Mayfield, Kentucky demographics

Mayfield, KY demographics: median age 37.5; 19.3% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Mayfield city, Kentucky · Incorporated city · GEOID 2150898. The survey estimates a population of 9,868 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Mayfield is 37.5 years, with a 90% margin of error of 3.9 years. There are 4,429 households (±276). 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	37.5 ±3.9	39.1 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 9,868
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kentucky	U.S.
Under 18	2,370 ±355	24.0% ±3.6 pp	22.6%	22.0%
18–34	2,212 ±354	22.4% ±3.6 pp	22.2%	22.8%
35–64	3,414 ±529	34.6% ±5.3 pp	37.9%	38.0%
65 and older	1,872 ±291	19.0% ±2.9 pp	17.3%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 9,868
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kentucky	U.S.
Male	4,889 ±292	49.5% ±2.9 pp	49.5%	49.5%
Female	4,979 ±278	50.5% ±2.7 pp	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: 9,868
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kentucky	U.S.
White alone	6,801 ±441	68.9% ±4.4 pp	82.6%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	1,213 ±341	12.3% ±3.5 pp	7.6%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	48 ±61 · low precision	0.5% ±0.6 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.9%
Asian alone	57 ±74 · low precision	0.6% ±0.7 pp · low precision	1.6%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0 ±18 · low precision	0.0% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	809 ±352	8.2% ±3.6 pp	1.7%	7.1%
Two or more races	940 ±393	9.5% ±4.0 pp	6.2%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 9,868
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kentucky	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,147 ±363	82.6% ±3.5 pp	95.0%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1,721 ±325	17.4% ±3.3 pp	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: 4,429
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kentucky	U.S.
Married-couple family	1,849 ±252	41.7% ±5.1 pp	46.6%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	134 ±90 · low precision	3.0% ±2.0 pp · low precision	5.3%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	576 ±169	13.0% ±3.7 pp	12.0%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	1,528 ±298	34.5% ±6.4 pp	29.8%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	342 ±191 · low precision	7.7% ±4.3 pp · low precision	6.3%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 4,429
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kentucky	U.S.
Households with people under 18	1,255 ±252	28.3% ±5.4 pp	29.8%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	3,174 ±402	71.7% ±7.9 pp	70.2%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 4,429
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kentucky	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	1,528 ±298	34.5% ±6.4 pp	29.8%	28.7%
Two-person households	1,651 ±322	37.3% ±6.9 pp	34.9%	33.8%
Three-person households	491 ±166	11.1% ±3.7 pp	15.5%	15.3%
Four-person households	608 ±223	13.7% ±5.0 pp	11.6%	12.6%
Five-person households	123 ±77 · low precision	2.8% ±1.7 pp · low precision	5.2%	5.9%
Six-person households	11 ±25 · low precision	0.2% ±0.6 pp · low precision	1.9%	2.2%
Seven or more people	17 ±32 · low precision	0.4% ±0.7 pp · low precision	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: 9,868
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kentucky	U.S.
Native	9,270 ±260	93.9% ±2.3 pp	95.3%	85.9%
Foreign born	598 ±211	6.1% ±2.1 pp	4.7%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 9,048
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kentucky	U.S.
English only	8,103 ±381	89.6% ±3.5 pp	93.2%	77.7%
Spanish	918 ±280	10.1% ±3.1 pp	3.4%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	6 ±11 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	21 ±25 · low precision	0.2% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	0 ±18 · low precision	0.0% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	0 ±18 · low precision	0.0% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.6%	2.0%
Korean	0 ±18 · low precision	0.0% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	0 ±18 · low precision	0.0% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.2%	1.1%
Vietnamese	0 ±18 · low precision	0.0% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	0 ±18 · low precision	0.0% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	0 ±18 · low precision	0.0% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.5%	1.1%
Arabic	0 ±18 · low precision	0.0% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	0 ±18 · low precision	0.0% ±0.2 pp · low precision	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: 6,755
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kentucky	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	750 ±240	11.1% ±3.5 pp	11.1%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	2,806 ±499	41.5% ±7.0 pp	32.6%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	1,256 ±288	18.6% ±4.1 pp	19.7%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	641 ±242	9.5% ±3.5 pp	9.0%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	690 ±185	10.2% ±2.7 pp	16.2%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	612 ±230	9.1% ±3.4 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: 9,730
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Kentucky	U.S.
Same house	8,115 ±508	83.4% ±5.0 pp	87.5%	87.7%
Moved within same county	923 ±364	9.5% ±3.7 pp	6.3%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	239 ±108	2.5% ±1.1 pp	3.4%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	418 ±279 · low precision	4.3% ±2.9 pp · low precision	2.4%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	35 ±58 · low precision	0.4% ±0.6 pp · low precision	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

6.9% of Mayfield residents (±2.7 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.0% in Kentucky and 8.4% nationally. 85.1% 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	Mayfield	Kentucky	U.S.	Compared with Kentucky
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	6.9% ±2.7 pp	6.0%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	85.1% ±3.0 pp	88.6%	91.0%	Lower
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	8.2% ±2.8 pp	6.5%	6.2%	Not statistically different

Reading and reusing the estimates

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