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Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area

1,284,826 Population
3,237 square miles 396.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$35,788 ±$731 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $30,728 ±$382
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$64,029 ±$1,421 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $55,573 ±$701
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

12.1% ±0.9% (152,649  ±11,606) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 16.5% 721,878 (±0.5% / ±20,774)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

22.8 minutes ±0.4 (11,839,540  ±311,325) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 23.6 40,956,968 (±0.3 / ±642,805)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

522,921 ±4,721 Number of households
  • Kentucky: 1,785,682 ±8,799
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.4 ±0 (1,259,674  ±3,554) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,384,229 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

5.3% ±0.8% (15,821  ±2,335) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 5.2% 53,246 (±0.4% / ±3,925)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

565,381 ±1,588 Number of housing units
  • Kentucky: 2,008,227 ±316
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$220,500 ±$3,887 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $173,300 ±$1,712
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

12.5% ±0.8% (158,252  ±9,731.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 13.1% 582,427 (±0.4% / ±19,845.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

91.3% ±1.5% (814,592  ±13,509.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 88% 2,708,147 (±0.8% / ±25,217)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
32.9% ±0.9% (293,226  ±8,182.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,414 (±0.5% / ±14,466.1)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

6.9% ±0.7% (88,254  ±8,753) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 4% 182,011 (±0.2% / ±10,951)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

6.9% ±0.4% (68,554  ±3,461) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 237,597 (±0.2% / ±7,792)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
68,554 Total veterans ±3,461 61,943 Male ±3,354 6,611 Female ±1,469

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