Paducah ( pə-DOO-kə) is a home rule-class city in the Upland South, and the county seat of McCracken County, Kentucky, United States. The largest city in the Jackson Purchase region, it is located in the Southeastern United States at the confluence of the Tennessee and the Ohio rivers, halfway between St. Louis, Missouri, to the northwest and Nashville, Tennessee, to the southeast. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,137, up from 25,024 in 2010. Twenty blocks of the city's downtown have been designated as a historic district and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Paducah is the principal city of the Paducah metropolitan area, which includes...
| Ethnicity | Paducah | USA |
|---|---|---|
| White | 71.4% | 60.1% |
| African American | 21.2% | 12.2% |
| American Indian | 0.7% | 0.6% |
| Asian | 1.2% | 5.6% |
| Hawaiian | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Multiracial | 2.4% | 2.8% |
| Hispanic | 2.9% | 18.2% |
| Other | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | Paducah | USA |
|---|---|---|
| Less than $10,000 | 8.4% | 5.8% |
| $10,000 to $14,999 | 7.7% | 4.1% |
| $15,000 to $24,999 | 18.7% | 8.5% |
| $25,000 to $34,999 | 11.3% | 8.6% |
| $35,000 to $49,999 | 14% | 12.0% |
| $50,000 to $74,999 | 14.5% | 17.2% |
| $75,000 to $99,999 | 10% | 12.8% |
| $100,000 to $149,999 | 9.6% | 15.6% |
| $150,000 to $199,999 | 1.9% | 7.1% |
| Education | Paducah | USA |
|---|---|---|
| < 9th Grade | 4% | 5.0% |
| 9-12th Grade | 6% | 7.0% |
| High School or GED | 32% | 27.0% |
| Other College | 22% | 20.0% |
| Associate's Degree | 10% | 9% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 16% | 20.0% |
| Master's Degree | 6% | 9.0% |
| Professional Degree | 3% | 2.0% |
| Doctorate Degree | 1% | 1.0% |