Kentucky statistical areas
An enlargeable map of the 24 core-based statistical areas in Kentucky .[1]
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]
Statistical areas [ edit ]
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.
The table below describes the 32 United States statistical areas and 120 counties of the Commonwealth of Kentucky with the following information:[3]
The combined statistical area (CSA) as designated by the OMB.[1]
The CSA population according to 2019 US Census Bureau population estimates.[4]
The core based statistical area (CBSA)[2] as designated by the OMB.[1]
The CBSA population according to 2019 US Census Bureau population estimates [4]
The county name
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 Area
2023 Population
Core Based Statistical Area
2023 Population
County
2023 Population
Louisville/Jefferson County–-Elizabethtown, KY-IN CSA
1,493,133
1,199,894
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN MSA
1,365,557
1,091,070
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
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN MSA
2,271,479
463,166
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
41,968
Clinton County, Ohio
41,938
Bowling Green-Glasgow, KY CSA
264,525
Bowling Green, KY MSA
185,682
Warren County, Kentucky
142,229
Allen County, Kentucky
21,788
Butler County, Kentucky
12,375
Edmonson County, Kentucky
12,448
Glasgow, KY μSA
55,224
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
Paducah-Mayfield, KY-IL CSA
138,728
125,067
Paducah, KY-IL MSA
102,226
88,606
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
Charleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY CSA
643,394
108,613
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MSA
368,261
108,613
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
none
Clarksville, TN-KY MSA
340,495
86,401
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
Henderson, KY μSA
56,845
Henderson County, Kentucky
44,119
Webster County, Kentucky
12,726
Evansville, IN MSA
270,717
Vanderburgh County, Indiana
179,810
Warrick County, Indiana
65,867
Posey County, Indiana
25,040
none
Danville, KY μSA
55,764
Boyle County, Kentucky
30,988
Lincoln County, Kentucky
24,776
Madisonville, KY μSA
44,686
Hopkins County, Kentucky
44,929
Murray, KY μSA
39,001
Calloway County, Kentucky
38,280
Campbellsville, KY μSA
37,911
Taylor County, Kentucky
26,443
Green County, Kentucky
11,468
Pikeville, KY μSA
90,396
Pike County, Kentucky
55,973
Floyd County, Kentucky
34,423
none
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
30,568
Hancock County, Kentucky
8,920
Marshall County, Kentucky
31,744
Logan County, Kentucky
28,283
Grayson County, Kentucky
26,427
Harlan County, Kentucky
26,825
Perry County, Kentucky
27,133
Rowan County, Kentucky
24,409
Ohio County, Kentucky
23,626
Johnson County, Kentucky
22,116
Mercer County, Kentucky
23,097
Letcher County, Kentucky
20,423
Breckinridge County, Kentucky
21,124
Wayne County, Kentucky
19,580
Marion County, Kentucky
19,834
Adair County, Kentucky
19,264
Hart County, Kentucky
19,724
Harrison County, Kentucky
19,415
Russell County, Kentucky
18,279
Garrard County, Kentucky
17,829
McCreary County, Kentucky
17,050
Casey County, Kentucky
15,918
Knott County, Kentucky
13,659
Fleming County, Kentucky
15,442
Union County, Kentucky
13,106
Jackson County, Kentucky
13,104
Morgan County, Kentucky
14,283
Lewis County, Kentucky
12,973
Caldwell County, Kentucky
12,551
Breathitt County, Kentucky
12,953
Powell County, Kentucky
12,972
Todd County, Kentucky
12,494
Magoffin County, Kentucky
11,228
Washington County, Kentucky
12,267
Martin County, Kentucky
10,928
Owen County, Kentucky
11,313
Monroe County, Kentucky
11,306
Carroll County, Kentucky
10,987
Clinton County, Kentucky
9,148
Leslie County, Kentucky
9,864
Crittenden County, Kentucky
8,974
Trimble County, Kentucky
8,607
Lyon County, Kentucky
9,187
Elliott County, Kentucky
7,245
Lee County, Kentucky
7,293
Nicholas County, Kentucky
7,686
Wolfe County, Kentucky
6,282
Cumberland County, Kentucky
6,000
Fulton County, Kentucky
6,338
Owsley County, Kentucky
4,001
Hickman County, Kentucky
4,447
Robertson County, Kentucky
2,313
Commonwealth of Kentucky
4,485,102
See also [ edit ]
^ The OMB defines a core as "a densely settled concentration of population, comprising an Urban Area (of 10,000 or more population) delineated by the Census Bureau , around which a core-based statistical area is delineated."[2]
^ The OMB defines the employment interchange measure as "the sum of the percentage of workers living in the smaller entity who work in the larger entity plus the percentage of employment in the smaller entity that is accounted for by workers who reside in the larger entity."[2]
References [ edit ]
External links [ edit ]
37°32′05″N 85°18′08″W / 37.5347°N 85.3021°W / 37.5347; -85.3021 (Commonwealth of Kentucky )