Population Change In Kentucky's 120 Counties
1960-2000
2000 1990 1980 1970 1960 1990-2000 1980-2000 1970-2000 1960-2000
COUNTY Census Census Census Census Census CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE
KENTUCKY 4,041,769 3,685,296 3,660,777 3,218,706 3,038,156 9.7% 10.4% 25.6% 33.0%
Adair 17,244 15,360 15,233 13,037 14,699 12.3% 13.2% 32.3% 17.3%
Allen 17,800 14,628 14,128 12,598 12,269 21.7% 26.0% 41.3% 45.1%
Anderson 19,111 14,571 12,567 9,358 8,618 31.2% 52.1% 104.2% 121.8%
Ballard 8,286 7,902 8,798 8,276 8,291 4.9% -5.8% 0.1% -0.1%
Barren 38,033 34,001 34,009 28,677 28,303 11.9% 11.8% 32.6% 34.4%
Bath 11,085 9,692 10,025 9,235 9,114 14.4% 10.6% 20.0% 21.6%
Bell 30,060 31,506 34,330 31,087 35,336 -4.6% -12.4% -3.3% -14.9%
Boone 85,991 57,589 45,842 32,812 21,940 49.3% 87.6% 162.1% 291.9%
Bourbon 19,360 19,236 19,405 18,476 18,178 0.6% -0.2% 4.8% 6.5%
Boyd 49,752 51,150 55,513 52,376 52,163 -2.7% -10.4% -5.0% -4.6%
Boyle 27,697 25,641 25,066 21,090 21,257 8.0% 10.5% 31.3% 30.3%
Bracken 8,279 7,766 7,738 7,227 7,422 6.6% 7.0% 14.6% 11.5%
Breathitt 16,100 15,703 17,004 14,221 15,490 2.5% -5.3% 13.2% 3.9%
Breckinridge 18,648 16,312 16,861 14,789 14,734 14.3% 10.6% 26.1% 26.6%
Bullitt 61,236 47,567 43,346 26,090 15,726 28.7% 41.3% 134.7% 289.4%
Butler 13,010 11,245 11,064 9,723 9,586 15.7% 17.6% 33.8% 35.7%
Caldwell 13,060 13,232 13,473 13,179 13,073 -1.3% -3.1% -0.9% -0.1%
Calloway 34,177 30,735 30,031 27,692 20,972 11.2% 13.8% 23.4% 63.0%
Campbell 88,616 83,866 83,317 88,501 86,803 5.7% 6.4% 0.1% 2.1%
Carlisle 5,351 5,238 5,487 5,354 5,608 2.2% -2.5% -0.1% -4.6%
Carroll 10,155 9,292 9,270 8,523 7,978 9.3% 9.5% 19.1% 27.3%
Carter 26,889 24,340 25,060 19,850 20,817 10.5% 7.3% 35.5% 29.2%
Casey 15,447 14,211 14,818 12,930 14,327 8.7% 4.2% 19.5% 7.8%
Christian 72,265 68,941 66,878 56,224 56,904 4.8% 8.1% 28.5% 27.0%
Clark 33,144 29,496 28,322 24,090 21,075 12.4% 17.0% 37.6% 57.3%
Clay 24,556 21,746 22,752 18,481 20,748 12.9% 7.9% 32.9% 18.4%
Clinton 9,634 9,135 9,321 8,174 8,886 5.5% 3.4% 17.9% 8.4%
Crittenden 9,384 9,196 9,207 8,493 8,648 2.0% 1.9% 10.5% 8.5%
Cumberland 7,147 6,784 7,289 6,850 7,835 5.4% -1.9% 4.3% -8.8%
Daviess 91,545 87,189 85,949 79,486 70,588 5.0% 6.5% 15.2% 29.7%
Edmonson 11,644 10,357 9,962 8,751 8,085 12.4% 16.9% 33.1% 44.0%
Elliott 6,748 6,455 6,908 5,933 6,330 4.5% -2.3% 13.7% 6.6%
Estill 15,307 14,614 14,495 12,752 12,466 4.7% 5.6% 20.0% 22.8%
Fayette 260,512 225,366 204,165 174,323 131,906 15.6% 27.6% 49.4% 97.5%
Fleming 13,792 12,292 12,323 11,366 10,890 12.2% 11.9% 21.3% 26.6%
Floyd 42,441 43,586 48,764 35,889 41,642 -2.6% -13.0% 18.3% 1.9%
Franklin 47,687 43,781 41,830 34,481 29,421 8.9% 14.0% 38.3% 62.1%
