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.

## Table[edit]

The table below describes the 32 United States statistical areas and 120 counties of the Commonwealth of Kentucky with the following information:[3]

1. The combined statistical area (CSA) as designated by the OMB.[1]
2. The CSA population according to 2019 US Census Bureau population estimates.[4]
3. The core based statistical area (CBSA)[2] as designated by the OMB.[1]
4. The CBSA population according to 2019 US Census Bureau population estimates [4]
5. The county name
6. 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

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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
Simpson County, Kentucky | 20,195
Russell County, Kentucky | 18,279
Garrard County, Kentucky | 17,829
McCreary County, Kentucky | 17,050
Rockcastle County, Kentucky | 16,190
Casey County, Kentucky | 15,918
Lawrence County, Kentucky | 16,000
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]

* Geography portal
* United States portal
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* Geography of Kentucky
* Demographics of Kentucky

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ 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]
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]

1. ^ a b c d Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas (July 21, 2023). "0MB BULLETIN NO. 23-01" (PDF). Office of Management and Budget. Retrieved March 12, 2024.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: url-status (link)
2. ^ a b c d e f g "2020 Standards for Delineating Core Based Statistical Areas". Office of Management and Budget. July 16, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
3. ^ An out-of-state area and its population are displayed in green. An area that extends into more than one state is displayed in teal. A teal population number over a black population number show the total population versus the in-state population.
4. ^ a b c "County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2023". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. April 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2024.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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