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2008 brought the newly opened Red Robin, Cutter's Point, Costco, and Home Depot in the new shopping center next to Jenkins Creek Elementary School.

The average household size was 3.13 and the average family size was 3.37.In the city the population was spread out with 33.8% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 36.2% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 3.7% who were 65 years of age or older.

In 2009 there are many more big businesses expected to open, including a UPS Store and Bank of America branch within the Covington Esplande (Home Depot) lot.

Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.48% of the population.There were 4,398 households, 52.2% of which had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.1% were married couples living together, 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.1% were non-families.

In 2006, new Covington downtown businesses included a new Wal-Mart, Kohls, Carl's Jr (taking over the former Dairy Queen building), and an Applebees.

Prior to the 2000 census, Covington was counted as part of Covington-Sawyer-Wilderness CDP.The area presently known as Covington was originally known as Jenkins Prairie.

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