U.S. Census Bureau · Vintage 2024
Kentucky: population and components of change
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2024: County Population Totals and Components of Change 2020-2024 (CO-EST2024-ALLDATA). Figures cover the April 1, 2020 estimates base through July 1, 2024; data fetched 2026-10-30T08:41:21Z.
Values are printed as the U.S. Census Bureau reports them. A blank source value is printed as “not available”.
| Item | Value | As reported |
|---|---|---|
| State | Kentucky | Kentucky |
| State FIPS code | 21 | 21 |
| Census region (code) | 3 | 3 |
| Census division (code) | 6 | 6 |
| Estimates base, April 1, 2020 | 4,506,302 | 4506302 |
| Resident population, July 1, 2020 | 4,508,318 | 4508318 |
| Resident population, July 1, 2021 | 4,507,583 | 4507583 |
| Resident population, July 1, 2022 | 4,519,233 | 4519233 |
| Resident population, July 1, 2023 | 4,550,595 | 4550595 |
| Resident population, July 1, 2024 | 4,588,372 | 4588372 |
| Numeric population change, 2023 to 2024 | 37,777 | 37777 |
| Births, year to July 1, 2024 | 52,248 | 52248 |
| Deaths, year to July 1, 2024 | 53,140 | 53140 |
| Natural change (births minus deaths), year to July 1, 2024 | -892 | -892 |
| International migration, year to July 1, 2024 | 31,430 | 31430 |
| Domestic migration, year to July 1, 2024 | 7,294 | 7294 |
| Residual, year to July 1, 2024 | -55 | -55 |
| Birth rate per 1,000 population, year to July 1, 2024 | 11.4341 | 11.434115037 |
| Death rate per 1,000 population, year to July 1, 2024 | 11.6293 | 11.629323095 |
| Natural change rate per 1,000 population, year to July 1, 2024 | -0.1952 | -0.195208058 |
| International migration rate per 1,000 population, year to July 1, 2024 | 6.8782 | 6.8782390833 |
| Domestic migration rate per 1,000 population, year to July 1, 2024 | 1.5962 | 1.5962416759 |
| Group quarters population, July 1, 2024 | 121,025 | 121025 |
Values as reported by the source: state_name=Kentucky, state_fips=21, region=3, division=6, estimates_base_2020=4506302, pop_2020=4508318, pop_2021=4507583, pop_2022=4519233, pop_2023=4550595, pop_2024=4588372, npopchg_2024=37777, births_2024=52248, deaths_2024=53140, naturalchg_2024=-892, internationalmig_2024=31430, domesticmig_2024=7294, residual_2024=-55, rbirth_2024=11.434115037, rdeath_2024=11.629323095, rnaturalchg_2024=-0.195208058, rinternationalmig_2024=6.8782390833, rdomesticmig_2024=1.5962416759, gq_estimates_2024=121025
Counties and county equivalents in Kentucky
These county records carry the same state FIPS code as this state record.
| County FIPS code | County | Resident population, July 1, 2020 | Resident population, July 1, 2024 | Numeric population change, 2023 to 2024 | Births, year to July 1, 2024 | Deaths, year to July 1, 2024 | Natural change (births minus deaths), year to July 1, 2024 | International migration, year to July 1, 2024 | Domestic migration, year to July 1, 2024 | Residual, year to July 1, 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Adair County | 18,881 | 19,239 | -67 | 203 | 282 | -79 | 79 | -65 | -2 |
| 003 | Allen County | 20,572 | 22,037 | 258 | 278 | 269 | 9 | 22 | 225 | 2 |
| 005 | Anderson County | 23,892 | 24,883 | 265 | 273 | 258 | 15 | 24 | 224 | 2 |
