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Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area

1,293,722 Population
3,578.5 square miles 361.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 38.9 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$31,055 ±$511 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $26,779 ±$293
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $32,397 ±$64
$57,279 ±$1,607 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $48,375 ±$630
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $60,336 ±$86

12.2% ±0.8% (154,963  ±9,861) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 17.2% 744,239 (±0.5% / ±20,861)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,583,651 (±0.1% / ±241,032)

24 minutes ±0.5 (14,260,385  ±324,370) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 23.3 43,615,645 (±0.2 / ±485,079)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,891,349,480 (±0.1 / ±8,012,447)

Families

502,581 ±3,983 Number of households
  • Kentucky: 1,725,034 ±10,346
  • United States: 120,062,818 ±161,148
2.5 ±0 (1,267,060  ±4,306) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,322,206 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.7 317,631,941

4.5% ±0.7% (13,671  ±2,065) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 5.2% 53,444 (±0.3% / ±3,431)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,394 (±0% / ±28,051)

Housing

556,413 ±1,844 Number of housing units
  • Kentucky: 1,984,235 ±283
  • United States: 137,407,308 ±4,122

$168,600 ±$2,539 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $141,000 ±$1,619
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $217,600 ±$437

14.2% ±0.8% (181,264  ±10,699.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 15.5% 683,179 (±0.4% / ±18,581.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.3% 46,073,420 (±0.1% / ±187,510.3)

Social

90% ±1.4% (801,848  ±12,828) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 86.3% 2,606,467 (±0.8% / ±23,194.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88% 194,667,872 (±0.1% / ±241,381.6)
28.8% ±0.8% (256,162  ±7,200.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 24% 723,552 (±0.4% / ±12,662.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 32% 70,765,915 (±0.1% / ±146,608.8)

7.6% ±0.7% (92,116  ±8,255.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kentucky: 5.7% 235,901 (±0.3% / ±11,703.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 21.8% 66,592,306 (±0.1% / ±178,397.9)

5.9% ±0.5% (76,162  ±5,910) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 3.8% 169,085 (±0.2% / ±7,898)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,525,855 (±0% / ±135,763)

7.7% ±0.4% (76,963  ±4,043) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 7.7% 263,104 (±0.2% / ±6,860)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,204,605 (±0% / ±71,514)
76,963 Total veterans ±4,043 70,064 Male ±3,612 6,899 Female ±1,456

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