List of metropolitan areas of Kentucky

An enlargeable map of the 120 counties of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

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

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

Bowling Green, KY MSA[2]
County  2009 Pop   2000 Pop   Change 
Edmonson County, Kentucky 11,92611,644+2.42%
Warren County, Kentucky 108,66992,552+17.41%
Total 120,595104,166+15.77%

Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN MSA

Covington, Kentucky
Covington
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN MSA[2]
County  2009 Pop   2000 Pop   Change 
Hamilton County, Ohio[3] 855,062845,303+1.15%
Butler County, Ohio 363,184332,807+9.13%
Warren County, Ohio 210,712158,383+33.04%
Clermont County, Ohio 196,364177,977+10.33%
Kenton County, Kentucky 158,729151,464+4.80%
Boone County, Kentucky 118,57685,991+37.89%
Campbell County, Kentucky 88,42388,616−0.22%
Dearborn County, Indiana 50,50246,109+9.53%
Brown County, Ohio 44,00342,285+4.06%
Grant County, Kentucky 25,54222,384+14.11%
Franklin County, Indiana 23,14822,151+4.50%
Pendleton County, Kentucky 14,88714,390+3.45%
Bracken County, Kentucky 8,6538,279+4.52%
Gallatin County, Kentucky 8,2027,870+4.22%
Ohio County, Indiana 5,9095,623+5.09%
Kentucky Total 423,012378,994+11.61%
Total 2,171,8962,009,632+8.07%

Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY MSA

Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY MSA[2]
County  2009 Pop   2000 Pop   Change 
Montgomery County, Tennessee 160,978134,768+19.45%
Christian County, Kentucky 80,93872,265+12.00%
Trigg County, Kentucky 13,29012,597+5.50%
Stewart County, Tennessee 13,34012,370+7.84%
Kentucky Total 94,22884,862+11.04%
Total 268,546232,000+15.75%

Elizabethtown, KY MSA

Elizabethtown, KY MSA[2]
County  2009 Pop   2000 Pop   Change 
Hardin County, Kentucky 99,77094,174+5.94%
LaRue County, Kentucky 13,66313,373+2.17%
Total 113,443107,547+5.48%

Evansville, IN-KY MSA

Evansville, IN-KY MSA[2]
County  2009 Pop   2000 Pop   Change 
Vanderburgh County, Indiana 175,434171,922+2.04%
Warrick County, Indiana 58,52152,383+11.72%
Henderson County, Kentucky 45,49644,829+1.49%
Gibson County, Indiana 32,75032,500+0.77%
Posey County, Indiana 26,00427,061−3.91%
Webster County, Kentucky 13,70614,120−2.93%
Kentucky Total 59,20258,949+0.43%
Total 351,911342,815+2.65%

Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MSA

Ashland
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MSA[2]
County  2009 Pop   2000 Pop   Change 
Cabell County, West Virginia 95,21496,784−1.62%
Lawrence County, Ohio 62,77462,319+0.73%
Boyd County, Kentucky 48,52749,752−2.46%
Wayne County, West Virginia 41,11942,903−4.16%
Greenup County, Kentucky 38,02036,891+3.06%
Kentucky Total 86,54986,643−0.11%
Total 285,624288,649−1.05%

Lexington-Fayette, KY MSA

Lexington, second largest city and metropolitan area
Lexington-Fayette, KY MSA[2]
County  2009 Pop   2000 Pop   Change 
Fayette County, Kentucky 296,545260,512+13.83%
Jessamine County, Kentucky 47,58939,041+21.89%
Scott County, Kentucky 45,84133,061+38.66%
Clark County, Kentucky 36,15933,061+9.37%
Woodford County, Kentucky 24,98623,208+7.66%
Bourbon County, Kentucky 19,72919,360+1.91%
Total 470,849408,326+15.31%

Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN MSA

Louisville, largest city and metropolitan area
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN MSA[2]
County  2009 Pop   2000 Pop   Change 
Jefferson County, Kentucky 721,594693,604+4.04%
Clark County, Indiana 108,63496,472+12.61%
Bullitt County, Kentucky 75,65361,236+23.54%
Floyd County, Indiana 74,42670,823+5.09%
Oldham County, Kentucky 58,09546,178+25.81%
Nelson County, Kentucky 43,55037,477+16.20%
Shelby County, Kentucky 42,07833,337+26.22%
Harrison County, Indiana 37,56234,325+9.43%
Washington County, Indiana 27,72927,223+1.86%
Meade County, Kentucky 26,50126,349+0.58%
Spencer County, Kentucky 17,73711,766+50.75%
Henry County, Kentucky 16,06015,060+6.64%
Trimble County, Kentucky 8,9588,125+10.25%
Kentucky Total 1,010,226933,132+8.26%
Total 1,258,5771,161,975+8.31%

Owensboro, KY MSA

Owensboro
Owensboro, KY MSA[2]
County  2009 Pop   2000 Pop   Change 
Daviess County, Kentucky 95,39491,545+4.20%
McLean County, Kentucky 9,6079,938−3.33%
Hancock County, Kentucky 8,6358,392+2.90%
Total 113,636109,875+3.42%

References

  1. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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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