Jefferson County, Kentucky (KY)

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• • 490,24363.4%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 169,74521.9%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 53,3006.9%Hispanic or Latino
  • 34,8164.5%Two or more races
  • 21,9562.8%Asian alone
  • 2,8460.4%Some other race alone
  • 2920.04%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 2010.03%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $296,246

Here:	$296,246
State:	$256,452

Townhouses or other attached units: $324,768

Here:	$324,768
State:	$264,090

In 2-unit structures: $229,571

Here:	$229,571
State:	$211,203

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $142,806

Here:	$142,806
State:	$169,074

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $199,353

Here:	$199,353
State:	$245,174

Mobile homes: $137,257

Here:	$137,257
State:	$84,635

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $80,553

Here:	$80,553
State:	$52,431

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 0
• Burglaries: 0
• Thefts: 2
• Auto thefts: 3

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 0
• Burglaries: 0
• Thefts: 2
• Auto thefts: 0

Health of residents in Jefferson County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2021:

Health of residents in Jefferson County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $2,061 (0.8%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $1,934 (0.8%)

Area name: Louisville, KY-IN HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Jefferson County is $473 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $563 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $785 a month.

Cities in this county include: Louisville, Jeffersontown, Pleasure Ridge Park, Valley Station, Newburg, Fern Creek, Okolona, St. Matthews, Highview, Shively.

2023 air pollution in Jefferson County:

Carbon Monoxide: 0.294 ppm (standard limit: 9 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Nitrogen Dioxide: 0.01 ppm (standard limit: 0.053 ppm). Above U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.037 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual: 19.5 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 11.8 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Above U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides Annual: 0.001 ppm (standard limit: 0.03 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Huerfano County, Colorado , Hamilton County, Illinois , Ouray County, Colorado , Henry County , Ness County, Kansas , Phelps County, Missouri , Rowan County .

Current college students: 37,969
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 92.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 38.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 63,817 (48.5% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 34,8372010 or later
• 15,1052000 to 2009
• 8,2971990 to 1999
• 3,4371980 to 1989
• 2,3761970 to 1979
• 3,307Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 97.0%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 228,851
• One, attached: 15,773
• Two: 9,015
• 3 or 4: 27,646
• 5 to 9: 26,210
• 10 to 19: 20,863
• 20 to 49: 10,395
• 50 or more: 15,769
• Mobile homes: 3,982
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 479

Housing units in Jefferson County with a mortgage: 133,692 (14,843 second mortgage, 672 home equity loan, 11,757 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5,441

Religion statistics for Jefferson County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Jefferson County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Kentucky Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4497, Natural disaster type: Other
• Kentucky Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides, Incident Period: February 21, 2018 - March 21, 2018, FEMA Id: 4361, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• Kentucky Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: April 02, 2015 to April 17, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4217: May 01, 2015, FEMA Id: 4217, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• Kentucky Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: April 12, 2011 to May 20, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1976: May 04, 2011, FEMA Id: 1976, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Kentucky Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: August 04, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1855: August 14, 2009, FEMA Id: 1855, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood, Wind
• Kentucky Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: January 27, 2009 to February 05, 2009, Emergency Declared EM-3302: January 28, 2009, FEMA Id: 3302, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Kentucky Severe Winter Storm and Flooding, Incident Period: January 26, 2009 to February 13, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1818: February 05, 2009, FEMA Id: 1818, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Flood
• Kentucky Severe Wind Storm associated with Tropical Depression Ike, Incident Period: September 12, 2008 to September 14, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1802: October 09, 2008, FEMA Id: 1802, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tropical Depression, Wind
• Kentucky Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3231: September 10, 2005, FEMA Id: 3231, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Kentucky Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, and Mudslides, Incident Period: May 26, 2004 to June 18, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1523: June 10, 2004, FEMA Id: 1523, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Mudslide, Flood
• 7 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

5.00% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($58,554 average adjusted gross income)

0.01% of residents moved from foreign countries ($178 average AGI)

Jefferson County:	0.01%
Kentucky average:	0.02%

1.80% relocated from other counties in Kentucky ($19,945 average AGI)
3.19% relocated from other states ($38,432 average AGI)

Jefferson County:	3.19%
Kentucky average:	2.87%

from Bullitt County, KY	0.36% ($47,338 average AGI)
from Clark County, IN	0.23% ($40,328)
from Oldham County, KY	0.23% ($138,676)
from Fayette County, KY	0.18% ($38,301)
from Hardin County, KY	0.17% ($38,416)
from Shelby County, KY	0.14% ($49,148)
from Floyd County, IN	0.13% ($44,368)

5.72% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($72,642 average adjusted gross income)

0.01% of residents moved to foreign countries ($55 average AGI)

Jefferson County:	0.01%
Kentucky average:	0.01%

2.32% relocated to other counties in Kentucky ($24,989 average AGI)
3.39% relocated to other states ($47,599 average AGI)

