Louisville, KY

General Economic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2148000, place: Louisville city, Kentucky)

EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over: 201,949 (100%)
In labor force: 122,724 (60.77%)
--Civilian labor force: 122,606 (60.71%)
----Employed: 113,532 (56.22%)
----Unemployed: 9,074 (4.49%)
------Percent of civilian labor force: 7.4%
--Armed Forces: 118 (0.06%)
Not in labor force: 79,225 (39.23%)
Females 16 years and over: 108,873 (53.91%)
In labor force: 61,117 (30.26%)
--Civilian labor force: 61,100 (30.26%)
----Employed: 56,637 (28.05%)
Own children under 6 years: 18,682 (9.25%)
All parents in family in labor force: 11,601 (5.74%)

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over: 110,930 (100%)
Car, truck, or van - - drove alone: 81,542 (73.51%)
Car, truck, or van - - carpooled: 14,016 (12.63%)
Public transportation (including taxicab): 7,608 (6.86%)
Walked: 4,539 (4.09%)
Other means: 1,250 (1.13%)
Worked at home: 1,975 (1.78%)
Mean travel time to work: 20.2 minutes

OCCUPATION
Employed civilian population 16 years and over: 113,532 (100%)
Management, professional, and related occupations: 34,847 (30.69%)
Service occupations: 20,653 (18.19%)
Sales and office occupations: 30,447 (26.82%)
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.: 253 (0.22%)
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations: 8,560 (7.54%)
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations: 18,772 (16.53%)

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining: 467 (0.41%)
Construction: 6,373 (5.61%)
Manufacturing: 13,502 (11.89%)
Wholesale trade.: 3,651 (3.22%)
Retail trade: 11,241 (9.9%)
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities: 6,892 (6.07%)
Information: 3,165 (2.79%)
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing: 8,257 (7.27%)
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services: 10,676 (9.4%)
Educational, health and social services: 24,586 (21.66%)
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services: 12,800 (11.27%)
Other services (except public administration): 7,041 (6.2%)
Public administration: 4,881 (4.3%)

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers: 92,372 (81.36%)
Government workers: 15,345 (13.52%)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business: 5,520 (4.86%)
Unpaid family workers: 295 (0.26%)

INCOME IN 1999
Households: 111,384 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 19,542 (17.54%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 10,471 (9.4%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 18,883 (16.95%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 16,258 (14.6%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 17,695 (15.89%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 15,227 (13.67%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 6,654 (5.97%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 3,990 (3.58%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 1,193 (1.07%)
$200,000 or more: 1,471 (1.32%)
Median household income: $28,843

With earnings: 82,349 (73.93%)
--Mean earnings: $42,114
With Social Security income: 32,231 (28.94%)
--Mean Social Security income: $10,315
With Supplemental Security Income: 7,676 (6.89%)
--Mean Supplemental Security Income: $5,828
With public assistance income: 5,497 (4.94%)
--Mean public assistance income: $2,201
With retirement income: 19,017 (17.07%)
--Mean retirement income: $15,095

Families: 61,582 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 7,710 (12.52%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 4,216 (6.85%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 9,199 (14.94%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 8,319 (13.51%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 10,850 (17.62%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 10,800 (17.54%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 5,197 (8.44%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 3,134 (5.09%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 911 (1.48%)
$200,000 or more: 1,246 (2.02%)
Median family income: $36,696

Per capita income: $18,193

Median earnings (dollars)
Male full-time, year-round workers: $30,608
Female full-time, year-round workers: $24,439

POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
Families: 11,003 (17.87%)
--With related children under 18 years: 9,228 (14.98%)
----With related children under 5 years: 4,710 (7.65%)
Families with female householder, no husband present: 7,824 (12.71%)
--With related children under 18 years: 7,168 (11.64%)
----With related children under 5 years: 3,650 (5.93%)
Individuals: 53,799 (87.36%)
--18 years and over: 33,635 (54.62%)
----65 years and over: 4,679 (7.6%)
--Related children under 18 years: 19,823 (32.19%)
----Related children 5 to 17 years: 13,268 (21.55%)
--Unrelated individuals 15 years and over: 17,368 (28.2%)

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