63,962 from 2010
, 3,480 from 2020)
Land area: 11595.1 square miles
Population density: 110.8 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 1,101,962 | 85.75% | 2.4% |
Black: | 80,398 | 6.26% | 15.7% |
Indian: | 2,817 | 0.22% | 24.6% |
Asian: | 21,821 | 1.70% | 50.9% |
2+ races: | 24,987 | 1.94% | 48.1% |
Hispanic: | 53,077 | 4.13% | 31.2% |
Total non-White: | 183,100 | 14.25% | 26.5% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
---|---|---|
Births: | 32,110 | 12.5 |
Deaths: | 37,798 | 14.7 |
Net Migration: | 7,195 | 2.8 |
Net Immigration: | 1,632 | 0.6 |
Change in White population: | 25,658 | 2.1 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 38,304 | 3.1 |
Age, Family & Household Data for Lexington, KY Market Area | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[Display all years] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Housing Data | ||
---|---|---|
Number | % | |
Housing Units | 581,326 | |
Median Value | $177,748 | |
Occupied | 514,461 | 88.5% |
Vacant | 66,865 | 11.5% |
Owned | 339,828 | 66.1% |
Rented | 174,633 | 33.9% |
Median Rent | n/a | |
Single-Family Units | 400,024 | 68.8% |
Detached | 381,516 | 65.6% |
Attached | 18,508 | 3.2% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 65,721 | 11.3% |
Mobile Homes | 74,813 | 12.9% |
Household Income | ||
---|---|---|
Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 33,739 | 6.6% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 32,184 | 6.3% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 23,680 | 4.6% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 25,027 | 4.9% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 24,210 | 4.7% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 23,996 | 4.7% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 22,719 | 4.4% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 21,576 | 4.2% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 21,471 | 4.2% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 39,938 | 7.8% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 48,800 | 9.5% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 64,267 | 12.5% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 44,994 | 8.7% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 30,388 | 5.9% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 29,703 | 5.8% |
$200,000 or more | 27,769 | 5.4% |
Median Household Income | 57,699 | |
Per Capita Income | 32,461 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to U.S. | 78 |
Welfare Households | ||
---|---|---|
Number | % | |
SSI | 41,138 | 8.0% |
Public Assistance | 8,840 | 1.7% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 76,559 | 14.9% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
---|---|---|
Number | % | |
Employed | 525,564 | 65.2% |
Unemployed | 30,703 | 3.8% |
In Armed Forces | 484 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 556,751 | 69.1% |
Not in Labor Force | 249,202 | 30.9% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 34.7% |
Class of Worker | |||
---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 210,837 | 168,497 | 55.6% |
Non-Profit | 16,761 | 31,139 | 35.0% |
Self-Employed | 31,948 | 18,654 | 63.1% |
Local Government | 16,580 | 22,660 | 42.3% |
State Government | 19,879 | 29,149 | 40.5% |
Federal Government | 6,912 | 6,056 | 53.3% |
Total Private + Self | 242,785 | 187,151 | 56.5% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 60,132 | 89,004 | 40.3% |
Total | 302,917 | 276,155 | 52.3% |
Pct. Govt. | 17.5% |
Occupation | ||
---|---|---|
Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 79,909 | 13.8% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 121,546 | 20.9% |
Professional, Technical | 137,876 | 23.7% |
Service Occupations | 95,302 | 16.4% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 3,703 | 0.6% |
All others | 146,159 | 25.2% |
White Collar | 58.4% |
Industry | ||
---|---|---|
Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 86,450 | 14.9% |
Manufacturing | 77,525 | 13.3% |
Retail trade | 72,629 | 12.5% |
Educational services | 66,271 | 11.4% |
Accommodation and food services | 38,207 | 6.6% |
Construction | 33,762 | 5.8% |
Public administration | 30,299 | 5.2% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 29,715 | 5.1% |
Other services | 27,705 | 4.8% |
Transportation and warehousing | 24,885 | 4.3% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 22,739 | 3.9% |
Finance and insurance | 17,436 | 3.0% |
Wholesale trade | 11,275 | 1.9% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 10,261 | 1.8% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 8,406 | 1.4% |
Information | 7,785 | 1.3% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 7,286 | 1.3% |
