Kentucky statistical areas

The United States Commonwealth of Kentucky currently has 32 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated 8 combined statistical areas, 9 metropolitan statistical areas, and 15 micropolitan statistical areas in Kentucky.[1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Louisville-Jefferson County--Elizabethtown, KY-IN CSA, comprising greater Louisville, Kentucky's largest city.

Background

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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico.[2] These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.

The OMB defines a core-based statistical area (commonly referred to as a CBSA) as the county or counties (or county-equivalents) surrounding at least one densely-settled core of at least 10,000 population,[2] "plus adjacent counties having a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured through commuting ties with the counties containing the core".[2] The OMB further divides core-based statistical areas based on population into metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) for those with at least 50,000 and micropolitan statistical areas (μSAs) for those with 10,000 to 49,999 people.[2]

The OMB defines a combined statistical area (CSA) as two or more adjacent core-based statistical areas where the employment interchange rate (% commuting from A to B plus % commuting from B to A) is at least 15%.[2] The primary statistical areas (PSAs) include all combined statistical areas and any core-based statistical area that is not a constituent of a combined statistical area.

Table

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The 32 United States statistical areas and 120 counties of the Commonwealth of Kentucky[a]

Combined statistical area[1] 2023 population (est.)[3] Core-based statistical area[1] 2023 population (est.)[3] County 2023 population (est.)[3]
Louisville/Jefferson County–-Elizabethtown, KY-IN CSA 1,493,133
1,218,646 (KY)
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN MSA 1,365,557
1,091,070 (KY)
Jefferson County, Kentucky 772,144
Clark County, Indiana 125,467
Bullitt County, Kentucky 84,863
Floyd County, Indiana 80,809
Oldham County, Kentucky 70,183
Shelby County, Kentucky 49,515
Nelson County, Kentucky 47,730
Harrison County, Indiana 40,006
Meade County, Kentucky 30,131
Washington County, Indiana 28,205
Spencer County, Kentucky 20,531
Henry County, Kentucky 15,973
Elizabethtown, KY MSA 127,576 Hardin County, Kentucky 112,273
LaRue County, Kentucky 15,303
Lexington-Fayette--Richmond--Frankfort, KY CSA 770,951 Lexington-Fayette, KY MSA 520,045 Fayette County, Kentucky 320,154
Scott County, Kentucky 60,168
Jessamine County, Kentucky 55,017
Clark County, Kentucky 37,304
Woodford County, Kentucky 27,268
Bourbon County, Kentucky 20,134
Richmond-Berea, KY μSA 126,861 Madison County, Kentucky 96,735
Rockcastle County, Kentucky 16,190
Estill County, Kentucky 13,936
Frankfort, KY μSA 76,257 Franklin County, Kentucky 51,644
Anderson County, Kentucky 24,613
Mount Sterling, KY μSA 47,788 Montgomery County, Kentucky 28,527
Bath County, Kentucky 12,975
Menifee County, Kentucky 6,286
Cincinnati-Wilmington, OH-KY-IN CSA 2,313,417
463,166 (KY)
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN MSA 2,271,479
463,166 (KY)
Hamilton County, Ohio 827,058
Butler County, Ohio 393,043
Warren County, Ohio 252,148
Clermont County, Ohio 211,972
Kenton County, Kentucky 171,321
Boone County, Kentucky 140,496
Campbell County, Kentucky 93,702
Dearborn County, Indiana 51,215
Brown County, Ohio 43,777
Grant County, Kentucky 25,619
Franklin County, Indiana 23,096
Pendleton County, Kentucky 14,810
Gallatin County, Kentucky 8,792
Bracken County, Kentucky 8,426
Ohio County, Indiana 6,004
Wilmington, OH μSA 41,938 Clinton County, Ohio 41,938
Bowling Green-Glasgow, KY CSA 264,525 Bowling Green, KY MSA 188,840 Warren County, Kentucky 142,229
Allen County, Kentucky 21,788
Edmonson County, Kentucky 12,448
Butler County, Kentucky 12,375
