2024 population: 1,796,101 ( 39,169 from 2020)
Land area: 9152.4 square miles
Population density: 196.2 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	1,339,151	74.56%	1.3%
Black:	228,663	12.73%	5.3%
Indian:	3,544	0.20%	0.9%
Asian:	44,874	2.50%	25.3%
2+ races:	44,154	2.46%	14.7%
Hispanic:	135,715	7.56%	30.0%

Total non-White:	456,950	25.44%	14.4%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	85,514	12.2
Deaths:	88,898	12.6
Net Migration:	4,571	0.7
Net Immigration:	37,517	5.3

Change in White population:	-18,277	-1.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	57,446	3.3

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
1,756,932
1,357,428	77.26%
217,223	12.36%
3,576	0.20%
35,827	2.04%
38,497	2.19%
104,381	5.94%
399,504	22.74%

2010
1,656,763
1,343,910	81.12%
191,819	11.58%
3,762	0.23%
24,178	1.46%
28,268	1.71%
62,634	3.78%
312,853	18.88%

2000
1,512,000
1,284,088	84.93%
165,464	10.94%
3,349	0.22%
14,578	0.96%
16,734	1.11%
25,946	1.72%
227,912	15.07%

1990
1,378,844
1,213,820	88.03%
144,356	10.47%
2,775	0.20%
9,037	0.66%
n/a
8,856	0.64%
165,024	11.97%

1980
1,378,628
1,219,192	88.44%
140,421	10.19%
1,679	0.12%
6,146	0.45%
n/a
10,563	0.77%
159,436	11.56%

1970
1,276,168
1,144,514	89.68%
122,128	9.57%
713	0.06%
1,414	0.11%
n/a
6,505	0.51%
131,654	10.32%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
194,932	11.8
153,753	9.3
8,596	0.5
24,153	1.5

13,518	0.8
86,651	5.2

Number	Rate
2000's
195,708	12.9
133,543	8.8
35,489	2.3
19,047	1.3

59,822	4.0
84,941	5.6

Number	Rate
1990's
204,002	14.8
135,823	9.9
36,854	2.7
9,452	0.7

70,268	5.1
62,888	4.6

Number	Rate
1980's
202,453	14.7
123,976	9.0
-71,611	-5.2
n/a

-5,372	-0.4
5,588	0.4

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-15,108	-1.2
n/a

74,678	5.9
27,782	2.2

Age, Family & Household Data for Louisville, KY-IN Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
39.4
400,683	11.3%
3,152,350	88.7%
296,258	8.3%

706,855
2.47

452,016	63.9%
327,000	72.3%
46,769	10.3%
254,839	36.1%

2010
Number	Percent
38.2
398,874	24.1%
1,257,889	75.9%
215,496	13.0%

658,658
2.46

438,005	66.5%
316,695	72.3%
50,413	11.5%
220,653	33.5%

2000
Number	Percent
36.3
380,851	25.2%
1,131,149	74.8%
187,106	12.4%

596,763
2.48

412,076	69.1%
315,416	76.5%
45,254	11.0%
184,687	30.9%

1990
Number	Percent
33.3
357,421	25.9%
1,021,423	74.1%
172,310	12.5%

520,837
2.59

380,132	73.0%
302,904	79.7%
35,874	9.4%
140,705	27.0%

1980
Number	Percent
29.6
405,454	29.4%
973,174	70.6%
144,794	10.5%

479,111
2.80

368,696	77.0%
306,236	83.1%
30,926	8.4%
110,415	23.0%

2022 Housing Data for Louisville, KY-IN Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	33,303	4.7%
$10,000 to $14,999	30,176	4.3%
$15,000 to $19,999	26,361	3.7%
$20,000 to $24,999	28,168	4.0%
$25,000 to $29,999	29,205	4.1%
$30,000 to $34,999	29,938	4.2%
$35,000 to $39,999	29,820	4.2%
$40,000 to $44,999	28,252	4.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	29,287	4.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	54,099	7.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	71,986	10.2%
$75,000 to $99,999	96,115	13.6%
$100,000 to $124,999	71,339	10.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	46,549	6.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	51,756	7.3%
$200,000 or more	50,501	7.1%

Median Household Income	67,822
Per Capita Income	36,814

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	83

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	41,655	5.9%
Public Assistance	12,948	1.8%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	73,515	10.4%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	766,701	71.3%
Unemployed	38,712	3.6%
In Armed Forces	5,128	0.5%

Total Labor Force	810,541	75.4%
Not in Labor Force	264,227	24.6%

Real Unemployment Rate		28.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	340,633	277,008	55.2%
Non-Profit	20,705	48,044	30.1%
Self-Employed	44,929	24,660	64.6%

Local Government	20,639	32,318	39.0%
State Government	12,406	17,462	41.5%
Federal Government	10,857	9,372	53.7%

Total Private + Self	385,562	301,668	56.1%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	64,607	107,196	37.6%
Total	450,169	408,864	52.4%

Pct. Govt.	12.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	129,841	15.1%
Sales and Office Occupations	175,360	20.4%
Professional, Technical	184,330	21.4%
Service Occupations	125,780	14.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	2,410	0.3%
All others	245,610	28.5%

