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Louisville, KY
640,796 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 2148006 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Louisville ranked #183 of 340 cities and 5th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Louisville and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Fort Worth TX, Nashville TN, Kansas City MO, Mesa AZ, Columbus OH, Indianapolis IN, Wichita KS, Oklahoma City OK, Baltimore MD, Denver CO, Tulsa OK, Las Vegas NV, Albuquerque NM · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #183 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #154 | #90 | #123 | #139 | #234 | #174 | #177 | #104 | #63 | #156 | #189 | #191 | #233 | #231 | #190 | #324 | #200 | #126 | #183 | #245 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 569,819 | 574,514 | 581,388 | 587,675 | 593,419 | 596,482 | 599,920 | 604,246 | 610,471 | 612,634 | 615,372 | 617,583 | 619,728 | 618,495 | 617,638 | 631,847 | 627,376 | 627,172 | 632,162 | 640,796 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #227 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | -0.3 | -0.1 | +0.3 | +0.2 | +0.0 | — | -0.0 | +0.0 | +0.2 | -0.2 | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.2 | -0.5 | -0.5 | -0.1 | -0.7 | -0.6 | -0.8 | -0.6 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #99 of 285 cities with data · 5th of 11 in its peer group with data · 2012 | — | — | 4.8 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 3.4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #55 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 18.1% | 17.2% | 17.9% | 17.1% | 18.7% | 19.3% | 19.3% | 19.0% | 19.2% | 19.0% | 19.2% | 19.2% | 18.7% | 19.5% | 19.2% | — | 19.9% | 19.5% | 21.2% | 20.4% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #289 of 304 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 9.7 | 8.7 | 12.2 | 12.1 | 10.4 | 8.7 | 8.0 | 10.3 | 7.9 | 9.1 | 13.3 | 19.3 | 17.4 | 13.7 | 15.1 | 26.4 | 30.1 | 26.3 | 23.3 | 22.8 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #255 of 295 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 33.8 | 106.9 | 156.4 | 158.5 | 146.3 | 177.6 | — | 326.0 | — | 217.0 | 189.8 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 110,717 | 116,700 | 119,658 | 122,679 | 117,451 | 119,678 | 115,443 | 128,026 | 132,983 | 135,932 | 139,587 | 150,472 | 151,377 | 152,340 | 155,193 | 150,005 | 151,615 | 164,111 | 166,485 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #248 of 329 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +3.3 | +3.1 | +0.8 | +3.6 | -1.0 | +0.2 | -4.4 | +8.3 | +1.0 | +0.6 | +0.8 | +4.6 | -0.4 | -0.2 | +2.2 | +0.3 | +2.9 | +1.0 | -1.1 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 267,722 | 282,028 | 287,638 | 292,516 | 294,695 | 303,076 | 308,268 | 302,591 | 304,308 | — | 306,622 | 319,746 | 300,066 | 314,423 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #284 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13.0% | 10.6% | 8.4% | 7.3% | 6.6% | 6.3% | 5.8% | 5.6% | 4.9% | — | 5.3% | 5.2% | 4.4% | 6.7% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #71 of 314 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group | 0% | 28% | 37% | 1% | 11% | 18% | 16% | 9% | 18% | 8% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 14% | -2% | 6% | 32% | 19% | 33% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #281 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | $7,203 | $6,824 | $3,623 | $3,357 | $3,655 | $4,033 | $3,811 | $3,597 | $3,469 | $4,013 | $3,888 | $4,291 | $4,425 | $4,326 | $4,533 | $8,869 | $8,580 | $920 | $767 | $6,889 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Louisville. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.