State
The population development of the State of Kentucky according to census results.
Name | Abbr. | Status | Capital | Area A-L (km²) | Population Census (C) 1990-04-01 | Population Census (C) 2000-04-01 | Population Census (C) 2010-04-01 | Population Census (C) 2020-04-01 | |||
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USA | USA | Fed Rep | Washington | 9,149,429 | 248,709,873 | 281,421,906 | 308,745,538 | 331,449,281 | |||
Kentucky | KY | FSt | Frankfort | 102,279 | 3,685,296 | 4,041,769 | 4,339,367 | 4,505,836 | 10227900 | → |
- U.S. Census Bureau (web).
Major Cities
Name | Population Census (C) 2020-04-01 | |
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1 | Louisville | 633,045 |
2 | Lexington | 322,570 |
3 | Bowling Green | 72,294 |
4 | Owensboro | 60,183 |
5 | Covington | 40,961 |
6 | Georgetown | 37,086 |
7 | Richmond | 34,585 |
8 | Florence | 31,946 |
9 | Elizabethtown | 31,394 |
10 | Hopkinsville | 31,180 |
11 | Nicholasville | 31,093 |
Contents: Cities & Places
The population of all cities and unincorporated places in Kentucky with more than 15,000 inhabitants according to census results.
Name | Status | Population Census (C) 1990-04-01 | Population Census (C) 2000-04-01 | Population Census (C) 2010-04-01 | Population Census (C) 2020-04-01 | Area | ||
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Ashland | City | 23,745 | 21,964 | 21,691 | 21,625 | 2780 | → | |
Berea | City | 10,215 | 11,096 | 13,546 | 15,539 | 4276 | → | |
Bowling Green | City | 42,287 | 49,207 | 59,405 | 72,294 | 10458 | → | |
Burlington | CDP | 6,070 | 10,779 | 15,926 | 17,318 | 2283 | → | |
Covington | City | 43,869 | 43,266 | 40,482 | 40,961 | 3418 | → | |
Danville | City | 14,445 | 15,476 | 16,206 | 17,234 | 4450 | → | |
Elizabethtown | City | 19,267 | 22,532 | 28,053 | 31,394 | 7039 | → | |
Erlanger | City | 16,001 | 16,632 | 18,138 | 19,611 | 2170 | → | |
Florence | City | 19,234 | 23,472 | 29,531 | 31,946 | 2771 | → | |
Fort Thomas | City | 15,898 | 16,525 | 16,168 | 17,438 | 1469 | → | |
Frankfort | City | 26,586 | 26,249 | 27,272 | 28,602 | 3825 | → | |
Georgetown | City | 11,915 | 18,148 | 29,137 | 37,086 | 4390 | → | |
Glasgow | City | 12,818 | 12,991 | 14,037 | 15,014 | 4107 | → | |
Henderson | City | 26,110 | 27,334 | 28,928 | 27,981 | 4173 | → | |
Hopkinsville | City | 30,138 | 30,116 | 31,975 | 31,180 | 8244 | → | |
Independence | City | 10,800 | 15,051 | 24,759 | 28,676 | 4548 | → | |
Jeffersontown | City | 23,127 | 26,505 | 27,813 | 28,474 | 2679 | → | |
Lexington (- Fayette) | UGov | 225,366 | 260,527 | 295,875 | 322,570 | 73462 | → | |
Louisville (/ Jefferson County) | UGov | 532,291 | 553,979 | 595,730 | 633,045 | 84159 | → | |
Madisonville | City | 18,997 | 19,356 | 19,831 | 19,542 | 4627 | → | |
Mount Washington | City | 5,792 | 8,361 | 13,530 | 18,090 | 2420 | → | |
Murray | City | 14,659 | 15,398 | 17,722 | 17,307 | 3017 | → | |
Newport | City | 18,823 | 16,910 | 15,439 | 14,150 | 714 | → | |
Nicholasville | City | 15,033 | 20,699 | 28,018 | 31,093 | 3778 | → | |
Owensboro | City | 53,998 | 54,331 | 57,477 | 60,183 | 5318 | → | |
Paducah | City | 27,416 | 26,231 | 25,008 | 27,137 | 5255 | → | |
Radcliff | City | 19,874 | 22,503 | 22,302 | 23,042 | 3459 | → | |
Richmond | City | 21,792 | 27,385 | 31,320 | 34,585 | 5262 | → | |
Shelbyville | City | 7,220 | 9,823 | 14,193 | 17,282 | 2282 | → | |
Shepherdsville | City | 5,512 | 7,157 | 11,144 | 14,201 | 4096 | → | |
Shively | City | 15,508 | 14,905 | 15,262 | 15,636 | 1184 | → | |
St. Matthews | City | 17,469 | 17,279 | 17,437 | 17,534 | 1135 | → | |
Winchester | City | 15,836 | 16,734 | 18,368 | 19,134 | 2368 | → |
- Latest available rebased population figures are used. In case of significant changes, they were recalculated by using census block data.
- U.S. Census Bureau (web)