Fulton 7,752 8,271 8,971 10,183 11,256 -6.3% -13.6% -23.9% -31.1%
Gallatin 7,870 5,393 4,842 4,134 3,867 45.9% 62.5% 90.4% 103.5%
Garrard 14,792 11,579 10,853 9,457 9,747 27.7% 36.3% 56.4% 51.8%
Grant 22,384 15,737 13,308 9,999 9,489 42.2% 68.2% 123.9% 135.9%
Graves 37,028 33,550 34,049 30,939 30,021 10.4% 8.7% 19.7% 23.3%
Grayson 24,053 21,050 20,854 16,445 15,834 14.3% 15.3% 46.3% 51.9%
Green 11,518 10,371 11,043 10,350 11,249 11.1% 4.3% 11.3% 2.4%
Greenup 36,891 36,742 39,132 33,192 29,238 0.4% -5.7% 11.1% 26.2%
Hancock 8,392 7,864 7,742 7,080 5,330 6.7% 8.4% 18.5% 57.4%
Hardin 94,174 89,240 88,917 78,421 67,789 5.5% 5.9% 20.1% 38.9%
Harlan 33,202 36,574 41,889 37,370 51,107 -9.2% -20.7% -11.2% -35.0%
Harrison 17,983 16,248 15,166 14,158 13,704 10.7% 18.6% 27.0% 31.2%
Hart 17,445 14,890 15,402 13,980 14,119 17.2% 13.3% 24.8% 23.6%
Henderson 44,829 43,044 40,849 36,031 33,519 4.1% 9.7% 24.4% 33.7%
Henry 15,060 12,823 12,740 10,910 10,987 17.4% 18.2% 38.0% 37.1%
Hickman 5,262 5,566 6,065 6,264 6,747 -5.5% -13.2% -16.0% -22.0%
Hopkins 46,519 46,126 46,174 38,167 38,458 0.9% 0.7% 21.9% 21.0%
Jackson 13,495 11,955 11,996 10,005 10,677 12.9% 12.5% 34.9% 26.4%
Jefferson 693,604 664,937 685,004 695,055 610,947 4.3% 1.3% -0.2% 13.5%
Jessamine 39,041 30,508 26,146 17,430 13,625 28.0% 49.3% 124.0% 186.5%
Johnson 23,445 23,248 24,432 17,539 19,748 0.8% -4.0% 33.7% 18.7%
Kenton 151,464 142,031 137,058 129,440 120,700 6.6% 10.5% 17.0% 25.5%
Knott 17,649 17,906 17,940 14,698 17,362 -1.4% -1.6% 20.1% 1.7%
Knox 31,795 29,676 30,239 23,689 25,258 7.1% 5.1% 34.2% 25.9%
Larue 13,373 11,679 11,922 10,672 10,346 14.5% 12.2% 25.3% 29.3%
Laurel 52,715 43,438 38,982 27,386 24,901 21.4% 35.2% 92.5% 111.7%
Lawrence 15,569 13,998 14,121 10,726 12,134 11.2% 10.3% 45.2% 28.3%
Lee 7,916 7,422 7,754 6,587 7,420 6.7% 2.1% 20.2% 6.7%
Leslie 12,401 13,642 14,882 11,623 10,941 -9.1% -16.7% 6.7% 13.3%
Letcher 25,277 27,000 30,687 23,165 30,102 -6.4% -17.6% 9.1% -16.0%
Lewis 14,092 13,029 14,545 12,355 13,115 8.2% -3.1% 14.1% 7.4%
Lincoln 23,361 20,045 19,053 16,663 16,503 16.5% 22.6% 40.2% 41.6%
Livingston 9,804 9,062 9,219 7,596 7,029 8.2% 6.3% 29.1% 39.5%
Logan 26,573 24,416 24,138 21,793 20,896 8.8% 10.1% 21.9% 27.2%
Lyon 8,080 6,624 6,490 5,562 5,924 22.0% 24.5% 45.3% 36.4%
McCracken 65,514 62,879 61,310 58,281 57,306 4.2% 6.9% 12.4% 14.3%
McCreary 17,080 15,603 15,634 12,548 12,463 9.5% 9.2% 36.1% 37.0%
McLean 9,938 9,628 10,090 9,062 9,355 3.2% -1.5% 9.7% 6.2%
Madison 70,872 57,508 53,352 42,730 33,482 23.2% 32.8% 65.9% 111.7%
Magoffin 13,332 13,077 13,515 10,443 11,156 1.9% -1.4% 27.7% 19.5%
Marion 18,212 16,499 17,910 16,714 16,887 10.4% 1.7% 9.0% 7.8%
Marshall 30,125 27,205 25,637 20,381 16,736 10.7% 17.5% 47.8% 80.0%
