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 471,903 Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY MSA 86,418 Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY MSA 156,766 Evansville, IN-KY MSA 59,871 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MSA 109,960 Lexington-Fayette, KY MSA 517,846 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN MSA 1,126,442 Owensboro, KY MSA 121,227
The following table describes these areas with the following information: The name of the county The population of the county as of July 1, 2009, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau The county population as of April 1, 2000, as counted by the United States Census 2000, and The percent county population change from April 1, 2000, to July 1, 2009, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau.
Bowling Green, KY MSA
+ Bowling Green, KY MSA2009 Population Estimates for Kentucky's MSAs 2009 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. March 23, 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-07 County 2009 Pop 2000 Pop Change Edmonson County, Kentucky Warren County, Kentucky Total
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN MSA
+ Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN MSA County 2009 Pop 2000 Pop Change Hamilton County, OhioAn out of state area is displayed in orange Butler County, Ohio Warren County, Ohio Clermont County, Ohio Kenton County, Kentucky Boone County, Kentucky Campbell County, Kentucky Dearborn County, Indiana Brown County, Ohio Grant County, Kentucky Franklin County, Indiana Pendleton County, Kentucky Bracken County, Kentucky Gallatin County, Kentucky Ohio County, Indiana Kentucky Total Total
Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY MSA
+ Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY MSA County 2009 Pop 2000 Pop Change Montgomery County, Tennessee Christian County, Kentucky Trigg County, Kentucky Stewart County, Tennessee Kentucky Total Total
Elizabethtown, KY MSA
+ Elizabethtown, KY MSA County 2009 Pop 2000 Pop Change Hardin County, Kentucky LaRue County, Kentucky Total
Evansville, IN-KY MSA
+ Evansville, IN-KY MSA County 2009 Pop 2000 Pop Change Vanderburgh County, Indiana Warrick County, Indiana Henderson County, Kentucky Gibson County, Indiana Posey County, Indiana Webster County, Kentucky Kentucky Total Total
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MSA
+ Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MSA County 2009 Pop 2000 Pop Change Cabell County, West Virginia Lawrence County, Ohio Boyd County, Kentucky Wayne County, West Virginia Greenup County, Kentucky Kentucky Total Total
Lexington-Fayette, KY MSA
+ Lexington-Fayette, KY MSA County 2009 Pop 2000 Pop Change Fayette County, Kentucky Jessamine County, Kentucky Scott County, Kentucky Clark County, Kentucky Woodford County, Kentucky Bourbon County, Kentucky Total
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN MSA
+ Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN MSA County 2009 Pop 2000 Pop Change Jefferson County, Kentucky Clark County, Indiana Bullitt County, Kentucky Floyd County, Indiana Oldham County, Kentucky Nelson County, Kentucky Shelby County, Kentucky Harrison County, Indiana Washington County, Indiana Meade County, Kentucky Spencer County, Kentucky Henry County, Kentucky Trimble County, Kentucky Kentucky Total Total
Owensboro, KY MSA
+ Owensboro, KY MSA County 2009 Pop 2000 Pop Change Daviess County, Kentucky McLean County, Kentucky Hancock County, Kentucky Total
References
See also
State of Kentucky Demographics of Kentucky Geography of Kentucky United States United States Census Bureau Table of United States Combined Statistical Areas (CSA) Table of United States Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSA) Table of United States Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) Table of United States Micropolitan Statistical Areas (μSA) Table of United States primary census statistical areas (PCSA)