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 March 6, 2020, the OMB delineated 8 combined statistical areas, 9 metropolitan statistical areas, and 15 micropolitan statistical areas in Kentucky.[1]

Map of the 24 core-based statistical areas in Kentucky.
An enlargeable map of the 24 core-based statistical areas in Kentucky.[1]

Statistical areas

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 "a statistical geographic entity consisting of the county or counties (or county-equivalents) associated with at least one core[a] of at least 10,000 population, 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 into metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) that have "a population of at least 50,000" and micropolitan statistical areas (μSAs) that have "a population of at least 10,000, but less than 50,000."[2]

The OMB defines a combined statistical area (CSA) as "a geographic entity consisting of two or more adjacent core-based statistical areas with employment interchange measures[b] of 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

The table below describes the 32 United States statistical areas and 120 counties of the Commonwealth of Kentucky with the following information:[3]

  1. The combined statistical area (CSA) as designated by the OMB.[1]
  2. The CSA population according to 2019 US Census Bureau population estimates.[4]
  3. The core based statistical area (CBSA)[2] as designated by the OMB.[1]
  4. The CBSA population according to 2019 US Census Bureau population estimates [4]
  5. The county name
  6. The county population according to 2019 US Census Bureau population estimates [4]
The 32 United States statistical areas and 120 counties of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Combined Statistical Area2023 PopulationCore Based Statistical Area2023 PopulationCounty2023 Population
Louisville/Jefferson County–-Elizabethtown, KY-IN CSA1,493,133

1,199,894

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN MSA1,365,557

1,091,070

Jefferson County, Kentucky772,144
Clark County, Indiana125,467
Bullitt County, Kentucky84,863
Floyd County, Indiana80,809
Oldham County, Kentucky70,183
Shelby County, Kentucky49,515
Nelson County, Kentucky47,730
Harrison County, Indiana40,006
Meade County, Kentucky30,131
Washington County, Indiana28,205
Spencer County, Kentucky20,531
Henry County, Kentucky15,973
Elizabethtown, KY MSA127,576Hardin County, Kentucky112,273
LaRue County, Kentucky15,303
Lexington-Fayette--Richmond--Frankfort, KY CSA770,951Lexington-Fayette, KY MSA520,045Fayette County, Kentucky320,154
Scott County, Kentucky60,168
Jessamine County, Kentucky55,017
Clark County, Kentucky37,304
Woodford County, Kentucky27,268
Bourbon County, Kentucky20,134
Richmond-Berea, KY μSA126,861Madison County, Kentucky96,735
Rockcastle County, Kentucky16,190
Estill County, Kentucky13,936
Frankfort, KY μSA76,257Franklin County, Kentucky51,644
Anderson County, Kentucky24,613
Mount Sterling, KY μSA47,788Montgomery County, Kentucky28,527
Bath County, Kentucky12,975
Menifee County, Kentucky6,286
Cincinnati-Wilmington, OH-KY-IN CSA2,313,417

463,166

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN MSA2,271,479

463,166

Hamilton County, Ohio827,058
Butler County, Ohio393,043
Warren County, Ohio252,148
Clermont County, Ohio211,972
Kenton County, Kentucky171,321
Boone County, Kentucky140,496
Campbell County, Kentucky93,702
Dearborn County, Indiana51,215
Brown County, Ohio43,777
Grant County, Kentucky25,619
Franklin County, Indiana23,096
Pendleton County, Kentucky14,810
Gallatin County, Kentucky8,792
Bracken County, Kentucky8,426
Ohio County, Indiana6,004
Wilmington, OH μSA41,968Clinton County, Ohio41,938
Bowling Green-Glasgow, KY CSA264,525Bowling Green, KY MSA185,682Warren County, Kentucky142,229
Allen County, Kentucky21,788
Butler County, Kentucky12,375
Edmonson County, Kentucky12,448
Glasgow, KY μSA55,224Barren County, Kentucky45,008
Metcalfe County, Kentucky10,482
Franklin, KY μSA20,195Simpson County, Kentucky20,195
Middlesborough-Corbin, KY CSA172,880Corbin, KY μSA149,563Laurel County, Kentucky63,296
Whitley County, Kentucky36,825
Knox County, Kentucky29,794
Clay County, Kentucky19,648
Middlesborough, KY μSA23,317Bell County, Kentucky23,317
Paducah-Mayfield, KY-IL CSA138,728

