{"id":1149,"date":"2016-12-02T17:56:26","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T21:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trepryor.com\/blog\/?p=1149"},"modified":"2023-09-08T16:51:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T16:51:11","slug":"kentucky-population-changes-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trepryor.com\/blog\/kentucky-population-changes-come\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky Population Changes: Where Do We Come From?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Thoughts come to me from all directions. No seriously, out of the ether. They also arrive at all times<\/em>, even when I’m sleeping. I dream of showing crazy homes to my clients or building a new house with my wife or practically anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The other day I thought, “I wonder if the Internet knows where most of the people who are living here in Kentucky came from?” Sure enough, that information is out there, if you hunt for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Kentucky population changes<\/strong> can, of course, be found on census.gov. The site has tons of data, but it’s not presented as well as it could be. Even still, it’s the official<\/em> record. Currently, it says that Kentucky has 4,425,092 citizens<\/a>. That’s an estimate apparently, even though we’re past that date. Go figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s only up 2.0% in the past five years. Seems like it should be more, doesn’t it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s dig deeper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then I found this article by the New York Times, Where We Came From and Where We Went, State by State<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Very cool charts that are actually interactive. Check it out!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

From this chart, we see that back in 1900, 88% of Kentuckians were born in the state. In 2012, that number is now just 70%<\/strong>. Makes sense as we’re a more transient people these days. Ohio is sending 5% of our newcomers, Tennessee 2%. According to this piece, every other state is 1% or less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For some perspective, here are the percentages of people born in their state in 2012:<\/p>\n\n\n\n