Ranking of Kentucky Cities and Places By Total Population from Census 2020

Updated on May 5, 2023.

According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, the total population of Kentucky was 4.51M. Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance) was the most populated city or place (town or village) (386.88K people) which was 8.59% of Kentucky's population, followed by Lexington-Fayette urban county (322.57K people) which was 7.16% of Kentucky's population, and then Louisville city (246.16K people) which was 5.46% of Kentucky's population. On the other hand, the 3 Kentucky cities or places that were least populated include: South Park View city (0 people), Concord city (19 people), and West Louisville CDP (40 people).

The chart below shows the top 10 most populated cities or places in Kentucky.

You can also see this information for other states and also for the ranking of all cities or places in the United States by total population.

Hover over or click on the bars in the chart below, to see the number of people who live in each city or place. The data can also be found in a table below. You can use the table to sort, filter, and explore the data further.

Ranking of Kentucky Cities and Places By Total Population from Census 2020
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Lexington-Fayette urban county
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Ranking of Kentucky Cities and Places By Total Population from Census 2020
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1 Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance) 386884
2 Lexington-Fayette urban county 322570
3 Louisville city 246161
4 Bowling Green city 72294
5 Owensboro city 60183
6 Covington city 40961
7 Georgetown city 37086
8 Richmond city 34585
9 Florence city 31946
10 Elizabethtown city 31394
11 Hopkinsville city 31180
12 Nicholasville city 31093
13 Independence city 28676
14 Frankfort city 28602
15 Jeffersontown city 28474
16 Henderson city 27981
17 Paducah city 27137
18 Radcliff city 23042
19 Ashland city 21625
20 Erlanger city 19611
21 Madisonville city 19542
22 Winchester city 19134
23 Mount Washington city 18090
24 St. Matthews city 17534
25 Fort Thomas city 17438
26 Burlington CDP 17318
27 Murray city 17307
28 Shelbyville city 17282
29 Danville city 17234
30 Shively city 15636
31 Berea city 15539
32 Glasgow city 15014
33 Shepherdsville city 14201
34 Newport city 14150
35 Bardstown city 13567
36 Fort Campbell North CDP 12825
37 Somerset city 11924
38 Lawrenceburg city 11728
39 Campbellsville city 11426
40 Lyndon city 11008
41 Versailles city 10347
42 Alexandria city 10341
43 Franklin city 10176
44 Paris city 10171
45 La Grange city 10067
46 Mayfield city 10017
47 Francisville CDP 9952
48 Middletown city 9706
49 Middlesborough city 9405
50 Oakbrook CDP 9268
51 Elsmere city 9159
52 Harrodsburg city 9064
53 Maysville city 8873
54 Fort Mitchell city 8702
55 Hillview city 8622
56 Edgewood city 8435
57 Oak Grove city 7931
58 Corbin city 7856
59 Pikeville city 7754
60 Fort Knox CDP 7742
61 London city 7572
62 Mount Sterling city 7558
63 Union city 7416
64 Flatwoods city 7325
65 Villa Hills city 7310
66 Russellville city 7164
67 Morehead city 7151
68 Taylor Mill city 6873
69 Highland Heights city 6662
70 Vine Grove city 6559
71 Leitchfield city 6404
72 Cynthiana city 6333
73 Lebanon city 6274
74 Princeton city 6270
75 Cold Spring city 6216
76 Hebron CDP 6195
77 Crestwood city 6183
78 Wilmore city 5999
79 Fort Wright city 5851
80 Central City city 5819
81 Buckner CDP 5785
82 Monticello city 5753
83 Dayton city 5666
84 Bellevue city 5548
85 Walton city 5460
86 Douglass Hills city 5456
