Louisville is a relatively large city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 628,594 people and 180 associated neighborhoods, Louisville is the largest community in Kentucky.Louisville is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Louisville is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Louisville who work in office and administrative support (11.77%), management occupations (8.95%), and sales jobs (8.93%). Also of interest is that Louisville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.08% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The overall education level of Louisville citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.89% of adults in Louisville have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Louisville in 2022 was $37,176, which is wealthy relative to Kentucky, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $148,704 for a family of four. However, Louisville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Louisville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Louisville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Louisville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Louisville include German, Irish, English, Italian, and African. The most common language spoken in Louisville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