Utilities | 5,448 | 0.9% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 2,114 | 0.4% |
Management | 594 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
---|---|---|
Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 32,327 | 2.48% |
Puerto Rican | 4,026 | 0.31% |
Cuban | 1,479 | 0.11% |
Dominican | 536 | 0.04% |
Total Central American | 6,075 | 0.47% |
Costa Rican | 165 | 0.01% |
Guatemalan | 2,134 | 0.16% |
Honduran | 2,751 | 0.21% |
Nicaraguan | 34 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 466 | 0.04% |
Salvadoran | 521 | 0.04% |
Other Central American | 4 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 2,836 | 0.22% |
Argentinean | 639 | 0.05% |
Bolivian | 29 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 103 | 0.01% |
Colombian | 752 | 0.06% |
Ecuadorian | 88 | 0.01% |
Paraguayan | 11 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 751 | 0.06% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 445 | 0.03% |
Other South American | 18 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 3,452 | 0.26% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
---|---|---|
Country | Number | % |
Chinese | 4,794 | 0.37% |
Indian | 4,390 | 0.34% |
Filipino | 1,769 | 0.14% |
Japanese | 1,222 | 0.09% |
Korean | 1,167 | 0.09% |
Vietnamese | 817 | 0.06% |
Cambodian | 685 | 0.05% |
Indonesian | 354 | 0.03% |
Thai | 322 | 0.02% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
---|---|---|
Language | Number | % |
English | 1,157,961 | 94.2% |
Spanish | 35,051 | 2.9% |
Other Indo-European | 6,804 | 0.6% |
Other Asian | 4,784 | 0.4% |
Other | 4,264 | 0.3% |
German, other Germanic | 4,219 | 0.3% |
Chinese | 3,808 | 0.3% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 3,247 | 0.3% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 3,077 | 0.3% |
Ancestry | ||
---|---|---|
Country | Number | % |
American | 217,020 | 16.6% |
English | 172,396 | 13.2% |
Irish | 135,110 | 10.4% |
German | 127,942 | 9.8% |
Scottish | 25,912 | 2.0% |
European | 22,948 | 1.8% |
Italian | 21,631 | 1.7% |
Scotch-Irish | 20,300 | 1.6% |
French | 14,908 | 1.1% |
Polish | 10,841 | 0.8% |
Dutch | 9,203 | 0.7% |
British | 8,244 | 0.6% |
Welsh | 7,974 | 0.6% |
Swedish | 4,821 | 0.4% |
Norwegian | 3,863 | 0.3% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
---|---|---|
Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 1,272,829 | 97.6% |
Not a citizen | 31,939 | 2.4% |
Native | 1,253,349 | 96.1% |
Foreign-born | 51,419 | 3.9% |
Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
< 9 Years | 9-12 Years | H.S. Grad or GED | Some College | Bach. Degree | Grad Degree | ||||||
49,117 | 5.6% | 67,984 | 7.7% | 280,047 | 31.9% | 239,124 | 27.2% | 137,313 | 15.6% | 105,374 | 12.0% |
Average years of education: 13.2 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
---|---|---|
< 9 Years | 49,117 | 5.6% |
9-12 Years | 67,984 | 7.7% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 280,047 | 31.9% |
Some College | 239,124 | 27.2% |
Bach. Degree | 137,313 | 15.6% |
Grad Degree | 105,374 | 12.0% |
Average years of education: 13.2 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 481,359 | 451,807 | 29,552 | 6.1% | |
1991 | 480,933 | 447,099 | 33,834 | 7.0% | |
1992 | 486,194 | 455,451 | 30,743 | 6.3% | |
1993 | 496,916 | 468,065 | 28,851 | 5.8% | |
1994 | 504,049 | 477,511 | 26,538 | 5.3% | |
1995 | 511,016 | 486,665 | 24,351 | 4.8% | |
1996 | 518,355 | 494,044 | 24,311 | 4.7% | |
1997 | 531,439 | 508,011 | 23,428 | 4.4% | |
1998 | 539,766 | 518,729 | 21,037 | 3.9% | |
1999 | 547,055 | 527,121 | 19,934 | 3.6% | |
2000 | 554,714 | 533,015 | 21,699 | 3.9% | |
2001 | 556,971 | 528,723 | 28,248 | 5.1% | |
2002 | 553,782 | 522,434 | 31,348 | 5.7% | |
2003 | 560,332 | 527,001 | 33,331 | 5.9% | |
2004 | 557,992 | 528,411 | 29,581 | 5.3% | |
2005 | 565,110 | 533,805 | 31,305 | 5.5% | |
2006 | 576,253 | 544,345 | 31,908 | 5.5% | |
2007 | 579,546 | 549,129 | 30,417 | 5.2% | |
2008 | 577,666 | 541,565 | 36,101 | 6.2% | |
2009 | 584,192 | 523,122 | 61,070 | 10.5% | |
2010 | 592,072 | 533,211 | 58,861 | 9.9% | |
2011 | 591,107 | 536,961 | 54,146 | 9.2% | |
2012 | 590,175 | 542,671 | 47,504 | 8.0% | |
2013 | 590,076 | 544,028 | 46,048 | 7.8% | |
2014 | 578,292 | 541,635 | 36,657 | 6.3% | |
2015 | 571,230 | 541,825 | 29,405 | 5.1% | |
2016 | 579,355 | 550,963 | 28,392 | 4.9% | |
2017 | 588,424 | 560,741 | 27,683 | 4.7% | |
2018 | 587,918 | 563,485 | 24,433 | 4.2% | |
2019 | 594,651 | 570,650 | 24,001 | 4.0% | |
2020 | 582,959 | 544,991 | 37,968 | 6.5% | |
2021 | 584,666 | 560,004 | 24,662 | 4.2% | |
2022 | 592,224 | 570,078 | 22,146 | 3.7% | |
2023 | 588,135 | 564,324 | 23,811 | 4.0% |