87 Williamsburg city 5326
88 Hazard city 5263
89 Columbia city 4845
90 Hendron CDP 4774
91 Benton city 4756
92 Hurstbourne city 4683
93 Massac CDP 4635
94 Prospect city 4592
95 Reidland CDP 4526
96 Greenville city 4492
97 Westwood CDP 4387
98 Ludlow city 4385
99 Farley CDP 4374
100 Crescent Springs city 4319
101 Paintsville city 4312
102 Scottsville city 4299
103 Crittenden city 4023
104 Lancaster city 3899
105 Williamstown city 3894
106 Carrollton city 3890
107 Grayson city 3834
108 Russell city 3744
109 Prestonsburg city 3681
110 Southgate city 3648
111 Stanford city 3640
112 Beaver Dam city 3531
113 Morganfield city 3256
114 Stanton city 3251
115 Crestview Hills city 3246
116 Hodgenville city 3235
117 Barbourville city 3222
118 West Liberty city 3215
119 Wilder city 3176
120 Park Hills city 3162
121 Rineyville CDP 3039
122 Claryville CDP 2992
123 Simpsonville city 2990
124 Flemingsburg city 2953
125 Marion city 2916
126 Brandenburg city 2894
127 Providence city 2892
128 Indian Hills city 2860
129 Graymoor-Devondale city 2853
130 Springfield city 2846
131 Lakeside Park city 2841
132 Russell Springs city 2715
133 Eminence city 2705
134 Louisa city 2679
135 Pioneer Village city 2671
136 Hartford city 2668
137 Cadiz city 2540
138 Calvert City city 2514
139 Morgantown city 2505
140 Anchorage city 2500
141 Brooks CDP 2469
142 Mount Vernon city 2453
143 Dawson Springs city 2452
144 Windy Hills city 2427
145 Hardinsburg city 2385
146 Eddyville city 2375
147 Hickman city 2365
148 Irvine city 2360
149 Fulton city 2357
150 Cave City city 2356
151 Raceland city 2343
152 Tompkinsville city 2309
153 Doe Valley CDP 2270
154 Junction City city 2268
155 Jackson city 2237
156 Thruston CDP 2234
157 Falmouth city 2216
158 Horse Cave city 2212
159 Greensburg city 2179
160 Beattyville city 2176
161 Masonville CDP 2129
162 Dry Ridge city 2102
163 Carlisle city 2093
164 Elkton city 2056
165 Liberty city 2028
166 Elk Creek CDP 1986
167 Sorgho CDP 1972
168 Hurstbourne Acres city 1957
169 Cumberland city 1947
170 Jenkins city 1902
171 Jamestown city 1867
172 Ledbetter CDP 1836
173 Catlettsburg city 1780
174 Harlan city 1776
175 Whitesburg city 1773
176 Lewisport city 1767
177 Warsaw city 1761
178 Albany city 1760
179 Lebanon Junction city 1746
180 Sturgis city 1735
181 North Corbin CDP 1727
182 Midway city 1718
183 Jeffersonville city 1708
184 Munfordville city 1686
185 Owenton city 1682
186 Pineville city 1678
187 Edmonton city 1671
188 Coal Run Village city 1669
189 Owingsville city 1593
190 Salyersville city 1591
191 Auburn city 1589
192 Pewee Valley city 1588
193 Olive Hill city 1580
194 Sebree city 1574
195 Worthington Hills city 1563
196 Verona CDP 1545
197 Orchard Grass Hills city 1536
198 Manchester city 1512
199 Worthington city 1501
200 St. Regis Park city 1438
201 Audubon Park city 1433
202 Vanceburg city 1428
203 Burkesville city 1388
204 Pine Knot CDP 1380
205 West Buechel city 1370
206 Stearns CDP 1365
207 Guthrie city 1330
208 Coldstream city 1295
209 Breckinridge Center CDP 1282
210 Beechwood Village city 1280
211 Earlington city 1257
212 Taylorsville city 1256
213 Irvington city 1231
214 Livermore city 1230
215 Plano CDP 1223
216 Clinton city 1222
217 Barbourmeade city 1216
218 Heritage Creek city 1209
219 Clay City city 1193
220 Silver Grove city 1154
221 Cloverport city 1119
222 Brodhead city 1117
223 Annville CDP 1102
224 Augusta city 1096
225 Greenup city 1095
226 South Shore city 1066
227 Muldraugh city 1040
228 Elkhorn City city 1035
229 Clay city 1031
230 Hawesville city 1023
231 Camargo city 1020
232 Hebron Estates city 1014
233 Watterson Park city 1004
234 Northfield city 991
