Florence is a medium-sized city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 32,618 people and 13 associated neighborhoods, Florence is the seventh largest community in Kentucky.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Florence is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Florence is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Florence who work in office and administrative support (11.15%), management occupations (8.27%), and sales jobs (8.18%). Also of interest is that Florence has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Florence telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.05% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In terms of college education, Florence is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.73% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Florence in 2022 was $37,232, which is wealthy relative to Kentucky, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $148,928 for a family of four. However, Florence contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Florence is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Florence home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Florence residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Florence include German, Irish, English, European, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Florence is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
