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EMPLOYMENT INDUSTRY AND CLASS OF WORKER According to the 2020 ACS 5-year estimates, the leading industry for Gallatin County’s employed population 16 years and older was Manufacturing, representing a fifth of all jobs followed by Education, 14%, and Transportation at 10.3%7. Not surprising, the most common occupations were those related to production, transportation, and material …

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LANGUAGE PRIMARY LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME The primary language spoken at home in Gallatin County is English, representing more than 96% of households4. Indo-European languages represent those languages spoken mostly in Europe and areas of European settlement and in much of Southwest and South Asia. They include well known languages such as Iranian, Greek, German, …

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NATIVITY PLACE OF BIRTH Of Gallatin County residents born in the United States, 97.5%, only 69.7% of the population was born in Kentucky4. Another 27.6% were born within the United States and migrated to Kentucky4. Foreign-born residents represent 2.4% of the population4. “27.6% of people were born outside of Kentucky” Place of birth Approximately 5.2% …

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GEOGRAPHIC MOBILITY RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO According to the 2020 ACS 5-year estimates, nearly 88% of Gallatin County residents one year and over were living in the same house twelve months earlier; less than 6% moved within Gallatin County from one housing unit to another; and less than 5% moved in from another county within …

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HOUSEHOLDS OCCUPANCY According to the 2020 ACS 5-year estimates, Gallatin County has a higher-than-average percentage, 73.2%, of owner-occupied housing as compared with the Commonwealth and national averages at 67.6% and 64.4% respectively5. Another 26.8% of homes in Gallatin County are occupied by renters from both commercial and private owners which is slightly lower than state and …

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HOUSEHOLDS SIZE The 2020 ACS 5-year estimates there are 3,088 total households in Gallatin County4. The average owner-occupied household size of 2.88 persons per household is larger than the Commonwealth and national averages at 2.55 and 2.69 respectively5. Gallatin County’s average household size is slighlty larger than the average household size in Kentucky and the …

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RACE AND ETHNICITY Photo courtesy of Pew Research Center The primary racial composition of Gallatin County is white. According to the 2020 ACS 5-year estimates, over 90% of Gallatin County selected “White Alone” as their race compared to 86.2% and 70.4% in the Commonwealth and nation overall3. Population by Race Races other than Black, American …

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POPULATION TRENDS GROWTH Over the last 100 years, Gallatin County’s population trends have seen a steady rate of growth with brief periods of minimal recession. In comparison to Kentucky, Gallatin County’s rate of growth is much slower than the overall state growth rate, representing a 100-year growth rate of approximately 32% compared with 95% in …

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AGE AND GENDER MEDIAN AGE AND AGE DEPENDENCY According to the 2020 ACS 5-year estimates, Gallatin County had a total population of 8,760; 4,506/51% male and 4,254/49% female1. The median age is 38.5 years which is an increase of .1 from previous years1. Nearly 25% of the population is under 18 years of age and …

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