List of metropolitan areas of Kentucky

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The metropolitan areas of the Commonwealth of Kentucky include the urban statistical areas that are defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget and regions of urban population in which are defined by other organizations.

Metropolitan statistical areas

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The following tables list population figures for the metropolitan statistical areas of Kentucky, in rank of population.


Metropolitan area 2021 Population
Bowling Green, KY MSA 182,594
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN MSA 471,903a
Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY MSA 86,418a
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY MSA 156,766
Evansville, IN-KY MSA 59,871a
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MSA 109,960a
Lexington-Fayette, KY MSA 517,846
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN MSA 1,126,442a
Owensboro, KY MSA 121,227
  • aOnly Kentucky portion of MSA population shown


The following table describes these areas with the following information:

  1. The name of the county
  2. The population of the county as of July 1, 2009, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau[1]
  3. The county population as of April 1, 2000, as counted by the United States Census 2000,[1] and
  4. The percent county population change from April 1, 2000, to July 1, 2009, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau.[1]
Bowling Green, third largest city and metropolitan area

Bowling Green, KY MSA

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Bowling Green, KY MSA[2]
County  2009 Pop   2000 Pop   Change 
Edmonson County, Kentucky 11,926 11,644 +2.42%
Warren County, Kentucky 108,669 92,552 +17.41%
Total 120,595 104,166 +15.77%

Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN MSA

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Covington, Kentucky
Covington
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN MSA[2]
County  2009 Pop   2000 Pop   Change 
Hamilton County, Ohio[3] 855,062 845,303 +1.15%
Butler County, Ohio 363,184 332,807 +9.13%
Warren County, Ohio 210,712 158,383 +33.04%
Clermont County, Ohio 196,364 177,977 +10.33%
Kenton County, Kentucky 158,729 151,464 +4.80%
Boone County, Kentucky 118,576 85,991 +37.89%
Campbell County, Kentucky 88,423 88,616 −0.22%
Dearborn County, Indiana 50,502 46,109 +9.53%
Brown County, Ohio 44,003 42,285 +4.06%
Grant County, Kentucky 25,542 22,384 +14.11%
Franklin County, Indiana 23,148 22,151 +4.50%
Pendleton County, Kentucky 14,887 14,390 +3.45%
Bracken County, Kentucky 8,653 8,279 +4.52%
Gallatin County, Kentucky 8,202 7,870 +4.22%
Ohio County, Indiana 5,909 5,623 +5.09%
Kentucky Total 423,012 378,994 +11.61%
Total 2,171,896 2,009,632 +8.07%

Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY MSA

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Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY MSA[2]
County  2009 Pop   2000 Pop   Change 
Montgomery County, Tennessee 160,978 134,768 +19.45%
Christian County, Kentucky 80,938 72,265 +12.00%
Trigg County, Kentucky 13,290 12,597 +5.50%
Stewart County, Tennessee 13,340 12,370 +7.84%
Kentucky Total 94,228 84,862 +11.04%
Total 268,546 232,000 +15.75%

Elizabethtown, KY MSA

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Elizabethtown, KY MSA[2]
County  2009 Pop   2000 Pop   Change 
Hardin County, Kentucky 99,770 94,174 +5.94%
LaRue County, Kentucky 13,663 13,373 +2.17%
Total 113,443 107,547 +5.48%

Evansville, IN-KY MSA

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Evansville, IN-KY MSA[2]
County  2009 Pop   2000 Pop   Change 
Vanderburgh County, Indiana 175,434 171,922 +2.04%
Warrick County, Indiana 58,521 52,383 +11.72%
Henderson County, Kentucky 45,496 44,829 +1.49%
Gibson County, Indiana 32,750 32,500 +0.77%
Posey County, Indiana 26,004 27,061 −3.91%
Webster County, Kentucky 13,706 14,120 −2.93%
Kentucky Total 59,202 58,949 +0.43%
Total 351,911 342,815 +2.65%

Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MSA

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Ashland
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MSA[2]
County  2009 Pop   2000 Pop   Change 
Cabell County, West Virginia 95,214 96,784 −1.62%
Lawrence County, Ohio 62,774 62,319 +0.73%
Boyd County, Kentucky 48,527 49,752 −2.46%
Wayne County, West Virginia 41,119 42,903 −4.16%
Greenup County, Kentucky 38,020 36,891 +3.06%
Kentucky Total 86,549 86,643 −0.11%
Total 285,624 288,649 −1.05%

Lexington-Fayette, KY MSA

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Lexington, second largest city and metropolitan area
Lexington-Fayette, KY MSA[2]
County  2009 Pop   2000 Pop   Change 
Fayette County, Kentucky 296,545 260,512 +13.83%
Jessamine County, Kentucky 47,589 39,041 +21.89%
Scott County, Kentucky 45,841 33,061 +38.66%
Clark County, Kentucky 36,159 33,061 +9.37%
Woodford County, Kentucky 24,986 23,208 +7.66%
Bourbon County, Kentucky 19,729 19,360 +1.91%
Total 470,849 408,326 +15.31%

Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN MSA

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Louisville, largest city and metropolitan area
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN MSA[2]
County  2009 Pop   2000 Pop   Change 
Jefferson County, Kentucky 721,594 693,604 +4.04%
Clark County, Indiana 108,634 96,472 +12.61%
Bullitt County, Kentucky 75,653 61,236 +23.54%
Floyd County, Indiana 74,426 70,823 +5.09%
Oldham County, Kentucky 58,095 46,178 +25.81%
Nelson County, Kentucky 43,550 37,477 +16.20%
Shelby County, Kentucky 42,078 33,337 +26.22%
Harrison County, Indiana 37,562 34,325 +9.43%
Washington County, Indiana 27,729 27,223 +1.86%
Meade County, Kentucky 26,501 26,349 +0.58%
Spencer County, Kentucky 17,737 11,766 +50.75%
Henry County, Kentucky 16,060 15,060 +6.64%
Trimble County, Kentucky 8,958 8,125 +10.25%
Kentucky Total 1,010,226 933,132 +8.26%
Total 1,258,577 1,161,975 +8.31%

Owensboro, KY MSA

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Owensboro
Owensboro, KY MSA[2]
County  2009 Pop   2000 Pop   Change 
Daviess County, Kentucky 95,394 91,545 +4.20%
McLean County, Kentucky 9,607 9,938 −3.33%
Hancock County, Kentucky 8,635 8,392 +2.90%
Total 113,636 109,875 +3.42%

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Annual County Population Estimates and Estimated Components of Change: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009" (CSV). 2009 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. March 23, 2010. Retrieved March 26, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i 2009 Population Estimates for Kentucky's MSAs Archived 2010-07-17 at the Wayback Machine 2009 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. March 23, 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-07
  3. ^ An out of state area is displayed in orange

See also

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