235 Philpot CDP 991
236 Wurtland city 983
237 Burgin city 979
238 Nortonville city 977
239 Whitley City CDP 968
240 Bloomfield city 961
241 West Point city 952
242 Woodlawn Park city 947
243 Lynnview city 945
244 Rolling Hills city 934
245 Clarkson city 933
246 Dixon city 933
247 Uniontown city 929
248 Ryland Heights city 922
249 Bellefonte city 920
250 Bellemeade city 909
251 Van Lear CDP 893
252 Goshen city 892
253 Ferguson city 886
254 New Castle city 884
255 Brownsville city 875
256 La Center city 872
257 Langdon Place city 870
258 Pembroke city 865
259 Cannonsburg CDP 862
260 Evarts city 859
261 Flat Lick CDP 850
262 Fincastle city 848
263 South Wallins CDP 838
264 Adairville city 837
265 Campbellsburg city 836
266 White Plains city 829
267 Plantation city 826
268 East Bernstadt CDP 809
269 McKee city 803
270 Hollow Creek city 799
271 New Haven city 798
272 Blue Ridge Manor city 791
273 Powderly city 788
274 Ironville CDP 782
275 Perryville city 782
276 Stamping Ground city 780
277 Pleasureville city 779
278 Beechmont CDP 776
279 West Van Lear CDP 768
280 Phelps CDP 760
281 Hanson city 758
282 Smiths Grove city 752
283 Lewisburg city 748
284 Millersburg city 747
285 Crab Orchard city 744
286 McRoberts CDP 741
287 Corydon city 737
288 Woodland Hills city 736
289 Garrison CDP 731
290 Meadow Vale city 730
291 Mortons Gap city 728
292 Calhoun city 725
293 Bromley city 724
294 Loretto city 723
295 Salem city 722
296 Rolling Fields city 720
297 Auxier CDP 715
298 Bardwell city 714
299 Green Spring city 711
300 Upton city 704
301 Hindman city 701
302 Burnside city 694
303 Strathmoor Village city 684
304 Spring Valley city 675
305 Seneca Gardens city 674
306 Wickliffe city 670
307 McDowell CDP 661
308 Lynch city 658
309 Science Hill city 657
310 Brooksville city 654
311 Barlow city 653
312 Crofton city 653
313 Betsy Layne CDP 651
314 Butler city 646
315 Sandy Hook city 641
316 Brownsboro Farm city 640
317 Loyall city 638
318 Cawood CDP 630
319 Kuttawa city 629
320 Parkway Village city 623
321 Symsonia CDP 622
322 Park City city 614
323 North Middletown city 610
324 Frenchburg city 601
325 Glenview city 596
326 Kevil city 595
327 Milton city 590
328 Hardin city 580
329 Whitesville city 580
330 Pleasant Ridge CDP 578
331 Cecilia CDP 575
332 Wingo city 573
333 Buffalo CDP 571
334 Westwood city 571
335 Ravenna city 568
336 Murray Hill city 565
337 Sonora city 565
338 Wellington city 564
339 South Williamson CDP 562
340 Summersville CDP 551
341 Fleming-Neon city 548
342 Inez city 546
343 Magnolia CDP 535
344 Caneyville city 529
345 Bedford city 526
346 Hollyvilla city 518
347 Martin city 513
348 Benham city 512
349 Wheelwright city 509
350 Bancroft city 503
351 Petersburg CDP 500
352 Plum Springs city 497
353 Houston Acres city 492
354 Riverwood city 492
355 Drakesboro city 481
356 Mayking CDP 475
357 Moseleyville CDP 470
358 Pippa Passes city 468
359 Melbourne city 458
360 Artemus CDP 453
361 Crestview city 452
362 Robards city 449
363 Fordsville city 446
364 Briarwood city 445
365 Chaplin CDP 440
366 Forest Hills city 438
367 Norbourne Estates city 437
368 Yelvington CDP 437
369 Fox Chase city 436
370 River Bluff city 436
371 Moorland city 433
372 Island city 429
373 Sacramento city 429
374 Emlyn CDP 417
375 Centertown city 416
376 Richlawn city 415
377 Salvisa CDP 410
378 Diablock CDP 409
379 Maceo CDP 404
380 Fancy Farm CDP 403
381 Kingsley city 397
382 Gamaliel city 391
383 Hazel city 390
384 Wayland city 389
385 Hustonville city 387
386 Poplar Hills city 380
387 Norwood city 379
388 Glenview Hills city 377
389 Old Brownsboro Place city 376
390 Fredonia city 372
391 McHenry city 369
