Demographic comparison of the state of Kentucky, the city of Louisville, and the Kentucky state legislature
| Total population | Voting-age citizen population | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | Louisville | Kentucky | Louisville | State legislature | |||
| Total | 4,468,402 | 375,577 | 3,368,919 | 273,484 | 138 | ||
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||
| White | 84.5% | 79.9% | 88.1% | 71.3% | 92.0% | ||
| Black | 7.8% | 11.0% | 7.7% | 23.8% | 5.8% | ||
| Latinx | 3.6% | 3.7% | 1.7% | 1.2% | 1.4% | ||
| AAPI/other | 4.0% | 5.4% | 2.5% | 3.7% | 0.0% | ||
| Gender | |||||||
| Men | 49.1% | 47.2% | 48.5% | 47.5% | 77.5% | ||
| Women | 50.9% | 52.8% | 51.5% | 52.5% | 22.5% | ||
| Age | |||||||
| 17 and under | 22.5% | 20.1% | – | – | – | ||
| 18–29 | 16.3% | 14.8% | 20.9% | 21.5% | – | ||
| 30–44 | 18.5% | 20.4% | 23.3% | 23.8% | – | ||
| 45–64 | 26.2% | 26.2% | 34.3% | 33.1% | – | ||
| 65 and over | 16.4% | 18.4% | 21.6% | 21.7% | – | ||
| Citizenship | |||||||
| U.S.-born | 96.2% | 92.2% | – | – | – | ||
| Naturalized citizen | 1.6% | 3.9% | – | – | – | ||
| Not a citizen | 2.2% | 3.9% | – | – | – | ||
| Poverty status | |||||||
| Poverty level | 730,408 | 26,384 | 483,797 | 49,584 | – | ||
| Poverty rate | 16.9% | 7.0% | 14.9% | 18.1% | – | ||
Note: Blank cells indicate demographic breakdowns that are not applicable to the voting-age citizen population or not available for all state legislators.
Sources: National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), Legislatures at a Glance; EPI analysis of American Community Survey microdata.