Census Reporter

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area

1,262,287 Population
3,237 square miles 390 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 39 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,589 ±$350 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $29,123 ±$208
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$60,891 ±$553 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $52,238 ±$300
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

12.1% ±0.4% (148,940  ±4,831) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 16.6% 717,895 (±0.3% / ±10,991)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

24.2 minutes ±0.2 (13,867,635  ±146,473) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 23.7 44,125,360 (±0.1 / ±301,769)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

497,106 ±2,266 Number of households
  • Kentucky: 1,748,053 ±5,379
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.5 ±0 (1,236,573  ±1,183) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,330,127 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

5% ±0.3% (14,840  ±872) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 5.2% 53,722 (±0.2% / ±1,687)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

547,307 ±531 Number of housing units
  • Kentucky: 1,994,554 ±662
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$177,400 ±$1,617 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $147,100 ±$846
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

13.5% ±0.4% (168,212  ±4,863.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 14.5% 640,554 (±0.2% / ±9,496.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

90.4% ±0.7% (790,083  ±6,393.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 87.2% 2,644,849 (±0.4% / ±11,647.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
30.1% ±0.4% (262,588  ±3,546.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 25% 759,332 (±0.2% / ±6,693.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

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

6% ±0.2% (75,876  ±2,479) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 4% 176,323 (±0.1% / ±3,508)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

7.6% ±0.2% (73,983  ±2,127) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 7.5% 257,452 (±0.1% / ±3,362)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
73,983 Total veterans ±2,127 67,706 Male ±1,856 6,277 Female ±613

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