Louisville is a somewhat small city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 5,899 people and four associated neighborhoods, Louisville is the 59th largest community in Mississippi.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Louisville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Louisville is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Louisville who work in sales jobs (18.65%), office and administrative support (12.76%), and maintenance occupations (6.29%). Being a small city, Louisville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Louisville are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.15% of adults in Louisville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Louisville in 2022 was $24,541, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $98,164 for a family of four. However, Louisville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Louisville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 39.26% of its population below the federal poverty line.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 Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Louisville include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Louisville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Arabic.
