KY Counties

The table below reflect the 2000 populations of Kentucky's 120 counties, and the percentage change from the 1990 census. This table is further refined below to depict the Kentucky counties with the largest net and percentage gains the past decade.

	Kentucky Counties 2000 Census
County	2000	1990	Chg.	% Chg
Adair	17,244	15,360	1,884	12.3
Allen	17,800	14,628	3,172	21.7
Anderson	19,111	14,571	4,540	31.2
Ballard	8,286	7,902	384	4.9
Barren	38,033	34,001	4,032	11.9
Bath	11,085	9,692	1,393	14.4
Bell	30,060	31,506	-1,446	-4.6
Boone	85,991	57,589	28,402	49.3
Bourbon	19,360	19,236	124	0.6
Boyd	49,752	51,150	-1,398	-2.7
Boyle	27,697	25,641	2,056	8
Bracken	8,279	7,766	513	6.6
Breathitt	16,100	15,703	397	2.5
Breckinridge	18,648	16,312	2,336	14.3
Bullitt	61,236	47,567	13,669	28.7
Butler	13,010	11,245	1,765	15.7
Caldwell	13,060	13,232	-172	-1.3
Calloway	34,177	30,735	3,442	11.2
Campbell	88,616	83,866	4,750	5.7
Carlisle	5,351	5,238	113	2.2
Carroll	10,155	9,292	863	9.3
Carter	26,889	24,340	2,549	10.5
Casey	15,447	14,211	1,236	8.7
Christian	72,265	68,941	3,324	4.8
Clark	33,144	29,496	3,648	12.4
Clay	24,556	21,746	2,810	12.9
Clinton	9,634	9,135	499	5.5
Crittenden	9,384	9,196	188	2
Cumberland	7,147	6,784	363	5.4
Daviess	91,545	87,189	4,356	5
Edmonson	11,644	10,357	1,287	12.4
Elliott	6,748	6,455	293	4.5
Estill	15,307	14,614	693	4.7
Fayette	260,512	225,366	35,146	15.6
Fleming	13,792	12,292	1,500	12.2
Floyd	42,441	43,586	-1,145	-2.6
Franklin	47,687	43,781	3,906	8.9
Fulton	7,752	8,271	-519	-6.3
Gallatin	7,870	5,393	2,477	45.9
Garrard	14,792	11,579	3,213	27.7
Grant	22,384	15,737	6,647	42.2
Graves	37,028	33,550	3,478	10.4
Grayson	24,053	21,050	3,003	14.3
Green	11,518	10,371	1,147	11.1
Greenup	36,891	36,742	149	0.4
Hancock	8,392	7,864	528	6.7
Hardin	94,174	89,240	4,934	5.5
Harlan	33,202	36,574	-3,372	-9.2
Harrison	17,983	16,248	1,735	10.7
Hart	17,445	14,890	2,555	17.2
Henderson	44,829	43,044	1,785	4.1
Henry	15,060	12,823	2,237	17.4
Hickman	5,262	5,566	-304	-5.5
Hopkins	46,519	46,126	393	0.9
Jackson	13,495	11,955	1,540	12.9
Jefferson	693,604	664,937	28,667	4.3
Jessamine	39,041	30,508	8,533	28
Johnson	23,445	23,248	197	0.8
Kenton	151,464	142,031	9,433	6.6
Knott	17,649	17,906	-257	-1.4
Knox	31,795	29,676	2,119	7.1
Larue	13,373	11,679	1,694	14.5
Laurel	52,715	43,438	9,277	21.4
Lawrence	15,569	13,998	1,571	11.2
Lee	7,916	7,422	494	6.7
Leslie	12,401	13,642	-1,241	-9.1
Letcher	25,277	27,000	-1,723	-6.4
Lewis	14,092	13,029	1,063	8.2
Lincoln	23,361	20,045	3,316	16.5
Livingston	9,804	9,062	742	8.2
Logan	26,573	24,416	2,157	8.8
Lyon	8,080	6,624	1,456	22
Madison	70,872	57,508	13,364	23.2
Magoffin	13,332	13,077	255	1.9
Marion	18,212	16,499	1,713	10.4
Marshall	30,125	27,205	2,920	10.7
Martin	12,578	12,526	52	0.4
Mason	16,800	16,666	134	0.8
McCracken	65,514	62,879	2,635	4.2
McCreary	17,080	15,603	1,477	9.5
McLean	9,938	9,628	310	3.2
Meade	26,349	24,170	2,179	9
Menifee	6,556	5,092	1,464	28.8
Mercer	20,817	19,148	1,669	8.7
Metcalfe	10,037	8,963	1,074	12
Monroe	11,756	11,401	355	3.1
Montgomery	22,554	19,561	2,993	15.3
Morgan	13,948	11,648	2,300	19.7
Muhlenberg	31,839	31,318	521	1.7
Nelson	37,477	29,710	7,767	26.1
Nicholas	6,813	6,725	88	1.3
Ohio	22,916	21,105	1,811	8.6
Oldham	46,178	33,263	12,915	38.8
Owen	10,547	9,035	1,512	16.7
Owsley	4,858	5,036	-178	-3.5
Pendleton	14,390	12,036	2,354	19.6
Perry	29,390	30,283	-893	-2.9
Pike	68,736	72,583	-3,847	-5.3
Powell	13,237	11,686	1,551	13.3
Pulaski	56,217	49,489	6,728	13.6
Robertson	2,266	2,124	142	6.7
Rockcastle	16,582	14,803	1,779	12
Rowan	22,094	20,353	1,741	8.6
Russell	16,315	14,716	1,599	10.9
Scott	33,061	23,867	9,194	38.5
Shelby	33,337	24,824	8,513	34.3
Simpson	16,405	15,145	1,260	8.3
Spencer	11,766	6,801	4,965	73
Taylor	22,927	21,146	1,781	8.4
Todd	11,971	10,940	1,031	9.4
Trigg	12,597	10,361	2,236	21.6
Trimble	8,125	6,090	2,035	33.4
Union	15,637	16,557	-920	-5.6
Warren	92,522	76,673	15,849	20.7
Washington	10,916	10,441	475	4.5
Wayne	19,923	17,468	2,455	14.1
Webster	14,120	13,955	165	1.2
Whitley	35,865	33,326	2,539	7.6
Wolfe	7,065	6,503	562	8.6
Woodford	23,208	19,955	3,253	16.3