Martin 12,578 12,526 13,925 9,377 10,201 0.4% -9.7% 34.1% 23.3%
Mason 16,800 16,666 17,765 17,273 18,454 0.8% -5.4% -2.7% -9.0%
Meade 26,349 24,170 22,854 18,796 18,938 9.0% 15.3% 40.2% 39.1%
Menifee 6,556 5,092 5,117 4,050 4,276 28.8% 28.1% 61.9% 53.3%
Mercer 20,817 19,148 19,011 15,960 14,596 8.7% 9.5% 30.4% 42.6%
Metcalfe 10,037 8,963 9,484 8,177 8,367 12.0% 5.8% 22.7% 20.0%
Monroe 11,756 11,401 12,353 11,642 11,799 3.1% -4.8% 1.0% -0.4%
Montgomery 22,554 19,561 20,046 15,364 13,461 15.3% 12.5% 46.8% 67.6%
Morgan 13,948 11,648 12,103 10,019 11,056 19.7% 15.2% 39.2% 26.2%
Muhlenberg 31,839 31,318 32,238 27,537 27,791 1.7% -1.2% 15.6% 14.6%
Nelson 37,477 29,710 27,584 23,477 22,168 26.1% 35.9% 59.6% 69.1%
Nicholas 6,813 6,725 7,157 6,508 6,677 1.3% -4.8% 4.7% 2.0%
Ohio 22,916 21,105 21,765 18,790 17,725 8.6% 5.3% 22.0% 29.3%
Oldham 46,178 33,263 27,795 14,687 13,388 38.8% 66.1% 214.4% 244.9%
Owen 10,547 9,035 8,924 7,470 8,237 16.7% 18.2% 41.2% 28.0%
Owsley 4,858 5,036 5,709 5,023 5,369 -3.5% -14.9% -3.3% -9.5%
Pendleton 14,390 12,036 10,989 9,949 9,968 19.6% 30.9% 44.6% 44.4%
Perry 29,390 30,283 33,763 25,714 34,961 -2.9% -13.0% 14.3% -15.9%
Pike 68,736 72,583 81,123 61,059 68,264 -5.3% -15.3% 12.6% 0.7%
Powell 13,237 11,686 11,101 7,704 6,674 13.3% 19.2% 71.8% 98.3%
Pulaski 56,217 49,489 45,803 35,234 34,403 13.6% 22.7% 59.6% 63.4%
Robertson 2,266 2,124 2,265 2,163 2,443 6.7% 0.0% 4.8% -7.2%
Rockcastle 16,582 14,803 13,973 12,305 12,334 12.0% 18.7% 34.8% 34.4%
Rowan 22,094 20,353 19,049 17,010 12,808 8.6% 16.0% 29.9% 72.5%
Russell 16,315 14,716 13,708 10,542 11,076 10.9% 19.0% 54.8% 47.3%
Scott 33,061 23,867 21,813 17,948 15,376 38.5% 51.6% 84.2% 115.0%
Shelby 33,337 24,824 23,328 18,999 18,493 34.3% 42.9% 75.5% 80.3%
Simpson 16,405 15,145 14,673 13,054 11,548 8.3% 11.8% 25.7% 42.1%
Spencer 11,766 6,801 5,929 5,488 5,680 73.0% 98.4% 114.4% 107.1%
Taylor 22,927 21,146 21,178 17,138 16,285 8.4% 8.3% 33.8% 40.8%
Todd 11,971 10,940 11,874 10,823 11,364 9.4% 0.8% 10.6% 5.3%
Trigg 12,597 10,361 9,384 8,620 8,870 21.6% 34.2% 46.1% 42.0%
Trimble 8,125 6,090 6,253 5,349 5,102 33.4% 29.9% 51.9% 59.3%
Union 15,637 16,557 17,821 15,882 14,537 -5.6% -12.3% -1.5% 7.6%
Warren 92,522 76,673 71,828 57,432 45,491 20.7% 28.8% 61.1% 103.4%
Washington 10,916 10,441 10,764 10,728 11,168 4.5% 1.4% 1.8% -2.3%
Wayne 19,923 17,468 17,022 14,268 14,700 14.1% 17.0% 39.6% 35.5%
Webster 14,120 13,955 14,832 13,282 14,244 1.2% -4.8% 6.3% -0.9%
Whitley 35,865 33,326 33,396 24,145 25,815 7.6% 7.4% 48.5% 38.9%
Wolfe 7,065 6,503 6,698 5,669 6,534 8.6% 5.5% 24.6% 8.1%
Woodford 23,208 19,955 17,778 14,434 11,913 16.3% 30.5% 60.8% 94.8%
Source: United States Census Bureau