Louisville is a somewhat small city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 5,964 people and four associated neighborhoods, Louisville is the 59th largest community in Mississippi.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Louisville is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 40.94% of the Louisville workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Louisville is a city of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Louisville who work in office and administrative support (11.27%), sales jobs (8.93%), and food service (8.08%). Being a small city, Louisville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Louisville with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.80% of adults in Louisville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Louisville in 2022 was $22,580, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $90,320 for a family of four. However, Louisville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Louisville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 35.22% of its population below the federal poverty line.Louisville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Louisville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Louisville residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Louisville include English, Irish, German, African, and Other Arab. The most common language spoken in Louisville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Arabic and Italian.
