Maysville is a home rule-class city in Mason County, Kentucky, United States, and is the seat of Mason County. The population was 8,873 as of the 2020 census. Maysville is on the Ohio River, 66 miles (106 km) northeast of Lexington. It is the principal city of the Maysville Micropolitan Statistical Area, which comprises Mason County. Two bridges cross the Ohio from Maysville to Aberdeen, Ohio: the Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge built in 1931 and the William H. Harsha Bridge built in 2001.
On the edge of the outer Bluegrass Region, Maysville is historically important in Kentucky's settlement. Frontiersmen Simon Kenton and Daniel Boone are among the city's founders. Later, Maysville became an important port on the Ohio River for the...
Ethnicity | Maysville | USA |
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White | 84.7% | 60.1% |
African American | 6.6% | 12.2% |
American Indian | 0.1% | 0.6% |
Asian | 1.7% | 5.6% |
Hawaiian | 0% | 0.2% |
Multiracial | 3.3% | 2.8% |
Hispanic | 3.6% | 18.2% |
Other | 0% | 0.3% |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | Maysville | USA |
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Less than $10,000 | 12.9% | 5.8% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 7.5% | 4.1% |
$15,000 to $24,999 | 16.4% | 8.5% |
$25,000 to $34,999 | 11.5% | 8.6% |
$35,000 to $49,999 | 11.4% | 12.0% |
$50,000 to $74,999 | 10.2% | 17.2% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 12.7% | 12.8% |
$100,000 to $149,999 | 9.7% | 15.6% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 5.4% | 7.1% |
Education | Maysville | USA |
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< 9th Grade | 6% | 5.0% |
9-12th Grade | 8% | 7.0% |
High School or GED | 29% | 27.0% |
Other College | 25% | 20.0% |
Associate's Degree | 12% | 9% |
Bachelor's Degree | 9% | 20.0% |
Master's Degree | 6% | 9.0% |
Professional Degree | 3% | 2.0% |
Doctorate Degree | 2% | 1.0% |