Kentucky Profile

State population (2000)

4,041,769

Child population 994,818
  White

86%

  African American   9%
  Hispanic 2%
  Asian   1%
Children below poverty 166,135 17%
Under 5 below poverty 67,304 25%
Births to unmarried women
  White 13,103 27%
  African American 3,751 73%
  Hispanic 407 37%
Single parent families   26%
 

 
 

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