Lexington is a large town located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 260,512 people and 55 constituent neighborhoods, Lexington is the largest community in Kentucky.

Unlike some towns, Lexington isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Lexington are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lexington is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lexington who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.09%), sales jobs (11.97%), and management occupations (9.22%).

Also of interest is that Lexington has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Combining city textures and college town sensibilities, Lexington really has a nice blend of characteristics. While not a huge city, Lexington is big enough to offer a healthy dose of diversion, opportunity, and amenity to its residents and to the thousands of college students who descend on it every fall. Its size and diversity makes Lexington more than just a college town, but removing the students from the equation would undeniably change Lexington's character and quality of life.

Not only is Lexington a town with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, creating a very large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. This makes it a good place to live for young singles in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting their professional careers. Although Lexington is a large city, this demographic is significant enough that young professionals will find many others like themselves here, with really good opportunities for friendships, recreation, romance, and more.

Lexington Information and Demographics

The population of Lexington is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 35.65% of adults in Lexington have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Lexington in 2000 was $23,109, which is wealthy relative to Kentucky, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $92,436 for a family of four.

Lexington is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lexington home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lexington is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lexington include German, English, Irish, Scotch-Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Lexington is English. Some people also speak Spanish.