Glasgow, KY μSA 55,490 Barren County, Kentucky 45,008
Metcalfe County, Kentucky 10,482
Franklin, KY μSA 20,195 Simpson County, Kentucky 20,195
Middlesborough-Corbin, KY CSA 172,880 Corbin, KY μSA 149,563 Laurel County, Kentucky 63,296
Whitley County, Kentucky 36,825
Knox County, Kentucky 29,794
Clay County, Kentucky 19,648
Middlesborough, KY μSA 23,317 Bell County, Kentucky 23,317
Charleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY CSA 643,394
125,413 (KY)
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MSA 368,261
125,413 (KY)
Cabell County, West Virginia 92,082
Putnam County, West Virginia 56,962
Lawrence County, Ohio 56,118
Boyd County, Kentucky 47,826
Wayne County, West Virginia 37,686
Greenup County, Kentucky 35,221
Carter County, Kentucky 26,366
Lawrence County, Kentucky 16,000
Charleston, WV MSA 203,164 Kanawha County, West Virginia 174,805
Boone County, West Virginia 20,576
Clay County, West Virginia 7,783
Portsmouth, OH μSA 71,969 Scioto County, Ohio 71,969
Paducah-Mayfield, KY-IL CSA 138,728
125,067 (KY)
Paducah, KY-IL MSA 102,226
88,606 (KY)
McCracken County, Kentucky 67,428
Massac County, Illinois 13,661
Livingston County, Kentucky 8,892
Ballard County, Kentucky 7,582
Carlisle County, Kentucky 4,704
Mayfield, KY μSA 36,461 Graves County, Kentucky 36,461
none Owensboro, KY MSA 112,512 Daviess County, Kentucky 103,458
McLean County, Kentucky 9,054
Pikeville, KY μSA 90,396 Pike County, Kentucky 55,973
Floyd County, Kentucky 34,423
Clarksville, TN-KY MSA 340,495
86,401 (KY)
Montgomery County, Tennessee 239,872
Christian County, Kentucky 72,032
Trigg County, Kentucky 14,369
Stewart County, Tennessee 14,222
Somerset, KY μSA 66,191 Pulaski County, Kentucky 66,191
Evansville-Henderson, IN-KY CSA 327,562
56,845 (KY)
Evansville, IN MSA 270,717 Vanderburgh County, Indiana 179,810
Warrick County, Indiana 65,867
Posey County, Indiana 25,040
Henderson, KY μSA 56,845 Henderson County, Kentucky 44,119
Webster County, Kentucky 12,726
none Danville, KY μSA 55,764 Boyle County, Kentucky 30,988
Lincoln County, Kentucky 24,776
Madisonville, KY μSA 44,929 Hopkins County, Kentucky 44,929
Murray, KY μSA 38,280 Calloway County, Kentucky 38,280
Campbellsville, KY μSA 37,911 Taylor County, Kentucky 26,443
Green County, Kentucky 11,468
none Marshall County, Kentucky 31,744
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky 30,568
Logan County, Kentucky 28,283
Perry County, Kentucky 27,133
Grayson County, Kentucky 26,427
Harlan County, Kentucky 26,825
Rowan County, Kentucky 24,409
Ohio County, Kentucky 23,626
Mercer County, Kentucky 23,097
Johnson County, Kentucky 22,116
Breckinridge County, Kentucky 21,124
Letcher County, Kentucky 20,423
Marion County, Kentucky 19,834
Hart County, Kentucky 19,724
Wayne County, Kentucky 19,580
Harrison County, Kentucky 19,415
Adair County, Kentucky 19,264
Russell County, Kentucky 18,279
Garrard County, Kentucky 17,829
McCreary County, Kentucky 17,050
Mason County, Kentucky 16,841
Casey County, Kentucky 15,918
Fleming County, Kentucky 15,442
Morgan County, Kentucky 14,283
Knott County, Kentucky 13,659
Union County, Kentucky 13,106
Jackson County, Kentucky 13,104
Lewis County, Kentucky 12,973
Powell County, Kentucky 12,972
Breathitt County, Kentucky 12,953
Caldwell County, Kentucky 12,551
Todd County, Kentucky 12,494
Washington County, Kentucky 12,267
Owen County, Kentucky 11,313
Monroe County, Kentucky 11,306
Magoffin County, Kentucky 11,228
Carroll County, Kentucky 10,987
Martin County, Kentucky 10,928
Leslie County, Kentucky 9,864
Lyon County, Kentucky 9,187
Clinton County, Kentucky 9,148
Crittenden County, Kentucky 8,974
Hancock County, Kentucky 8,920
Trimble County, Kentucky 8,607
Nicholas County, Kentucky 7,686
Lee County, Kentucky 7,293
Elliott County, Kentucky 7,245
Fulton County, Kentucky 6,338
Wolfe County, Kentucky 6,282
Cumberland County, Kentucky 6,000
Hickman County, Kentucky 4,447
Owsley County, Kentucky 4,001
Robertson County, Kentucky 2,313
Commonwealth of Kentucky 4,526,154

