Florence, Kentucky
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- This article is about a city in the US state of Kentucky. For the city in Italy, see Florence. For other uses, see Florence (disambiguation).
Florence is the closest significant town to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. NFL star Shaun Alexander was born in Florence, and graduated from Boone County High School in that city. He still returns, and helps the community.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 25.6 km² (9.9 mi²). 25.6 km² (9.9 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (0.30%) is water.
Demographics
Florence is the largest city in Boone County, and the second largest in Northern Kentucky. As of the census[Geographic references#2GR2] of 2000, there were 23,551 people, 9,640 households, and 6,073 families residing in the city. The population density was 921.3/km² (2,385.6/mi²). There were 10,322 housing units at an average density of 403.8/km² (1,045.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 92.44% White, 2.67% African American, 0.26% Native American, 1.50% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 1.58% from other races, and 1.49% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.80% of the population.There were 9,640 households out of which 32.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.2% were married couples living together, 12.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.0% were non-families. 30.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 3.03.
In the city the population was spread out with 24.9% under the age of 18, 10.7% from 18 to 24, 33.0% from 25 to 44, 19.6% from 45 to 64, and 11.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 90.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.7 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $42,567, and the median income for a family was $52,160. Males had a median income of $36,677 versus $26,323 for females. The per capita income for the city was $20,451. About 8.1% of families and 9.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.5% of those under age 18 and 14.0% of those age 65 or over.
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