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Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY

640,793 Population
263 square miles 2,436.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,418 ±$1,393 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: $41,443 ±$830
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $35,955 ±$451
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$67,251 ±$3,208 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: $74,305 ±$2,339
  • a little higher than the amount in Kentucky: $64,526 ±$1,165
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.5% ±1.8% (97,014  ±11,006) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 12.7% 174,394 (±1% / ±13,082)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 15.6% 694,171 (±0.5% / ±23,771)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23.7 minutes ±1 (6,482,980  ±316,217) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 25.1 14,945,330 (±0.6 / ±440,382)
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 24.5 46,088,716 (±0.3 / ±700,208)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

269,328 ±3,297 Number of households
  • the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 570,303 ±4,074
  • Kentucky: 1,865,456 ±8,525
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0 (627,028  ±510) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 2.4 1,370,394 (±0 / ±2,564)
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,467,347
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.1% ±1.1% (6,209  ±1,721) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 4.7% † 15,220 (±0.6% / ±2,074)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 5.5% 57,287 (±0.4% / ±4,158)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

295,381 ±2,259 Number of housing units
  • the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 614,381 ±1,394
  • Kentucky: 2,051,004 ±488
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$241,700 ±$6,196 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: $265,900 ±$4,836
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $226,000 ±$2,611
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13.7% ±1.4% (86,672  ±8,845.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 11.6% 160,565 (±0.8% / ±10,591.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 12% 545,660 (±0.4% / ±18,371.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.2% ±2.3% (395,805  ±10,574.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 91.3% 890,232 (±1.5% / ±14,977)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 89% 2,799,522 (±0.8% / ±25,241.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
33.6% ±1.4% (149,161  ±6,341) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 33.4% 325,810 (±0.9% / ±8,959.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 27.9% 879,169 (±0.5% / ±14,377)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

12% ±1.4% (76,876  ±9,114) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 7.9% 110,419 (±0.7% / ±9,732)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 5.2% 238,231
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.6% ±0.6% (28,108  ±2,937) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 6.4% 69,764 (±0.4% / ±4,236)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 6.2% 220,537 (±0.2% / ±7,327)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
28,108 Total veterans ±2,937 25,805 Male ±2,743 2,303 Female ±706

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