Jefferson County:	3.39%
Kentucky average:	2.73%

to Bullitt County, KY	0.55% ($53,331 average AGI)
to Clark County, IN	0.36% ($51,516)
to Oldham County, KY	0.33% ($97,485)
to Shelby County, KY	0.21% ($90,832)
to Floyd County, IN	0.18% ($55,613)
to Hardin County, KY	0.17% ($38,936)
to Fayette County, KY	0.14% ($60,459)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.5
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 14.3
Births per 1000 population from 2010 to 2022: 11.0

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 9.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 10.3

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2009: 6.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2010 to 2021: 6.4

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Jefferson County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 152,580 (52,214 living alone), Female householders: 184,336 (64,215 living alone)

• 132,746 spouses (130,934 opposite-sex spouses), 27,919 unmarried partners, (24,868 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 201,943 children (188,772 natural, 5,449 adopted, 7,722 stepchildren), 15,563 grandchildren, 7,859 brothers or sisters, 6,591 parents, 71 foster children, 10,047 other relatives, 20,886 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 12,858

Size of family households: 92,896 2-persons, 45,326 3-persons, 35,842 4-persons, 11,922 5-persons, 5,000 6-persons, 1,781 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 116,429 1-person, 24,655 2-persons, 2,025 3-persons, 580 4-persons, 301 5-persons, 159 6-persons.

95,193 married couples with children.
56,351 single-parent households (8,775 men, 47,576 women).

89.2% of residents of Jefferson speak English at home.
5.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (49% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (59% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other language at home (58% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $5,549,009,000 ($7,927 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,606,287,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $1,707,295,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $993,543,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $28,621,000
Federal grants: $832,759,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,574,472,000 ($1,455,933,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $412,319,000 ($70,385,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $22,567,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $587,917,000
Federal Government insurance: $604,584,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-22 per 1000 residents
State:	+8 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 139.66 millions of gallons per day (13% from ground, 87% from surface)

• Year house built in Jefferson County, Kentucky
• 4,4692020 or later
• 29,9002010 to 2019
• 38,3972000 to 2009
• 34,9501990 to 1999
• 29,0131980 to 1989
• 52,7371970 to 1979
• 45,6521960 to 1969
• 52,4251950 to 1959
• 21,4311940 to 1949
• 50,0091939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Jefferson County, Kentucky

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Jefferson County, Kentucky
• 3141 room
• 4252 rooms
• 4,2623 rooms
• 18,1524 rooms
• 37,6685 rooms
• 44,8936 rooms
• 36,3767 rooms
• 26,3928 rooms
• 44,5139+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Jefferson County, Kentucky
• 4,4351 room
• 8,9262 rooms
• 24,2853 rooms
• 36,1694 rooms
• 24,1325 rooms
• 14,8016 rooms
• 5,2487 rooms
• 2,3718 rooms
• 3,5549+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Jefferson County, Kentucky

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Jefferson County, Kentucky
• 569no bedroom
• 4,2061 bedroom
• 37,7352 bedrooms
• 107,0603 bedrooms
• 49,8384 bedrooms
• 13,5875+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Jefferson County, Kentucky
• 4,776no bedroom
• 36,8911 bedroom
• 53,3382 bedrooms
• 22,8413 bedrooms
• 4,6994 bedrooms
• 1,3765+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Jefferson County, Kentucky in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Jefferson County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 5,594no vehicle
• 61,9211 vehicle
• 98,0252 vehicles
• 34,8113 vehicles
• 10,3434 vehicles
• 2,3015+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Jefferson County in renter-occupied apartments
• 23,114no vehicle
• 67,0591 vehicle
• 25,2762 vehicles
• 6,7633 vehicles
• 1,2764 vehicles
• 4335+ vehicles

86.2% of Jefferson County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 37% lived in Kentucky.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 503,961
• Other state: 196,737
• Northeast: 22,320
• Midwest: 82,414
• South: 67,475
• West: 24,528

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 20,630
• Number of aged recipients: 1,522
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 19,108
• Number of recipients under 18: 5,103
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 12,542
• Number of recipients older than 64: 2,985
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 6,450
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 9,835

Jefferson County on our top lists:

• #18 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the worst general health status score of residents (1-5), 3 years of data"
• #22 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest average weight of females"
• #23 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"
• #23 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant adherents"
• #23 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
• #31 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that exercised in the past month"
• #31 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Sulfur Oxides Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"
• #31 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Evangelical Protestant adherents"
• #31 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Evangelical Protestant adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
• #34 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #35 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant congregations"
• #40 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Catholic congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #41 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Catholic congregations"
• #45 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest surface withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #46 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest surface withdrawal of fresh water for public supply"
• #47 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Evangelical Protestant congregations"
• #48 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Evangelical Protestant congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #56 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #59 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #60 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply"