Franklin County, KY

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2022 Population
51,475
0.304% 1-year growth
US Senator
Mitch McConnell
Republican Party
US Senator
Rand Paul
Republican Party
2022 Median Age
40
1.23% 1-year decrease
2022 Poverty Rate
13.3%
0.133% 1-year decrease

About

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Franklin County, KY are White (Non-Hispanic) (81.1%), Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (8.72%), Two+ (Non-Hispanic) (4.12%), Asian (Non-Hispanic) (1.71%), and Other (Hispanic) (1.61%).

None of the households in Franklin County, KY reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

96.9% of the residents in Franklin County, KY are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Franklin County, KY are Kentucky State University (218 degrees awarded in 2022).

Most people in Franklin County, KY drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 20 minutes. The average car ownership in Franklin County, KY was 2 cars per household.

Economy

The economy of Franklin County, KY employs 24.7k people. The largest industries in Franklin County, KY are Public Administration (4,339 people), Retail Trade (2,830 people), and Manufacturing (2,687 people), and the highest paying industries are Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($74,531), Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($72,611), and Utilities ($61,458).

Occupations

24.7k
2022 Value
± 1,335
0.651%
1 Year growth
± 7.66%

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Franklin County, KY, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (2,989 people), Management Occupations (2,706 people), and Business & Financial Operations Occupations (1,827 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Franklin County, KY.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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Employment by Industries

24.7k
2022 Value
± 1,335
0.651%
1 Year growth
± 7.66%

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Franklin County, KY, are Public Administration (4,339 people), Retail Trade (2,830 people), and Manufacturing (2,687 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Franklin County, KY, though some of these residents may live in Franklin County, KY and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

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The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2022 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($93,405), Information ($58,974), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($58,146).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2022 are Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($98,381), Construction ($52,270), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($46,897).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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2.51%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 1.98M people employed in Kentucky. This represents a 2.51% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 14.4%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Kentucky.

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Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments
  1. 115
    Other Services (except Public Administration)
  2. 94
    Retail Trade
  3. 86
    Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

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Civics

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Franklin County, KY went to Donald J. Trump with 49.5% of the vote. The runner-up was Joseph R Biden Jr. (48.5%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (1.4%).

Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul are the senators currently representing the state of Kentucky. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Kentucky is currently represented by 6 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

US Senators from Kentucky

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Mitch McConnell
Senator from Kentucky2
Assumed office on January 3, 1985
Rand Paul
Senator from Kentucky3
Assumed office on January 3, 2011

Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul are the senators currently representing Kentucky.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Kentucky over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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US Representatives from Kentucky

Kentucky is currently represented by 6 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Kentucky have changed over time starting in 2008.

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Education

In 2022, universities in Franklin County, KY awarded 218 degrees. The student population of Franklin County, KY in 2022 is skewed towards women, with 719 male students and 1,007 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Franklin County, KY are Black or African American (123 and 58.3%), followed by White (44 and 20.9%), Unknown (25 and 11.8%), and Hispanic or Latino (10 and 4.74%).

The largest universities in Franklin County, KY by number of degrees awarded are Kentucky State University (218 and 100%).

The most popular majors in Franklin County, KY are General Business Administration & Management (36 and 16.5%), Liberal Arts & Sciences (28 and 12.8%), and Registered Nursing (17 and 7.8%).

The median tuition cost in Franklin County, KY for a public four year colleges is $7,854 for in-state students and $11,782 for out-of-state students.

Awarded Degrees over Time

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Educational Pyramid

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In N/A, N/A% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while N/A% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

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Educational Attainment

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Housing & Living

People in Franklin County, KY have an average commute time of 20 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Franklin County, KY is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Income by Location

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The following map shows all of the tracts in Franklin County, KY colored by their Median Household Income (Total).

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Household Income

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The following chart displays the households in Franklin County, KY distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Franklin County, KY is from Kentucky.
0.452
2022 Wage GINI in Kentucky
0.453
2021 Wage GINI in Kentucky

In 2022, the income inequality in Kentucky was 0.452 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.286% decline from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Kentucky was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Kentucky in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Kentucky across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

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Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2022
  1. Drove Alone (74.9%)
  2. Worked At Home (11.3%)
  3. Carpooled (10%)

In 2022, 74.9% of workers in Franklin County, KY drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (11.3%) and those who carpooled to work (10%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

20 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Franklin County, KY have a shorter commute time (20 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.7 minutes). Additionally, 0.631% of the workforce in Franklin County, KY have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Franklin County, KY compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Franklin County, KY distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Franklin County, KY have 2 cars.

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Poverty & Diversity

13.3% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Franklin County, KY (6.6k out of 49.7k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of N/A%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 25 - 34, followed by Males 6 - 11 and then Females 18 - 24.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Franklin County, KY is White, followed by Two Or More and Black.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

93.1% of the population of Franklin County, KY has health coverage, with 49.1% on employee plans, 17.9% on Medicaid, 13.6% on Medicare, 11.5% on non-group plans, and 1.09% on military or VA plans.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.

Health Care Diversity

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By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.

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Uninsured People

6.88%
Uninsured
49.1%
Employer Coverage
17.9%
Medicaid
13.6%
Medicare
11.5%
Non-Group
1.09%
Military or VA

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Franklin County, KY changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

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Health Outcomes

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Health Behaviors

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