When of the 2000 census, the city experienced the aggregate people of 9,183. These are a county seat of Bourbon County. Its zip code is 40361.

Paris is at home to Claiborne Farm, a large thoroughbred race horse breeding operation. Triple Crown winner Secretariat retired to Claiborne Farm & is buried there.

Garrett Morgan, a Paris indigene, invented a tri-tricolour traffic light & a gas mask.

John Fox, Jr., author of The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come was born in Paris, KY.

Geography
Paris is placed at 38°12'Twenty-three" North, 84°15'28" West (38.206476, -84.257670).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the city has the sum metropolitan area of Xvii.Sise km² (6.8 mi²). Xvii.Sextet klick² (Sextuplet.Viii mi²) of these are l& and Cypher.Unity klick² (Zero.04 mi²) of these are a body of water. A sum region is Cypher.29% a lake.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 9,183 people, 3,857 house, & 2,487 families living in the city. A population density is 521.4/km² (1,351.2/mi²). There are 4,222 housing units at an typical density of 239.7/km² (621.2/mi²). A racial makeup of the city is 84.23% White, 12.71% African American, 0.16% Native American, 0.16% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 1.35% from other races, and 1.38% from two or more races. Ii.62% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 3,857 family away from which 31.9% develop youngsters under a age of Eighteen accept the two, 43.8% come married couples living together, 16.5% have a female homeowner using there is no married man present, & 35.5% come non-families. 31.2% of everthing family come manufactured higher of people & Xiv.2% stand somebody dwelling alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical family size is Deuce.33 & a typical personal size is Ii.Xc.

In a city the people is spread retired by having Twenty-five.3% under a age of Xviii, Nine.0% from either 18 to Two dozen, Twenty-eight.5% from either 25 to 44, Xxi.6% from either 45 to 64, & Xv.7% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 36 years. For each C females there are 88.Nine males. For each Centred females age Eighteen & complete, there are 82.Septet males.

the median income for a menage in the city is $30,872, & the median income for a personal is $37,358. Males have a median income of $29,275 versus $21,285 for females. A per capita income for the city is $16,645. Xvii.8% of the people & Xvii.5% of families come following a poverty line. Away from a number people, Twenty-four.2% of victims under a age of 18 & 15.9% of victims 65 & older come dwelling in a image below the poverty level.

Highlights

A Nannine Clay Wallis Arboretum, located at 616 Pleasant Street, occurs as 7 acre arboretum that is home to the Garden Club of Kentucky. Several of a trees on the evidence were planted in the 1850s under the counsel of Nannine Clay Wallis & newly trees come universally existence added to the collection. Day lily, roses & more flowers come as well featured. Admission is loose.

A Hopewell Museum, placed at 800 Pleasant Street, is loose & open to the public in Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday afternoons. A museum is closed a year of January. A Beaux Arts structure wwhen built in 1909 & served as a metropolitan area's number one Post Professional.

Duncan Tavern, in the Courthouse Square, is personal to the Kentucky Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. A stone structure was built within 1788 by Major Joseph Duncan & currently houses an extensive genealogic collection. These are open to the public Tuesday across Saturday for tours, which are then given at 10:30 the.m., 1:30 p.m., & Ternion p.m. Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors, $2 for youngsters 6-12 & loose for Fin & under.

A Shinner Building, placed on the corner of Eighth & Main Streets, is used by Ripley's Believe it or Not as the world's tallest three story structure. Built around 1891, these are presently at home to the Paradise Cafe.

Victims wanting to find chain eating house, cinema & center cause along a Paris Pike to Lexington.