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Jefferson County is a county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 782,969. [1] It is the most populous county in the commonwealth (with more than twice the population of second ranked Fayette County). Since a city-county merger in 2003, the county's territory, population ...
The formal name given to the area by the Census Bureau is the Louisville/Jefferson County, Kentucky–Indiana, metropolitan statistical area, though it is regularly referred to as Kentuckiana. It is now the primary MSA of the Louisville/Jefferson County–Elizabethtown, KY-IN Combined Statistical Area , as defined by the United States Bureau of ...
The average county population, based on the estimated 2023 state population of 4.526 million, was 37,718. Following concerns of too many counties, [ 2 ] the 1891 Kentucky Constitution placed stricter limits on county creation, stipulating that a new county:
On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated 8 combined statistical areas, 9 metropolitan statistical areas, and 15 micropolitan statistical areas in Kentucky. [1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Louisville-Jefferson County--Elizabethtown, KY-IN CSA , comprising greater Louisville , Kentucky's largest city.
The Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Louisville-Jefferson County and 12 surrounding counties, seven in Kentucky and five in Southern Indiana. As of 2023, the MSA had a population of 1,365,557, [ 21 ] the 43rd largest in the nation .
Metropolitan statistical areas. The following tables list population figures for the metropolitan statistical areas of Kentucky, in rank of population. Metropolitan area. 2021 Population. Bowling Green, KY MSA. 182,594. Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN MSA. 471,903 a. Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY MSA.
The Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance) is a statistical entity in the U.S. state of Kentucky defined by the United States Census Bureau to represent the portion of the consolidated city-county of Louisville - Jefferson County that does not include any of the 83 separate incorporated places (municipalities) located within the ...
Jefferson County is included in the Topeka, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2000 Census, there were 18,426 people, 6,830 households and 5,190 families residing in the county. The population density was 34 inhabitants per square mile (13/km 2). There were 7,491 housing units at an average density of 14 per square mile (5.4/km 2).