Louisville, Kentucky Economy Profile

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Louisville, Kentucky Economy

According to the statistics on employment by occupation in Louisville, Kentucky, 21.66% of workers provide educational, health and social services. 11.27% of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Louisville, Kentucky. The percentage of people involved into professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Louisville, Kentucky is as follows: 9.4%.

In Louisville, Kentucky government workers account for thirteen point five two percent of workers. Eighty-one point three six percent of workers comprise private wage and salary workers. Median household income in Louisville, Kentucky is equal to twenty-eight thousand, eight hundred and forty-three dollars while median family income is $36,696. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Louisville, Kentucky are $30,608. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches twenty-four thousand, four hundred and thirty-nine dollars.

0.0 of families in Louisville, Kentucky are below poverty line (total population in Louisville, Kentucky is 256,231). There are 7,824 families with female householder, no husband present. The median age of a Louisville, Kentucky resident is 35.8 years old.

	Louisville, Kentucky	%, Louisville, Kentucky	United States
Population 16 years and over	201,949		217,168,077
In labor force	122,724	60.77%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	122,606	60.71%	63.39%
- - Employed	113,532	56.22%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	9,074	4.49%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	7.4		5.8
- Armed Forces	118	0.06%	0.53%
Not in labor force	79,225	39.23%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	108,873	53.91%	51.66%
In labor force	61,117	30.26%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	61,100	30.26%	29.65%
- - Employed	56,637	28.05%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	18,682	9.25%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	11,601		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	110,930		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	81,542	73.51%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	14,016	12.63%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	7,608	6.86%	4.73%
Walked	4,539	4.09%	2.93%
Other means	1,250	1.13%	1.19%
Worked at home	1,975	1.78%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	20.2	0.02%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	113,532		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	34,847	30.69%	33.65%
Service occupations	20,653	18.19%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	30,447	26.82%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	253	0.22%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	8,560	7.54%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	18,772	16.53%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	467	0.41%	1.87%
Construction	6,373	5.61%	6.78%
Manufacturing	13,502	11.89%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	3,651	3.22%	3.6%
Retail trade	11,241	9.9%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	6,892	6.07%	5.2%
Information	3,165	2.79%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	8,257	7.27%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	10,676	9.4%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	24,586	21.66%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	12,800	11.27%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	7,041	6.2%	4.87%
Public administration	4,881	4.3%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	92,372	81.36%	78.47%
Government workers	15,345	13.52%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	5,520	4.86%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	295	0.26%	0.31%

	Louisville, Kentucky	%, Louisville, Kentucky	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	111,384		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	19,542	17.54%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	10,471	9.4%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	18,883	16.95%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	16,258	14.6%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	17,695	15.89%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	15,227	13.67%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	6,654	5.97%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	3,990	3.58%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	1,193	1.07%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	1,471	1.32%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	28,843		41,994
With earnings	82,349	40.78%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	42,114		56,604
With Social Security income	32,231	15.96%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,315		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	7,676	3.8%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,828		6,320
With public assistance income	5,497	2.72%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,201		3,032
With retirement income	19,017	9.42%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	15,095		17,376
Families	61,582		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	7,710	12.52%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	4,216	6.85%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	9,199	14.94%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	8,319	13.51%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	10,850	17.62%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	10,800	17.54%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	5,197	8.44%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	3,134	5.09%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	911	1.48%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	1,246	2.02%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	36,696		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	18,193		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	30,608		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	24,439		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	11,003		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	9,228	83.87%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	4,710	42.81%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	7,824		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	7,168	91.62%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	3,650	46.65%	42.27%
Individuals	53,799		33,899,812
18 years and over	33,635	62.52%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	4,679	8.7%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	19,823	36.85%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	13,268	24.66%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	17,368	32.28%	31.63%

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