125,067

Paducah, KY-IL MSA102,226

88,606

McCracken County, Kentucky67,428
Massac County, Illinois13,661
Livingston County, Kentucky8,892
Ballard County, Kentucky7,582
Carlisle County, Kentucky4,704
Mayfield, KY μSA36,461Graves County, Kentucky36,461
noneOwensboro, KY MSA112,512Daviess County, Kentucky103,458
McLean County, Kentucky9,054
Charleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY CSA643,394

108,613

Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MSA368,261

108,613

Cabell County, West Virginia92,082
Putnam County, West Virginia56,962
Lawrence County, Ohio56,118
Boyd County, Kentucky47,826
Wayne County, West Virginia37,686
Greenup County, Kentucky35,221
Carter County, Kentucky26,366
Lawrence County, Kentucky16,000
Charleston, WV MSA203,164Kanawha County, West Virginia174,805
Boone County, West Virginia20,576
Clay County, West Virginia7,783
Portsmouth, OH μSA71,969Scioto County, Ohio71,969
noneClarksville, TN-KY MSA340,495

86,401

Montgomery County, Tennessee239,872
Christian County, Kentucky72,032
Trigg County, Kentucky14,369
Stewart County, Tennessee14,222
Somerset, KY μSA66,191Pulaski County, Kentucky66,191
Evansville-Henderson, IN-KY CSA327,562

56,845

Henderson, KY μSA56,845Henderson County, Kentucky44,119
Webster County, Kentucky12,726
Evansville, IN MSA270,717Vanderburgh County, Indiana179,810
Warrick County, Indiana65,867
Posey County, Indiana25,040
noneDanville, KY μSA55,764Boyle County, Kentucky30,988
Lincoln County, Kentucky24,776
Madisonville, KY μSA44,686Hopkins County, Kentucky44,929
Murray, KY μSA39,001Calloway County, Kentucky38,280
Campbellsville, KY μSA37,911Taylor County, Kentucky26,443
Green County, Kentucky11,468
Pikeville, KY μSA90,396Pike County, Kentucky55,973
Floyd County, Kentucky34,423
none
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky30,568
Hancock County, Kentucky8,920
Marshall County, Kentucky31,744
Logan County, Kentucky28,283
Grayson County, Kentucky26,427
Harlan County, Kentucky26,825
Perry County, Kentucky27,133
Rowan County, Kentucky24,409
Ohio County, Kentucky23,626
Johnson County, Kentucky22,116
Mercer County, Kentucky23,097
Letcher County, Kentucky20,423
Breckinridge County, Kentucky21,124
Wayne County, Kentucky19,580
Marion County, Kentucky19,834
Adair County, Kentucky19,264
Hart County, Kentucky19,724
Harrison County, Kentucky19,415
Russell County, Kentucky18,279
Garrard County, Kentucky17,829
McCreary County, Kentucky17,050
Casey County, Kentucky15,918
Knott County, Kentucky13,659
Fleming County, Kentucky15,442
Union County, Kentucky13,106
Jackson County, Kentucky13,104
Morgan County, Kentucky14,283
Lewis County, Kentucky12,973
Caldwell County, Kentucky12,551
Breathitt County, Kentucky12,953
Powell County, Kentucky12,972
Todd County, Kentucky12,494
Magoffin County, Kentucky11,228
Washington County, Kentucky12,267
Martin County, Kentucky10,928
Owen County, Kentucky11,313
Monroe County, Kentucky11,306
Carroll County, Kentucky10,987
Clinton County, Kentucky9,148
Leslie County, Kentucky9,864
Crittenden County, Kentucky8,974
Trimble County, Kentucky8,607
Lyon County, Kentucky9,187
Elliott County, Kentucky7,245
Lee County, Kentucky7,293
Nicholas County, Kentucky7,686
Wolfe County, Kentucky6,282
Cumberland County, Kentucky6,000
Fulton County, Kentucky6,338
Owsley County, Kentucky4,001
Hickman County, Kentucky4,447
Robertson County, Kentucky2,313
Commonwealth of Kentucky4,485,102

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