Editing Maysville, Kentucky (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1800 = 137
| 1810 = 335
| 1830 = 2040
| 1840 = 2741
| 1850 = 3840
| 1860 = 3499
| 1870 = 4705
| 1880 = 5220
| 1890 = 5358
| 1900 = 6423
| 1910 = 6141
| 1920 = 6107
| 1930 = 6557
| 1940 = 6572
| 1950 = 8632
| 1960 = 8484
| 1970 = 7411
| 1980 = 7983
| 1990 = 7169
| 2000 = 8993
| 2010 = 9011
| 2020 = 8873
| estyear = 2022
| estimate = 8742
| estref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2022/cities/totals/SUB-IP-EST2022-POP-21.xlsx|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Kentucky: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022|publisher= United States Census Bureau|access-date= May 26, 2023}}</ref>
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 7,323 people, 3,856 households, and 2,406 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|451.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 4,416 housing units at an average density of {{convert|221.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 86.00% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 11.54% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.14% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.60% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.50% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.18% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.86% of the population.
There were 3,856 households, out of which 27.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.5% were married couples living together, 14.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.6% were non-families. 33.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.85.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 22.7% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 19.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.7 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $27,813, and the median income for a family was $37,684. Males had a median income of $31,975 versus $20,775 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $16,836. About 14.4% of families and 18.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 27.1% of those under age 18 and 16.2% of those age 65 or over.

Maysville was the principal city of the [[Maysville micropolitan area|Maysville Micropolitan Statistical Area]], which is no longer recognized by the Census Bureau after a 2023 change of definitions. It was part of the [[Cincinnati metropolitan area|Cincinnati-Wilmington-Maysville Combined Statistical Area]]. The micropolitan area encompassed only Mason County and previously included [[Lewis County, Kentucky|Lewis County]] until a 2013 change of definitions.<ref name="Revision 2023">{{cite press release |title=Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas |date=July 21, 2023 |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/OMB-Bulletin-23-01.pdf |access-date=July 21, 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721214234/https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/OMB-Bulletin-23-01.pdf |archive-date=July 21, 2023 |author=[[Executive Office of the President of the United States|Executive Office of the President]]}}</ref>