| 007 | Ballard County | 7,714 | 7,626 | 18 | 72 | 120 | -48 | 23 | 44 | -1 |
| 009 | Barren County | 44,511 | 45,609 | 477 | 605 | 564 | 41 | 156 | 283 | -3 |
| 011 | Bath County | 12,717 | 12,951 | -21 | 172 | 177 | -5 | -1 | -16 | 1 |
| 013 | Bell County | 23,982 | 23,051 | -157 | 263 | 385 | -122 | -2 | -34 | 1 |
| 015 | Boone County | 136,476 | 144,135 | 2,624 | 1,686 | 1,110 | 576 | 1,347 | 693 | 8 |
| 017 | Bourbon County | 20,284 | 20,333 | 113 | 205 | 268 | -63 | 66 | 114 | -4 |
| 019 | Boyd County | 48,206 | 47,777 | 6 | 397 | 713 | -316 | 38 | 288 | -4 |
| 021 | Boyle County | 30,761 | 31,394 | 298 | 319 | 371 | -52 | 126 | 223 | 1 |
| 023 | Bracken County | 8,405 | 8,497 | 62 | 92 | 115 | -23 | 17 | 67 | 1 |
| 025 | Breathitt County | 13,701 | 12,804 | -158 | 137 | 216 | -79 | 14 | -95 | 2 |
| 027 | Breckinridge County | 20,445 | 21,221 | 104 | 259 | 315 | -56 | 6 | 156 | -2 |
| 029 | Bullitt County | 82,364 | 85,802 | 802 | 761 | 864 | -103 | 234 | 671 | 0 |
| 031 | Butler County | 12,317 | 12,551 | 121 | 166 | 130 | 36 | 50 | 35 | 0 |
| 033 | Caldwell County | 12,636 | 12,611 | 50 | 151 | 126 | 25 | -3 | 29 | -1 |
| 035 | Calloway County | 37,601 | 38,975 | 455 | 354 | 433 | -79 | 208 | 322 | 4 |
| 037 | Campbell County | 93,134 | 94,008 | 149 | 941 | 845 | 96 | 229 | -174 | -2 |
| 039 | Carlisle County | 4,805 | 4,777 | 35 | 58 | 86 | -28 | 26 | 37 | 0 |
| 041 | Carroll County | 10,835 | 11,111 | 125 | 169 | 163 | 6 | 34 | 84 | 1 |
| 043 | Carter County | 26,614 | 26,098 | -157 | 248 | 459 | -211 | -1 | 55 | 0 |
| 045 | Casey County | 15,921 | 15,948 | 61 | 170 | 229 | -59 | 10 | 111 | -1 |
| 047 | Christian County | 72,748 | 71,006 | -229 | 1,181 | 777 | 404 | 228 | -853 | -8 |
| 049 | Clark County | 37,047 | 37,673 | 336 | 416 | 495 | -79 | 19 | 400 | -4 |
| 051 | Clay County | 20,309 | 19,592 | -66 | 228 | 287 | -59 | 8 | -15 | 0 |
| 053 | Clinton County | 9,228 | 9,183 | 5 | 109 | 121 | -12 | 31 | -15 | 1 |
| 055 | Crittenden County | 9,003 | 8,982 | -14 | 113 | 129 | -16 | 11 | -8 | -1 |
| 057 | Cumberland County | 5,859 | 6,047 | 67 | 80 | 103 | -23 | 1 | 89 | 0 |
| 059 | Daviess County | 103,398 | 104,457 | 530 | 1,348 | 1,185 | 163 | 533 | -168 | 2 |
| 061 | Edmonson County | 12,147 | 12,635 | 169 | 120 | 165 | -45 | 0 | 215 | -1 |
| 063 | Elliott County | 7,335 | 7,263 | -8 | 51 | 86 | -35 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| 065 | Estill County | 14,160 | 14,002 | 65 | 126 | 203 | -77 | 18 | 124 | 0 |
| 067 | Fayette County | 322,628 | 329,437 | 4,813 | 3,732 | 2,685 | 1,047 | 5,804 | -2,020 | -18 |
| 069 | Fleming County | 15,098 | 15,591 | 186 | 207 | 228 | -21 | -1 | 212 | -4 |
| 071 | Floyd County | 35,802 | 34,532 | -439 | 364 | 714 | -350 | 11 | -100 | 0 |
| 073 | Franklin County | 51,603 | 52,442 | 616 | 492 | 714 | -222 | 293 | 549 | -4 |
| 075 | Fulton County | 6,511 | 6,282 | -96 | 80 | 120 | -40 | -2 | -53 | -1 |
| 077 | Gallatin County | 8,675 | 8,805 | -18 | 117 | 107 | 10 | 7 | -34 | -1 |
| 079 | Garrard County | 16,964 | 18,040 | 152 | 180 | 233 | -53 | 76 | 129 | 0 |
| 081 | Grant County | 25,014 | 25,722 | 126 | 353 | 261 | 92 | -1 | 35 | 0 |
| 083 | Graves County | 36,530 | 36,821 | 221 | 455 | 486 | -31 | 153 | 101 | -2 |
