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	Total Population

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Labor Market Area	471,005	474,067	474,583	477,943	478,776
Daviess County	92,540	92,587	92,957	93,334	94,174
Owensboro	54,471	55,000	55,459	55,525	N/A

Source: Applied Geographic Solutions, Simi Valley, CA (Labor Market Area and County, 2005 and later);
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census (all other).


	Population by Selected Age Groups, 2007

	Daviess County		Labor Market Area
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Under 15	19,186	20.4	92,896	19.4
15-24	12,676	13.5	65,277	13.6
25-34	11,344	12.0	60,659	12.7
35-44	12,383	13.1	63,682	13.3
45-54	14,003	14.9	71,583	15.0
55-64	10,940	11.6	56,104	11.7
65-74	7,074	7.5	34,998	7.3
75 and older	6,568	7.0	33,577	7.0
Median Age	38.3		38.4

Source: Applied Geographic Solutions, Simi Valley, CA


	Population by Race and Hispanic Origin, 2007

	Daviess County		Labor Market Area
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
White	86,711	92.1	440,587	92.0
Black	2,922	3.1	22,221	4.6
Am. Indian & Alaska Native	30	0.0	622	0.1
Asian	591	0.6	3,585	0.7
Native Hawaiian & other Pacific Islander	46	0.0	155	0.0
Other/Multirace	3,872	4.1	11,602	2.4
Hispanic Origin	1,235	1.3	6,530	1.4

Note: Hispanic is not a race category. A person can be white, black, etc. and be of hispanic origin.
Source: Applied Geographic Solutions, Semi Valley, CA


	Population Projections

		2012
	Labor Market Area	487,918

		2010	2015	2020	2025
	Daviess County	94,567	97,166	99,438	101,420

Source: Applied Geographic Solutions, Simi Valley, CA (Labor Market Area);
Kentucky State Data Center, University of Louisville (Counties).


	Personal Income

	2000	2005	Pct. Change
Daviess County	$24,635	$28,259	14.7 %
Kentucky	$24,412	$28,272	15.8 %
U.S.	$29,845	$34,471	15.5 %
Labor Market Area Range	$18,405- $28,480	$20,429- $34,194