Larue County, KY
Demographic and economic profile of Larue County, KY, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.
AI Overview
Larue County is a small rural Kentucky county of 15,028 residents that grew 6.2% over five years, with an economy reflected in a GDP per capita of $15,195 and median worker earnings of $43,292. The workforce skews toward trade and manual occupations, with only 15.6% holding a bachelor's degree or higher, though 86.0% have a high school diploma; labor force participation sits at 56.9% against a notably low unemployment rate of 1.8%. Housing costs remain modest — median home value of $177,500 and median gross rent of $816/month — with a homeownership rate of 79.4%, though a poverty rate of 18.9% points to income concentration challenges alongside a per capita income of $30,533.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page
Population Growth (5-year)
+6.2% since 2018
Larue County added population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.
Demographics
Race & Ethnicity
- White Alone13,764 (91.1%)
- Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races515 (3.4%)
- Black or African American Alone318 (2.1%)
- Some Other Race Alone271 (1.8%)
- Two Races Including Some Other Race229 (1.5%)
- American Indian & Alaska Native Alone7 (0.0%)
Top Languages Spoken at Home
- 1.Spanish365
- 2.German or other West Germanic9
- 3.Tagalog (incl. Filipino)3
Economy
Cost of Living Index
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Top Industries
- 1.Manufacturing (Group)1,713
- 2.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance1,618
- 3.Retail Trade (Group)482
- 4.Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services474
- 5.Construction (Group)454
Top Occupations
- 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations2,085
- 2.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations1,679
- 3.Service Occupations1,072
- 4.Sales & Office Occupations1,052
- 5.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations736
Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)
- 1.Manufacturing (LQ 2.71×)1,824
- 2.Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities (LQ 1.15×)455
- 3.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining (LQ 1.13×)122
- 4.Educational Services & Health Care (LQ 1.07×)1,687
- 5.Other Services (LQ 0.94×)298
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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.