Primary statistical areas

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Primary statistical areas (PSAs) include all combined statistical areas and any core-based statistical area that is not a constituent of a combined statistical area. Of the 32 statistical areas of Kentucky, 16 are PSAs comprising eight combined statistical areas, two metropolitan statistical areas and six micropolitan statistical areas.

The 16 primary statistical areas of the Commonwealth of Kentucky[b]

2020 rank Primary statistical area[1] Population
2023 estimate[3] Change 2020 Census[4] Change 2010 Census[5]
1 Louisville/Jefferson County--Elizabethtown, KY-IN CSA (KY) 1,218,646 +0.03% 1,218,336 +6.68% 1,142,057
2 Lexington-Fayette--Richmond--Frankfort, KY CSA 770,951 +1.16% 762,082 +10.77% 687,962
3 Cincinnati-Wilmington, OH-KY-IN CSA (KY) 463,166 +1.84% 454,783 +6.89% 425,483
4 Bowling Green-Glasgow-Franklin, KY CSA 264,525 +4.14% 254,004 +11.31% 228,198
5 Middlesborough-Corbin, KY CSA 172,880 −0.62% 173,960 −1.60% 176,790
6 Charleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY CSA (KY) 125,413 −1.36% 127,143 −2.22% 130,032
7 Paducah-Mayfield, KY-IL CSA (KY) 125,067 −0.71% 125,966 +0.32% 125,558
8 Owensboro, KY MSA 112,512 +0.04% 112,464 +5.91% 106,187
9 Pikeville, KY μSA 90,396 −4.46% 94,611 −9.44% 104,475
10 Clarksville, TN-KY MSA (KY) 86,401 −0.58% 86,909 −1.57% 88,294
11 Somerset, KY μSA 66,191 +1.78% 65,034 +3.08% 63,093
12 Evansville-Henderson, IN-KY CSA (KY) 56,845 −1.67% 57,810 −3.44% 59,871
13 Danville, KY μSA 55,764 +1.59% 54,889 +3.23% 53,174
14 Madisonville, KY μSA 44,929 −1.09% 45,423 −3.19% 46,920
15 Campbellsville, KY μSA 37,911 +2.10% 37,130 +3.80% 35,770
16 Murray, KY μSA 38,280 +3.17% 37,103 −0.24% 37,191
Louisville/Jefferson County--Elizabethtown, KY-IN CSA 1,493,133 +0.36% 1,487,749 +6.69% 1,394,493
Cincinnati-Wilmington, OH-KY-IN CSA 2,313,417 +0.94% 2,291,815 +5.51% 2,172,191
Charleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY CSA 643,394 −2.63% 660,768 −4.70% 693,345
Paducah-Mayfield, KY-IL CSA 138,728 −1.00% 140,135 −0.60% 140,987
Clarksville, TN-KY CSA 340,495 +6.23% 320,535 +17.01% 273,949
Evansville-Henderson, IN-KY CSA 327,562 +0.15% 327,066 +0.58% 325,173

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ An out-of-state area and its population are displayed in green. An area that extends into more than one state is displayed in purple. A purple population number over a black population number show the total population versus the in-state population. The state's abbreviation is also shown next to the in-state total.
  2. ^ For PSAs comprising populations from multiple states, they are listed twice to show both their intrastate population within that PSA as well as the PSA's total population. Only the intrastate population is ranked.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas (July 21, 2023). "0MB BULLETIN NO. 23-01" (PDF). Office of Management and Budget. Retrieved October 23, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b c d e "2020 Standards for Delineating Core Based Statistical Areas". Office of Management and Budget. July 16, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d "County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2023". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. March 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  4. ^ "PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS". U.S. Census Bureau. 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  5. ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019". U.S. Census Bureau. 2019. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
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37°32′05″N 85°18′08″W / 37.5347°N 85.3021°W / 37.5347; -85.3021 (Commonwealth of Kentucky)