White Collar		56.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	135,498	15.7%
Health care and social assistance	118,878	13.8%
Retail trade	97,212	11.3%
Educational services	71,821	8.3%
Transportation and warehousing	61,023	7.1%
Accommodation and food services	56,458	6.6%
Construction	52,985	6.2%
Finance and insurance	45,132	5.2%
Professional, scientific, technical	43,631	5.1%
Other services	37,104	4.3%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	33,242	3.9%
Public administration	32,218	3.7%
Wholesale trade	19,573	2.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	13,704	1.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	12,910	1.5%
Information	12,855	1.5%
Utilities	7,989	0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	6,130	0.7%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,447	0.2%
Management	1,111	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	40,968	2.30%
Puerto Rican	10,221	0.57%
Cuban	18,565	1.04%
Dominican	744	0.04%

Total Central American	10,568	0.59%
Costa Rican	102	0.01%
Guatemalan	4,883	0.27%
Honduran	3,105	0.17%
Nicaraguan	379	0.02%
Panamanian	1,054	0.06%
Salvadoran	1,037	0.06%
Other Central American	8	0.00%

Total South American	4,512	0.25%
Argentinean	406	0.02%
Bolivian	136	0.01%
Chilean	283	0.02%
Colombian	1,319	0.07%
Ecuadorian	236	0.01%
Paraguayan	54	0.00%
Peruvian	1,135	0.06%
Uruguayan	24	0.00%
Venezuelan	803	0.05%
Other South American	116	0.01%

Other Hispanic	4,826	0.27%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	9,515	0.53%
Chinese	4,032	0.23%
Filipino	3,293	0.18%
Vietnamese	3,229	0.18%
Korean	3,059	0.17%
Japanese	1,518	0.09%
Burmese	1,428	0.08%
Thai	586	0.03%
Bhutanese	585	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,557,212	92.8%
Spanish	60,881	3.6%
Other Indo-European	11,012	0.7%
Other	8,811	0.5%
Other Asian	8,098	0.5%
German, other Germanic	7,067	0.4%
French, Haitian, Cajun	5,319	0.3%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	4,905	0.3%
Arabic	3,961	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	285,902	16.0%
Irish	215,757	12.1%
English	211,632	11.9%
American	155,125	8.7%
Italian	42,027	2.4%
Scottish	33,603	1.9%
European	32,214	1.8%
French	29,034	1.6%
Polish	20,425	1.1%
Scotch-Irish	19,110	1.1%
African	16,237	0.9%
Dutch	15,916	0.9%
Welsh	11,531	0.6%
British	10,029	0.6%
Swedish	8,191	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	1,729,417	97.0%
Not a citizen	52,633	3.0%

Native	1,687,635	94.7%
Foreign-born	94,415	5.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
37,388	3.0%	82,309	6.7%	389,869	31.7%	372,514	30.3%	210,887	17.1%	138,283	11.2%
Average years of education: 13.4

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	37,388	3.0%
9-12 Years	82,309	6.7%
H.S. Grad or GED	389,869	31.7%
Some College	372,514	30.3%
Bach. Degree	210,887	17.1%
Grad Degree	138,283	11.2%
Average years of education: 13.4

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	708,514	670,106	38,408	5.4%
1991	705,533	662,153	43,380	6.1%
1992	717,812	676,397	41,415	5.8%
1993	728,767	692,162	36,605	5.0%
1994	745,830	712,060	33,770	4.5%
1995	759,629	724,492	35,137	4.6%
1996	763,220	728,269	34,951	4.6%
1997	778,090	743,991	34,099	4.4%
1998	785,447	755,133	30,314	3.9%
1999	796,662	765,722	30,940	3.9%

2000	794,062	765,006	29,056	3.7%
2001	787,007	749,708	37,299	4.7%
2002	781,912	738,317	43,595	5.6%
2003	788,361	742,740	45,621	5.8%
2004	790,484	748,025	42,459	5.4%
2005	800,779	754,125	46,654	5.8%
2006	818,502	772,999	45,503	5.6%
2007	819,860	777,517	42,343	5.2%
2008	824,099	771,660	52,439	6.4%
2009	830,117	740,752	89,365	10.8%

2010	837,556	751,340	86,216	10.3%
2011	836,327	757,428	78,899	9.4%
2012	838,084	770,602	67,482	8.1%
2013	843,792	781,344	62,448	7.4%
2014	833,823	784,217	49,606	5.9%
2015	837,383	797,785	39,598	4.7%
2016	858,961	821,842	37,119	4.3%
2017	873,670	837,991	35,679	4.1%
2018	883,725	850,318	33,407	3.8%
2019	888,420	855,462	32,958	3.7%

2020	868,447	809,514	58,933	6.8%
2021	873,352	836,966	36,386	4.2%
2022	881,755	850,500	31,255	3.5%
2023	872,571	840,441	32,130	3.7%
2024	891,600	850,826	40,774	4.6%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	780,069
Median Value	$205,700

Occupied	706,855	90.6%
Vacant	73,214	9.4%

Owned	487,889	69.0%
Rented	218,966	31.0%
Median Rent	$958

Single-Family Units	573,095	73.5%
Detached	547,012	70.1%
Attached	26,083	3.3%
Buldings with 5+ Units	101,584	13.0%
Mobile Homes	47,192	6.0%

Louisville, KY-IN Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Louisville, KY-IN Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Louisville, KY-IN Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Louisville, KY-IN Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Louisville, KY-IN Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Louisville, KY-IN Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Louisville, KY-IN Market Area