Editing Douglass Hills, Kentucky

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'''Douglass Hills''' is a [[list of Kentucky cities|home rule-class city]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.klc.org/UserFiles/files/ClassificationReformFACT(3).pdf |title=Summary and Reference Guide to House Bill 331 City Classification Reform |publisher=Kentucky League of Cities |access-date=December 30, 2014}}</ref> in eastern [[Jefferson County, Kentucky|Jefferson County]], [[Kentucky]], United States. The population was 5,484 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]],<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US2122204| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Douglass Hills city, Kentucky| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=May 25, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213102311/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US2122204| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> down from 5,718 at the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]].

==History==
{{See also|History of Louisville, Kentucky}}

Douglass Hills was farmland from 1813 until the 1970s. Some of it was owned by James J. Douglas from 1896 until his death in 1917. Douglass Hills was incorporated in 1973 as the farmland was turned into subdivisions, originally under the name "Douglass Place".

==Geography==
Douglass Hills is located in eastern Jefferson County. It is bordered to the east and south by [[Middletown, Kentucky|Middletown]], to the west by [[Jeffersontown, Kentucky|Jeffersontown]], to the northwest by [[Blue Ridge Manor, Kentucky|Blue Ridge Manor]] and [[Sycamore, Kentucky|Sycamore]], and to the north by [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]].

[[U.S. Route 60 in Kentucky|U.S. Route 60]] (Shelbyville Road) forms part of the northern boundary of Douglass Hills, leading east {{convert|18|mi}} to [[Shelbyville, Kentucky|Shelbyville]] and west {{convert|12|mi}} to [[downtown Louisville]]. [[Interstate 64 in Kentucky|Interstate 64]] passes {{convert|0.5|mi|1}} south of Douglass Hills, with access from Exit 17 (Blankenbaker Parkway).

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Douglass Hills has a total area of {{convert|3.4|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|2363|sqm|acre|order=flip|1}}, or 0.07%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1980= 4384
|1990= 5549
|2000= 5718
|2010= 5484
|2020= 5456
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 5,718 people, 2,428 households, and 1,626 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|4,286.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 2,553 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,913.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 89.28% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 6.94% [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.05% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.77% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.07% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.22% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.66% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.90% of the population.

There were 2,428 households, out of which 29.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.0% were non-families. 27.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.89.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 22.4% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 28.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $60,021, and the median income for a family was $73,670. Males had a median income of $51,566 versus $31,196 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $31,994. About 1.6% of families and 3.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 2.3% of those under age 18 and 4.6% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.cityofdouglasshills.com/ City of Douglass Hills official website]

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[[Category:Cities in Kentucky]]
[[Category:Cities in Jefferson County, Kentucky]]
[[Category:Louisville metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1973]]
[[Category:1973 establishments in Kentucky]]