People QuickFacts

Daviess County

Kentucky

Population, 2003 estimate

92,540

4,117,827

Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2003

1.1%

3.3%

Population, 2000

91,545

4,041,769

Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000

5.0%

9.6%

Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000

6.7%

6.6%

Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000

25.8%

24.6%

Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000

13.8%

12.5%

Female persons, percent, 2000

51.9%

51.1%

White persons, percent, 2000 (a)

93.7%

90.1%

Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)

4.3%

7.3%

American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)

0.1%

0.2%

Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)

0.4%

0.7%

Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)

0.4%

0.6%

Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000

0.9%

1.1%

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)

0.9%

1.5%

White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000

93.2%

89.3%

Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000

55.1%

55.9%

Foreign born persons, percent, 2000

1.0%

2.0%

Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000

3.2%

3.9%

High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000

80.7%

74.1%

Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000

17.0%

17.1%

Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000

18,166

874,156

Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000

19.5

23.5

Housing units, 2000

38,432

1,750,927

Homeownership rate, 2000

70.3%

70.8%

Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000

19.4%

17.7%

Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000

$81,800

$86,700

Households, 2000

36,033

1,590,647

Persons per household, 2000

2.47

2.47

Median household money income, 1999

$36,813

$33,672

Per capita money income, 1999

$18,739

$18,093

Persons below poverty, percent, 1999

12.3%

15.8%

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts

Business QuickFacts

Daviess County

Kentucky

Private nonfarm establishments, 1999

2,386

89,946

Private nonfarm employment, 1999

40,236

1,469,315

Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999

16.7%

23.9%

Nonemployer establishments, 1999

4,835

222,304

Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)

2,938,207

86,636,107

Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)

853,769

33,332,675

Retail sales per capita, 1997

$9,397

$8,530

Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997

3.9%

4.5%

Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997

23.0%

23.4%

Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000

835

18,460

Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000)

423,439

25,835,136

Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997

3,385

134,740

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts

Geography QuickFacts

Daviess County

Kentucky

Land area, 2000 (square miles)

462

39,728

Persons per square mile, 2000

198

101.7

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts

Owensboro/Daviess County Statistics