Kentucky

Population Density
People per square mile, 1990:	92.8
People per square mile, 2000:	101.7

Year	Population		Year	Population		Year	Population
1790	73,677		1880	1,648,690		1970	3,220,711
1800	220,955		1890	1,858,635		1980	3,660,324
1810	406,511		1900	2,147,174		1990	3,685,296
1820	564,317		1910	2,289,905		2000	4,041,769
1830	687,917		1920	2,416,630		2010	4,265,117
1840	779,828		1930	2,614,589		2020	4,424,431
1850	982,405		1940	2,845,627		2030	4,554,998
1860	1,155,684		1950	2,944,806
1870	1,321,011		1960	3,038,156

Population By County

	Census 2000 Population	Change from 1990	Percent Change
KENTUCKY	4,041,769	356,473	9.7
Adair County	17,244	1,884	12.3
Allen County	17,800	3,172	21.7
Anderson County	19,111	4,540	31.2
Ballard County	8,286	384	4.9
Barren County	38,033	4,032	11.9
Bath County	11,085	1,393	14.4
Bell County	30,060	-1,446	-4.6
Boone County	85,991	28,402	49.3
Bourbon County	19,360	124	0.6
Boyd County	49,752	-1,398	-2.7
Boyle County	27,697	2,056	8.0
Bracken County	8,279	513	6.6
Breathitt County	16,100	397	2.5
Breckinridge County	18,648	2,336	14.3
Bullitt County	61,236	13,669	28.7
Butler County	13,010	1,765	15.7
Caldwell County	13,060	-172	-1.3
Calloway County	34,177	3,442	11.2
Campbell County	88,616	4,750	5.7
Carlisle County	5,351	113	2.2
Carroll County	10,155	863	9.3
Carter County	26,889	2,549	10.5
Casey County	15,447	1,236	8.7
Christian County	72,265	3,324	4.8
Clark County	33,144	3,648	12.4
Clay County	24,556	2,810	12.9
Clinton County	9,634	499	5.5
Crittenden County	9,384	188	2.0
Cumberland County	7,147	363	5.4
Daviess County	91,545	4,356	5.0
Edmonson County	11,644	1,287	12.4
Elliott County	6,748	293	4.5
Estill County	15,307	693	4.7
Fayette County	260,512	35,146	15.6
Fleming County	13,792	1,500	12.2
Floyd County	42,441	-1,145	-2.6
Franklin County	47,687	3,906	8.9
Fulton County	7,752	-519	-6.3
Gallatin County	7,870	2,477	45.9
Garrard County	14,792	3,213	27.7
Grant County	22,384	6,647	42.2
Graves County	37,028	3,478	10.4
Grayson County	24,053	3,003	14.3
Green County	11,518	1,147	11.1
Greenup County	36,891	149	0.4
Hancock County	8,392	528	6.7
Hardin County	94,174	4,934	5.5
Harlan County	33,202	-3,372	-9.2
Harrison County	17,983	1,735	10.7
Hart County	17,445	2,555	17.2
Henderson County	44,829	1,785	4.1
Henry County	15,060	2,237	17.4
Hickman County	5,262	-304	-5.5
Hopkins County	46,519	393	0.9
Jackson County	13,495	1,540	12.9
Jefferson County	693,604	28,667	4.3
Jessamine County	39,041	8,533	28.0
Johnson County	23,445	197	0.8
Kenton County	151,464	9,433	6.6
Knott County	17,649	-257	-1.4
Knox County	31,795	2,119	7.1
Larue County	13,373	1,694	14.5
Laurel County	52,715	9,277	21.4
Lawrence County	15,569	1,571	11.2
Lee County	7,916	494	6.7
Leslie County	12,401	-1,241	-9.1
Letcher County	25,277	-1,723	-6.4
Lewis County	14,092	1,063	8.2
Lincoln County	23,361	3,316	16.5
Livingston County	9,804	742	8.2
Logan County	26,573	2,157	8.8
Lyon County	8,080	1,456	22.0
McCracken County	65,514	2,635	4.2
McCreary County	17,080	1,477	9.5
McLean County	9,938	310	3.2
Madison County	70,872	13,364	23.2
Magoffin County	13,332	255	1.9
Marion County	18,212	1,713	10.4
Marshall County	30,125	2,920	10.7
Martin County	12,578	52	0.4
Mason County	16,800	134	0.8
Meade County	26,349	2,179	9.0
Menifee County	6,556	1,464	28.8
Mercer County	20,817	1,669	8.7
Metcalfe County	10,037	1,074	12.0
Monroe County	11,756	355	3.1
Montgomery County	22,554	2,993	15.3
Morgan County	13,948	2,300	19.7
Muhlenberg County	31,839	521	1.7
Nelson County	37,477	7,767	26.1
Nicholas County	6,813	88	1.3
Ohio County	22,916	1,811	8.6
Oldham County	46,178	12,915	38.8
Owen County	10,547	1,512	16.7
Owsley County	4,858	-178	-3.5
Pendleton County	14,390	2,354	19.6
Perry County	29,390	-893	-2.9
Pike County	68,736	-3,847	-5.3
Powell County	13,237	1,551	13.3
Pulaski County	56,217	6,728	13.6
Robertson County	2,266	142	6.7
Rockcastle County	16,582	1,779	12.0
Rowan County	22,094	1,741	8.6
Russell County	16,315	1,599	10.9
Scott County	33,061	9,194	38.5
Shelby County	33,337	8,513	34.3
Simpson County	16,405	1,260	8.3
Spencer County	11,766	4,965	73.0
Taylor County	22,927	1,781	8.4
Todd County	11,971	1,031	9.4
Trigg County	12,597	2,236	21.6
Trimble County	8,125	2,035	33.4
Union County	15,637	-920	-5.6
Warren County	92,522	15,849	20.7
Washington County	10,916	475	4.5
Wayne County	19,923	2,455	14.1
Webster County	14,120	165	1.2
Whitley County	35,865	2,539	7.6
Wolfe County	7,065	562	8.6
Woodford County	23,208	3,253	16.3

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census

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