Louisville Kentucky Social and demographic information

Louisville Kentucky Social information

   

Summary - Age, Sex, Race

   
  More Census Data:      
  Social Demographics - School, Marital, Ancestry Economic - Employment, Income, Industry Housing - Occupancy, Mortgage, Rent  

 

Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Louisville city
 

Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT       NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
     Population 3 years and over            Total poplulation 256,420 100.0
      enrolled in school 67,243 100.0   Native 246,770 96.2
Nursery school, preschool 4,341 6.5       Born in United States 245,388 95.7
Kindergarten 3,474 5.2           State of residence 193,908 75.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 28,689 42.7           Different state 51,480 20.1
High school (grades 9-12) 13,558 20.2       Born outside United States 1,382 0.5
College or graduate school 17,181 25.6   Foreign born 9,650 3.8
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 6,915 2.7
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 2,468 1.0
  Population 25 years and over 169,442 100.0       Not a citizen 7,182 2.8
Less than 9th grade 12,225 7.2        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 28,348 16.7   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 48,937 28.9     Total (excluding born at sea) 9,650 100.0
Some college, no degree 35,724 21.1   Europe 2,595 26.9
Associate degree 8,118 4.8   Asia 3,264 33.8
Bachelor's degree 21,271 12.6   Africa 811 8.4
Graduate or professional degree 14,819 8.7   Oceania 42 0.4
        Latin America 2,755 28.5
Percent high school graduate or higher 76.1 (X)   Northern America 183 1.9
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 21.3 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 239,541 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 205,336 100.0   English only 224,665 93.8
Never married 72,367 35.2   Language other than English 14,876 6.2
Now married, except separated 78,953 38.5           Speak English less than '"very well"' 7,237 3.0
Separated 6,443 3.1   Spanish 6,452 2.7
Widowed 18,308 8.9           Speak English less than '"very well"' 3,235 1.4
 Female 14,972 7.3   Other Indo-European languages 4,512 1.9
Divorced 29,265 14.3           Speak English less than '"very well"' 1,774 0.7
 Female 17,021 8.3   Asian and Pacific Island languages 2,662 1.1
                Speak English less than '"very well"' 1,615 0.7
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
          Grandparent living in household       ANCESTRY (single and multiple)    
           with one or more own grandchildren                 Total population 256,420 100.0
           under 18 years 5,748 100.0     Total ancestries reported 236,935 92.4
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 3,061 53.3   Arab 1,203 0.5
        Czech¹ 247 0.1
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 360 0.1
          Civilian population 18 years and over 195,564 100.0   Dutch 2,863 1.1
Civilian veterans 24,498 12.5   English 19,923 7.8
        French (except Basque)¹ 4,464 1.7
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 546 0.2
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 38,979 15.2
     Population 5 to 20 years 54,632 100.0   Greek 377 0.1
With a disability 5,514 10.1   Hungarian 423 0.2
     Population 21 to 64 years 145,502 100.0   Irish¹ 28,741 11.2
With a disability 35,982 24.7   Italian 4,469 1.7
 Percent employed 48.8 (X)   Lithuanian 243 0.1
No disability 109,520 75.3   Norwegian 518 0.2
 Percent employed 76.3 (X)   Polish 1,859 0.7
     Population 65 years and over 35,494 100.0   Portuguese 166 0.1
With a disability 16,830 47.4   Russian 1,002 0.4
        Scotch-Irish 3,833 1.5
        Scottish 3,603 1.4
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 97 0.0
  Population 5 years and over 239,541 100.0   Subsaharan African 2,434 0.9
Same house in 1995 124,348 51.9   Swedish 845 0.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 109,359 45.7   Swiss 1,277 0.5
 Same county 82,135 34.3   Ukrainian 219 0.1
 Different county 27,224 11.4   United States or American 22,380 8.7
  Same state 9,420 3.9   Welsh 1,237 0.5
  Different state 17,804 7.4   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 443 0.2
Elsewhere in 1995 5,834 2.4   Other ancestries 94,184 36.7
 
Date: January 2, 2005
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.

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