Editing Harrodsburg, Kentucky (section)

==Demographics==
[[File:Mercer County Courthouse.jpg|thumb|left|Mercer County Courthouse, 2006]]
{{US Census population
| 1800 = 122
| 1810 = 313
| 1830 = 1051
| 1840 = 1254
| 1850 = 1481
| 1860 = 1668
| 1870 = 2205
| 1880 = 2202
| 1890 = 3230
| 1900 = 2876
| 1910 = 3147
| 1920 = 3765
| 1930 = 4029
| 1940 = 4673
| 1950 = 5262
| 1960 = 6061
| 1970 = 6741
| 1980 = 7265
| 1990 = 7335
| 2000 = 8014
| 2010 = 8340
| 2020 = 9064
| estyear = 2022
| estimate = 9149
| 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>{{failed verification|date=January 2022|reason=No mention of Harrodsburg at the given link}} 2020<ref name="QF2020">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/harrodsburgcitykentucky/PST040221#PST040221|date=April 1, 2020|title=U.S Census Bureau|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 23, 2022 }}</ref>
}}

As of the [[2020 United States census]], 9,064 people and 4,088 households were residing in the city.  The racial makeup of the city was 87.0% [[White American|White]], 6.5% [[African American]], 0.6% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 1.6% [[Asian American|Asian]], and 4.2% of two or more races. [[Hispanics in the United States|Hispanics or Latinos]] were 3.7% of the population.<ref name="U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/harrodsburgcitykentucky/BZA115220|access-date=2022-11-20|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> The [[population density]] was {{convert|1,309.6|/sqmi|/sqkm|abbr=on}} with 4,128 housing units. had an average density of {{convert|699.1|/sqmi|/sqkm|abbr=on}}.

Of the 4,088 households, 27.1% had children under 18 living with them, 31% were married couples living together, 33.1% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 31.4% were male householders with no spouse present. About 25.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.8% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.16, and the average family size was 3.16.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US2134966&tid=ACSDP5Y2021.DP02 |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

In 2021, the city's age distribution was 20.6% under 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 7.7%% from 25 to 29, and 25.9% who were 60 or older. The median age was 39.5 years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US2134966&tid=ACSST5Y2021.S0101 |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> Female persons comprised 48.7 percent of residents in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Harrodsburg city, Kentucky |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/harrodsburgcitykentucky/SEX255221#SEX255221 |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=www.census.gov |language=en}}</ref>

The median income for a household in the city was [[US $]]41,839 (in 2021). The [[per capita income]] for the city was $24,242. About 15.5% of the population was below the [[poverty line]], including 20.8% of those under age 18 and 21.6% of those age 65 or over.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US2134966&tid=ACSST5Y2021.S1701 |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>