Paris is a somewhat small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 9,155 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Paris is the 51st largest community in Kentucky.

Paris is a blue-collar town, with 39.8% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Paris is a city of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Paris who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.60%), building maintenance and grounds keeping (6.80%), and sales jobs (6.46%).

Paris is a relatively small city, but even so, a fairly large number of people use taxis to get to and from work. Many of these people travel out of town to the central city in the region.

Paris Information and Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Paris is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 14.96%: just 10.41% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Paris in 2000 was $16,645, which is upper middle income relative to Kentucky, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $66,580 for a family of four.

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

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