Population

Bowling Green's current population is 33,171 people with 11,826 households within this smaller 2 mile radius. This area experienced positive population growth of 16.7% from 2010-2020. This area is projected to grow another 6.1% over the next five years. This is higher than the national average.

The median age of the population in this area is 26.8 which is well below the state average of 40.1 years old. This area has an average household size of 2.34 persons. This area is not very family centric with 49.0% of the households being family households and with 26.9% having children in the home and 14.2% of the population being under 15 and an additional 33.3% being under 24. Another 26.4% of this area’s population is between 25 and 44 years of age and 15.4% between 45-64 years old leaving 10.8% of the population over 65 years old. These last two age groups are target age groups for dentures, partials, crowns, and other restorative work. This area does have a higher percentage of the population between 15-24 years old which could indicate a college population in this area. Many college students are included in the count, but do not typically make the best patient base for the area. Bowling Green has a daytime employee population of 14,567 versus a permanent population of 33,171 meaning the daytime employee population is 43.9% of the permanent population living in the area and 43.0% of the total daytime population. This is not a significant daytime employee population. A practice in this 2 mile radius could greatly benefit with early or late hours and weekend times.

In this area, 28.5% of the population either holds a bachelor's degree or higher educational degree. Bowling Green is higher than the state and lower than US average.

The dominant racial and ethnic groups of the population in the Bowling Green area are White 70.5%, Black 14.6%, Asian 6.5%, 3.8% other races and 8.3% Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Table #2 Significant Demographic Characteristics

		Bowling Green, Kentucky		Kentucky	United States
Demographic Characteristic		Bowling Green
		Kentucky
Latitude / Longitude:		36.968522, -86.480804
Radius		2 miles	4 miles
POPULATION
Population 2021		33,171	76,474	4,584,734	333,934,112
2010 Total Population		28,059	64,469	4,343,525	309,121,785
2020 Total Population		32,736	75,840	4,579,050	332,502,844
Projected Total Population 2026		35,200	81,500	4,688,432	345,887,495
Population Change, 2010 - 2020		16.7%	17.6%	5.4%	7.6%
Annual Population Change Rate, 2021 - 2026		1.2%	1.3%	0.5%	0.7%
POPULATION AGE BREAKDOWN
Median Age		26.8	31.9	40.1	38.8
Under 4 years old		5.1%	5.4%	5.7%	5.9%
5 - 9 years old		4.6%	5.3%	6.0%	6.1%
10 - 14 years old		4.4%	5.1%	6.1%	6.2%
15 - 24 years old		33.3%	23.4%	12.2%	12.8%
25 - 44 years old		26.4%	27.6%	26.1%	26.8%
Number of Adults 25-44		8,748	21,120	1,195,994	89,400,051
45 - 64 years old		15.4%	19.5%	25.9%	25.0%
Number of Adults 45-64		5,102	14,887	1,189,046	83,512,738
65 years and over		10.8%	13.6%	17.9%	17.3%
Number of Adults 65 years and older		3,573	10,426	822,118	57,652,490
0 - 14 years old		14.2%	15.9%	17.8%	18.2%
Number of Children 0-14 years old		4,694	12,144	817,475	60,698,912

NOTE: All percentages are rounded. ESRI data pulled as of September 25, 2021. Data showing future dates are projections.

Highlighted fields signify favorable characteristics on a comparison basis with the other locations listed and/or national averages