Moving to Paducah, Kentucky

About Paducah, Kentucky
Paducah

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 McCracken, Ballard, Carlisle and Livingston counties in Kentucky and Massac County in Illinois. The total population of the metro area was 103,481 in 2020. The Paducah–Mayfield combined statistical area had a total population of 140,138.

Gender
Gender Paducah Kentucky Country
Female 53.6% 50.8% 50.8%
Male 46.4% 49.2% 49.2%
Gender

Household Income


Income Paducah Kentucky Country
Less than $10,000 8.4% 8.1% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 7.7% 5.5% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 18.7% 10.4% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 11.3% 10.4% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 14% 13.5% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 14.5% 18% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 10% 12.4% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 9.6% 13% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 1.9% 4.5% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 3.9% 4.2% 8.3%
Education


Education Paducah Kentucky Country
< 9th Grade 4% 4% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 6% 8% 7.0%
High School or GED 32% 33% 27.0%
Other College 22% 21% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 10% 9% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 16% 15% 20.0%
Master's Degree 6% 7% 9.0%
Professional Degree 3% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 1% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
Education
Race / Ethnicity


Ethnicity Paducah Kentucky Country
White 71.4% 84.1% 60.1%
African American 21.2% 8% 12.2%
American Indian 0.7% 0.2% 0.6%
Asian 1.2% 1.5% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0.1% 0.1% 0.2%
Other 0.2% 0.2% 0.3%
Multiracial 2.4% 2.2% 2.8%
Hispanic 2.9% 3.8% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity