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America's Best Cities For Global Trade 2015

Louisville, KY

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Written by Haylle Sok

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky
Population: 609,893
Unemployment: 4.7 percent
Fortune 500 Companies: 3

Home to America’s favorite horse race (Kentucky Derby), chicken (Kentucky Fried Chicken) and baseball bat (Louisville Slugger), Louisville is quintessentially ‘Murican. But, over the years, the town and its economy have broadened: the local airport is the hub of UPS’s considerable cargo and delivery operations; renowned in medical research and treatment, two of the three Fortune 500 companies based there—Humana and Kindred Healthcare—are medically based. The third, fast food giant Yum! Brands … not so much.