| 085 | Grayson County | 26,456 | 27,070 | 264 | 379 | 371 | 8 | 1 | 258 | -3 |
| 087 | Green County | 11,131 | 11,552 | 98 | 125 | 159 | -34 | -1 | 133 | 0 |
| 089 | Greenup County | 35,890 | 35,273 | -26 | 311 | 525 | -214 | 58 | 131 | -1 |
| 091 | Hancock County | 9,104 | 9,013 | 77 | 95 | 112 | -17 | 0 | 96 | -2 |
| 093 | Hardin County | 110,840 | 112,826 | 430 | 1,301 | 1,230 | 71 | 472 | -118 | 5 |
| 095 | Harlan County | 26,758 | 25,052 | -250 | 305 | 502 | -197 | -1 | -52 | 0 |
| 097 | Harrison County | 18,721 | 19,525 | 116 | 265 | 259 | 6 | -2 | 113 | -1 |
| 099 | Hart County | 19,296 | 19,923 | 197 | 258 | 223 | 35 | -1 | 163 | 0 |
| 101 | Henderson County | 44,673 | 44,175 | 48 | 514 | 578 | -64 | 80 | 33 | -1 |
| 103 | Henry County | 15,693 | 16,198 | 247 | 190 | 167 | 23 | 19 | 206 | -1 |
| 105 | Hickman County | 4,530 | 4,393 | -30 | 35 | 79 | -44 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 107 | Hopkins County | 45,365 | 45,218 | 233 | 518 | 626 | -108 | 193 | 146 | 2 |
| 109 | Jackson County | 12,968 | 13,358 | 220 | 174 | 157 | 17 | 0 | 204 | -1 |
| 111 | Jefferson County | 782,896 | 793,881 | 10,500 | 9,653 | 8,328 | 1,325 | 13,807 | -4,606 | -26 |
| 113 | Jessamine County | 53,019 | 56,495 | 984 | 617 | 536 | 81 | 616 | 282 | 5 |
| 115 | Johnson County | 22,648 | 22,098 | -41 | 231 | 384 | -153 | 14 | 100 | -2 |
| 117 | Kenton County | 169,276 | 174,862 | 2,614 | 2,099 | 1,364 | 735 | 1,208 | 668 | 3 |
| 119 | Knott County | 14,163 | 13,438 | -222 | 104 | 277 | -173 | 27 | -76 | 0 |
| 121 | Knox County | 30,185 | 29,657 | -66 | 348 | 511 | -163 | 37 | 60 | 0 |
| 123 | Larue County | 14,877 | 15,128 | -200 | 155 | 201 | -46 | 6 | -158 | -2 |
| 125 | Laurel County | 62,735 | 63,353 | 1 | 710 | 765 | -55 | 52 | 0 | 4 |
| 127 | Lawrence County | 16,302 | 15,798 | -176 | 122 | 236 | -114 | -1 | -62 | 1 |
| 129 | Lee County | 7,364 | 7,313 | 12 | 69 | 112 | -43 | 0 | 53 | 2 |
| 131 | Leslie County | 10,471 | 9,729 | -136 | 90 | 176 | -86 | 0 | -50 | 0 |
| 133 | Letcher County | 21,468 | 20,139 | -275 | 193 | 374 | -181 | 0 | -95 | 1 |
| 135 | Lewis County | 13,088 | 12,875 | -81 | 160 | 201 | -41 | -1 | -38 | -1 |
| 137 | Lincoln County | 24,248 | 24,910 | 172 | 298 | 361 | -63 | -2 | 234 | 3 |
| 139 | Livingston County | 8,872 | 8,815 | -74 | 91 | 129 | -38 | 0 | -35 | -1 |
| 141 | Logan County | 27,515 | 28,467 | 182 | 349 | 403 | -54 | 29 | 208 | -1 |
| 143 | Lyon County | 8,678 | 9,078 | -112 | 47 | 124 | -77 | 4 | -37 | -2 |
| 151 | Madison County | 92,990 | 99,582 | 1,983 | 1,031 | 939 | 92 | 258 | 1,626 | 7 |
| 153 | Magoffin County | 11,605 | 11,118 | -84 | 131 | 201 | -70 | -4 | -11 | 1 |
| 155 | Marion County | 19,594 | 19,851 | 11 | 212 | 234 | -22 | 35 | -1 | -1 |
| 157 | Marshall County | 31,688 | 31,734 | 17 | 292 | 421 | -129 | -3 | 150 | -1 |
| 159 | Martin County | 11,250 | 10,696 | -231 | 83 | 147 | -64 | 0 | -167 | 0 |
| 161 | Mason County | 17,137 | 16,956 | 99 | 177 | 206 | -29 | 40 | 86 | 2 |
| 145 | McCracken County | 67,926 | 67,550 | 94 | 691 | 876 | -185 | 90 | 188 | 1 |
| 147 | McCreary County | 16,852 | 16,824 | -245 | 186 | 279 | -93 | 2 | -154 | 0 |