392 Big Clifty CDP 367
393 Sharpsburg city 365
394 Ghent city 363
395 Poole CDP 354
396 Strathmoor Manor city 351
397 Glencoe city 350
398 Mount Olivet city 347
399 Payne Gap CDP 347
400 Ages CDP 345
401 Grand Rivers city 345
402 Bellewood city 340
403 Combs CDP 339
404 Gilbertsville CDP 332
405 Rockholds CDP 330
406 Vicco city 327
407 Pathfork CDP 326
408 Pleasant View CDP 326
409 Trenton city 326
410 Hunters Hollow city 324
411 Dunmor CDP 322
412 Sadieville city 320
413 Campton city 316
414 Eubank city 313
415 Waverly city 311
416 Stanley CDP 309
417 Belleview CDP 308
418 Brownsboro Village city 308
419 Creekside city 305
420 Cerulean CDP 303
421 Goose Creek city 303
422 Hyden city 303
423 Woodburn city 303
424 Willisburg city 300
425 Druid Hills city 299
426 Utica CDP 298
427 Freeburn CDP 296
428 Spring Mill city 294
429 Summer Shade CDP 294
430 Jeff CDP 293
431 Beech Grove CDP 282
432 Wildwood city 281
433 Sedalia CDP 279
434 Lakeview Heights city 277
435 Spottsville CDP 274
436 Virgie CDP 274
437 St. Charles city 273
438 Cunningham CDP 272
439 Bradfordsville city 270
440 Bonnieville city 269
441 High Bridge CDP 268
442 Arlington city 264
443 Warfield city 264
444 Belfry CDP 263
445 Pryorsburg CDP 262
446 Rockport city 262
447 Fairview CDP 258
448 Dexter CDP 257
449 Rabbit Hash CDP 254
450 Boston CDP 253
451 Westport CDP 253
452 Mays Lick CDP 252
453 Berry city 250
454 Salt Lick city 247
455 Hiseville CDP 246
456 Broeck Pointe city 245
457 Farmers CDP 243
458 Manor Creek city 240
459 Smithland city 240
460 Dwale CDP 239
461 Oneida CDP 238
462 Sparta city 236
463 Hickory CDP 235
464 Water Valley CDP 235
465 Farmington CDP 234
466 Ewing city 228
467 Maytown CDP 227
468 Corinth city 226
469 Anthoston CDP 225
470 Coldiron CDP 222
471 Crossgate city 221
472 Dover city 221
473 Burna CDP 219
474 Mentor city 218
475 Fountain Run city 216
476 Wallins Creek CDP 212
477 Woodlawn city 212
478 Nebo city 211
479 Ezel CDP 209
480 Mackville city 207
481 Glenview Manor city 206
482 Kenvir CDP 204
483 McKinney CDP 201
484 Oakland city 198
485 Sanders city 197
486 Elizaville CDP 190
487 Slaughters city 190
488 Maryhill Estates city 185
489 Thornhill city 185
490 Arjay CDP 183
491 Knottsville CDP 183
492 Allen city 182
493 Worthville city 181
494 Meadowview Estates city 178
495 Bandana CDP 177
496 LaFayette city 177
497 Coxton CDP 176
498 Allensville CDP 175
499 Ekron city 175
500 Mockingbird Valley city 175
501 Hazel Green CDP 173
502 Manitou CDP 173
503 Bremen city 172
504 Prestonville city 171
505 Booneville city 168
506 Cleaton CDP 168
507 Livingston city 166
508 Sycamore city 166
509 Cambridge city 162
510 Crayne CDP 161
511 McCarr CDP 158
512 Hardyville CDP 155
513 Raywick city 155
514 Marrowbone CDP 147
515 Germantown city 146
516 Hills and Dales city 146
517 Fairview city 144
518 Panther CDP 144
519 South Carrollton city 141
520 Columbus city 140
521 New Hope CDP 139
522 Onton CDP 138
523 St. Mary city 138
524 Lincolnshire city 137
525 Lovelaceville CDP 124
526 Smithfield city 124
527 Cayce CDP 119
528 Hickory Hill city 119
529 Fairfield city 118
530 Gracey CDP 117
531 Meadowbrook Farm city 117
532 Rochester city 114
533 Monterey city 112
534 Rosine CDP 110
535 St. Joseph CDP 110
536 Blackey city 109
537 Kenton Vale city 105
538 Wheatcroft city 105
539 Keene city 99
540 Ten Broeck city 99
541 Curdsville CDP 94
542 Lowes CDP 92
543 Millstone CDP 92
544 Buckhorn city 89
545 California city 83
546 Tolu CDP 81
547 Woodbury city 80
548 Blandville city 73
549 Gratz city 67
550 Blaine city 66
551 Sardis city 60
552 Carrsville city 48
553 West Louisville CDP 40
554 Concord city 19
555 South Park View city 0