Careers, Jobs and Education Resources for: Louisville, KY
Louisville (usually pronounced /ˈluːǝvǝl/ (help·info); see Pronunciation below) is Kentucky's largest city. It is ranked as either the 17th or 27th largest city in the United States depending on how the population is calculated (see Nomenclature, population, and ranking below). The settlement that became the City of Louisville was founded in 1778 by George Rogers Clark and is named after King Louis XVI of France. Louisville is famous as the home of "The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports": the Kentucky Derby, the widely watched first race of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. Louisville is situated in north-central Kentucky on the Kentucky-Indiana border at the only natural obstacle in the Ohio River, the Falls of the Ohio. Louisville is the county seat of Jefferson County, and s...
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General Information
| Jefferson |
County | 690,172 |
Population (as of 2000) |
| Kentucky |
State | 762,661 |
Population (current) |
| 362.0 |
Square Miles of Land | 1.9 |
Average Persons Per Household (as of 2000) |
| 0.8 |
Square Miles of Water | $107,658 |
Average House Value (as of 2000) |
|
| $39,908 |
Average House Income (as of 2000) |
Business Information
| 19,500 |
Number of Businesses (as of 2003) | $3,251,783,000 |
Total First Quarter Payroll (as of 2003) |
| 387,437 |
Number of Employees (as of 2003) | $13,278,236,000 |
Total Annual Payroll (as of 2003) |
Gender (as of 2000)
Ethnicity (as of 2000)
Median Ages (as of 2000)