| 149 | McLean County | 9,133 | 9,126 | 50 | 96 | 128 | -32 | 7 | 76 | -1 |
| 163 | Meade County | 30,028 | 30,442 | 276 | 273 | 284 | -11 | 8 | 284 | -5 |
| 165 | Menifee County | 6,142 | 6,341 | 62 | 76 | 96 | -20 | 0 | 81 | 1 |
| 167 | Mercer County | 22,652 | 23,515 | 326 | 272 | 369 | -97 | 53 | 370 | 0 |
| 169 | Metcalfe County | 10,285 | 10,558 | 63 | 118 | 148 | -30 | 55 | 38 | 0 |
| 171 | Monroe County | 11,320 | 11,163 | -108 | 139 | 185 | -46 | 9 | -70 | -1 |
| 173 | Montgomery County | 28,105 | 28,771 | 240 | 322 | 364 | -42 | 3 | 278 | 1 |
| 175 | Morgan County | 13,732 | 14,300 | -85 | 138 | 171 | -33 | 122 | -175 | 1 |
| 177 | Muhlenberg County | 30,897 | 30,512 | -15 | 319 | 431 | -112 | 10 | 89 | -2 |
| 179 | Nelson County | 46,779 | 48,706 | 725 | 544 | 524 | 20 | 260 | 441 | 4 |
| 181 | Nicholas County | 7,540 | 7,816 | 142 | 99 | 97 | 2 | 0 | 140 | 0 |
| 183 | Ohio County | 23,744 | 23,933 | 214 | 263 | 353 | -90 | 142 | 163 | -1 |
| 185 | Oldham County | 67,696 | 70,525 | 217 | 566 | 506 | 60 | 191 | -28 | -6 |
| 187 | Owen County | 11,302 | 11,435 | 126 | 105 | 141 | -36 | 9 | 154 | -1 |
| 189 | Owsley County | 4,032 | 3,928 | -56 | 50 | 93 | -43 | 0 | -12 | -1 |
| 191 | Pendleton County | 14,647 | 14,844 | 40 | 160 | 182 | -22 | 10 | 51 | 1 |
| 193 | Perry County | 28,369 | 26,739 | -343 | 311 | 512 | -201 | -2 | -138 | -2 |
| 195 | Pike County | 58,447 | 55,430 | -568 | 523 | 900 | -377 | 79 | -268 | -2 |
| 197 | Powell County | 13,099 | 12,928 | -75 | 172 | 193 | -21 | -1 | -53 | 0 |
| 199 | Pulaski County | 65,112 | 66,842 | 623 | 666 | 937 | -271 | 99 | 797 | -2 |
| 201 | Robertson County | 2,184 | 2,382 | 48 | 24 | 39 | -15 | 9 | 54 | 0 |
| 203 | Rockcastle County | 16,063 | 16,226 | 55 | 164 | 279 | -115 | 0 | 172 | -2 |
| 205 | Rowan County | 24,721 | 24,675 | 172 | 290 | 257 | 33 | 53 | 85 | 1 |
| 207 | Russell County | 17,997 | 18,458 | 150 | 208 | 269 | -61 | 64 | 145 | 2 |
| 209 | Scott County | 57,535 | 61,700 | 1,100 | 705 | 462 | 243 | 178 | 673 | 6 |
| 211 | Shelby County | 48,255 | 50,124 | 507 | 561 | 505 | 56 | 229 | 219 | 3 |
| 213 | Simpson County | 19,629 | 20,350 | 127 | 230 | 253 | -23 | 26 | 123 | 1 |
| 215 | Spencer County | 19,503 | 20,823 | 266 | 211 | 165 | 46 | 29 | 193 | -2 |
| 217 | Taylor County | 25,994 | 26,809 | 227 | 337 | 400 | -63 | 80 | 214 | -4 |
| 219 | Todd County | 12,283 | 12,757 | 181 | 164 | 167 | -3 | 60 | 125 | -1 |
| 221 | Trigg County | 14,081 | 14,559 | 189 | 157 | 192 | -35 | 2 | 224 | -2 |
| 223 | Trimble County | 8,463 | 8,591 | -25 | 86 | 105 | -19 | 0 | -5 | -1 |
| 225 | Union County | 13,650 | 13,178 | 62 | 165 | 198 | -33 | -1 | 94 | 2 |
| 227 | Warren County | 135,033 | 147,936 | 4,007 | 1,944 | 1,224 | 720 | 2,190 | 1,093 | 4 |
| 229 | Washington County | 12,038 | 12,269 | 12 | 136 | 191 | -55 | 24 | 43 | 0 |
| 231 | Wayne County | 19,543 | 19,629 | -1 | 202 | 268 | -66 | 35 | 31 | -1 |
| 233 | Webster County | 13,022 | 12,854 | 101 | 169 | 187 | -18 | 82 | 36 | 1 |
| 235 | Whitley County | 36,694 | 37,233 | 316 | 574 | 581 | -7 | 69 | 252 | 2 |
| 237 | Wolfe County | 6,557 | 6,364 | -6 | 93 | 138 | -45 | 79 | -40 | 0 |
| 239 | Woodford County | 26,907 | 27,728 | 206 | 276 | 276 | 0 | 245 | -38 | -1 |