Lexington-Fayette urban county, Kentucky demographics

Lexington-Fayette urban county, KY demographics: median age 35.3; 48.3% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Lexington-Fayette urban county, Kentucky · Census PEP place · GEOID 2146027. The survey estimates a population of 323,725 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Lexington-Fayette urban county is 35.3 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.1 years. There are 139,715 households (±787). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	35.3 ±0.1	39.1 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 323,725
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kentucky	U.S.
Under 18	67,924 ±1,168	21.0% MOE unavailable	22.6%	22.0%
18–34	92,723 ±1,507	28.6% MOE unavailable	22.2%	22.8%
35–64	115,452 ±1,845	35.7% MOE unavailable	37.9%	38.0%
65 and older	47,626 ±1,380	14.7% MOE unavailable	17.3%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 323,725
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kentucky	U.S.
Male	159,573 ±80	49.3% MOE unavailable	49.5%	49.5%
Female	164,152 ±80	50.7% MOE unavailable	50.5%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 323,725
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kentucky	U.S.
White alone	221,483 ±959	68.4% MOE unavailable	82.6%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	46,839 ±1,071	14.5% MOE unavailable	7.6%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	714 ±251	0.2% MOE unavailable	0.2%	0.9%
Asian alone	14,103 ±443	4.4% MOE unavailable	1.6%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	33 ±52 · low precision	0.0% MOE unavailable	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	11,839 ±1,322	3.7% MOE unavailable	1.7%	7.1%
Two or more races	28,714 ±1,693	8.9% MOE unavailable	6.2%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 323,725
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kentucky	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	292,901 MOE unavailable	90.5% MOE unavailable	95.0%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	30,824 MOE unavailable	9.5% MOE unavailable	5.0%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 139,715
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kentucky	U.S.
Married-couple family	54,203 ±1,497	38.8% ±1.0 pp	46.6%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	6,508 ±774	4.7% ±0.6 pp	5.3%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	15,356 ±928	11.0% ±0.7 pp	12.0%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	49,060 ±1,612	35.1% ±1.1 pp	29.8%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	14,588 ±975	10.4% ±0.7 pp	6.3%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 139,715
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kentucky	U.S.
Households with people under 18	35,814 ±1,110	25.6% ±0.8 pp	29.8%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	103,901 ±1,214	74.4% ±0.8 pp	70.2%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 139,715
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kentucky	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	49,060 ±1,612	35.1% ±1.1 pp	29.8%	28.7%
Two-person households	46,920 ±1,715	33.6% ±1.2 pp	34.9%	33.8%
Three-person households	19,284 ±1,161	13.8% ±0.8 pp	15.5%	15.3%
Four-person households	15,284 ±961	10.9% ±0.7 pp	11.6%	12.6%
Five-person households	5,608 ±550	4.0% ±0.4 pp	5.2%	5.9%
Six-person households	2,357 ±408	1.7% ±0.3 pp	1.9%	2.2%
Seven or more people	1,202 ±308	0.9% ±0.2 pp	1.1%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 323,725
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kentucky	U.S.
Native	285,155 ±1,705	88.1% MOE unavailable	95.3%	85.9%
Foreign born	38,570 ±1,705	11.9% MOE unavailable	4.7%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 305,332
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kentucky	U.S.
English only	256,723 ±2,078	84.1% ±0.7 pp	93.2%	77.7%
Spanish	23,292 ±932	7.6% ±0.3 pp	3.4%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	2,614 ±733	0.9% ±0.2 pp	0.3%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	960 ±260	0.3% ±0.1 pp	0.6%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	1,343 ±478	0.4% ±0.2 pp	0.3%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	5,456 ±988	1.8% ±0.3 pp	0.6%	2.0%
Korean	838 ±351	0.3% ±0.1 pp	0.1%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	2,756 ±511	0.9% ±0.2 pp	0.2%	1.1%
Vietnamese	235 ±142 · low precision	0.1% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	576 ±262	0.2% ±0.1 pp	0.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	3,315 ±478	1.1% ±0.2 pp	0.5%	1.1%
Arabic	2,705 ±841	0.9% ±0.3 pp	0.2%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	4,519 ±1,148	1.5% ±0.4 pp	0.5%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 211,551
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kentucky	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	16,662 ±1,283	7.9% ±0.6 pp	11.1%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	39,203 ±1,625	18.5% ±0.8 pp	32.6%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	37,847 ±1,562	17.9% ±0.7 pp	19.7%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	15,674 ±998	7.4% ±0.5 pp	9.0%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	57,809 ±2,130	27.3% ±1.0 pp	16.2%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	44,356 ±1,632	21.0% ±0.8 pp	11.3%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 319,729
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kentucky	U.S.
Same house	255,276 ±2,576	79.8% ±0.8 pp	87.5%	87.7%
Moved within same county	35,581 ±2,392	11.1% ±0.7 pp	6.3%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	13,970 ±1,287	4.4% ±0.4 pp	3.4%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	11,784 ±1,298	3.7% ±0.4 pp	2.4%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	3,118 ±719	1.0% ±0.2 pp	0.4%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

7.2% of Lexington-Fayette urban county residents (±0.4 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.0% in Kentucky and 8.4% nationally. 92.5% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Lexington-Fayette urban county	Kentucky	U.S.	Compared with Kentucky
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	7.2% ±0.4 pp	6.0%	8.4%	Higher
Households with a broadband subscription Households	92.5% ±0.6 pp	88.6%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	5.0% ±0.4 pp	6.5%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Lexington-Fayette urban county . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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