Editing Paintsville, Kentucky (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1870 = 247
| 1880 = 310
| 1890 = 506
| 1900 = 541
| 1910 = 942
| 1920 = 1383
| 1930 = 2411
| 1940 = 2324
| 1950 = 4309
| 1960 = 4025
| 1970 = 3868
| 1980 = 3815
| 1990 = 4354
| 2000 = 4132
| 2010 = 3459
| 2020 = 4312
| estyear = 2022
| estimate = 4200
| 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>
}}
[[File:Court Street, Paintsville, KY.jpg|thumb|left|210px|Court Street]]
As of the census<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2010, there were 3,459 people, 1,604 households, and 856 families residing in the city. The population density<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-19.pdf|title=Kentucky: 2010: Populations and Housing Unit Counts|date=September 2012|publisher=US Census|access-date=March 8, 2016}}</ref> was 1300.1 people per square mile. There were 1,844 housing units at an average density of 693.2 per square mile. The racial makeup<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|title=U.S. Census website|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|publisher=Searching Paintsville, KY|access-date=April 9, 2016}}</ref> of the city was 99.3% [[Race (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.3% [[Race (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.8% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.4% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], and 0.2% from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#Race|other races]]. [[Race (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (U.S. Census)|Latino]] people of any race were 0.4% of the population.

In the city, the population<ref name=":0" /> was spread out, with 20.5% under 19, 6.1% from 20 to 24, 11.0% from 25 to 34, 11.9% from 35 to 44, 15.1% from 45 to 54, 14.4% from 55 to 64, and 21.1% who were 65 or older. The median age is 41.9 years. There were 1,574 males and 1,885 females.

The median income for a household in the city was $25,259, and the median income for a family was $30,575. Males had a median income of $30,478 versus $25,640 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,876. About 21.0% of families and 29.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 39.9% of those under age 18 and 22.0% of those age 65 or over.