Boyd County, Kentucky Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Boyd County is 5th in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Boyd County is 7th in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Boyd County is 9th in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Boyd County is 10th in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Boyd County is 12th in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Retail sales

Boyd County is 13th in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Boyd County is 17th in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Households

Boyd County is 17th in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Housing units

Boyd County is 19th in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Current population (2012)

Boyd County is 19th in Kentucky out of 120 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Size Demographics
	Boyd County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Current population (2012)	49,164	19th	4,380,415	313,914,040
Size in square miles	159.9	115th	39,486.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	309.9	7th	109.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Boyd County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Residents younger than 5	5.7%	92nd	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.3%	102nd	23.2%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.2%	28th	14.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Boyd County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	84.9%	19th	81.7%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	15.6%	29th	20.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Boyd County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Race - White	95.0%	69th	88.6%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.9%	51st	8.1%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	67th	0.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	41st	1.3%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	63rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.3%	53rd	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	66th	3.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	93.7%	66th	85.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Boyd County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Female residents	50.2%	83rd	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.3%	51st	3.1%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Boyd County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Housing units	21,674	17th	1,932,599	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	12.8%	34th	17.8%	25.9%
Households	19,521	17th	1,681,085	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	69.1%	98th	69.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$93,500	52nd	$118,700	$186,200
People per household	2.4	105th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	2	72nd	9,725	829,658

Income Demographics
	Boyd County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Income per capita	$22,698	26th	$23,033	$27,915
Income per household	$38,848	52nd	$42,248	$52,762
Income below poverty line	19.1%	64th	18.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Boyd County	Rank	Kentucky	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,350	13th	89,770	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	24,034	9th	1,463,173	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,966	20th	337,600	27,092,908
Retail sales	$934,561	12th	$50,405,925	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$19,244	5th	$11,843	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$100,532	10th	$6,300,866	$613,795,732