Largest Cities in Kentucky

Cities ranked by total population from the Census Bureau. 50 cities ranked from official U.S. government data.

Largest Cities 50

1 Louisville
783,022
2 Jeffersontown
783,022
3 Pleasure Ridge Park
783,022
4 Valley Station
783,022
5 Newburg
783,022
6 Fern Creek
783,022
7 Saint Matthews
783,022
8 Okolona
783,022
9 Shively
783,022
10 Highview
783,022
11 Lyndon
783,022
12 Lexington
323,725
13 Lexington-Fayette
323,725
14 Covington
171,288
15 Independence
171,288
16 Erlanger
171,288
17 Bowling Green
140,918
18 Florence
139,841
19 Burlington
139,841
20 Elizabethtown
111,942
21 Radcliff
111,942
22 Fort Knox
111,942
23 Owensboro
103,648
24 Richmond
95,769
25 Berea
95,769
26 Fort Thomas
93,426
27 Newport
93,426
28 Mount Washington
84,027
29 Shepherdsville
84,027
30 Hopkinsville
72,069
31 Fort Campbell North
72,069
32 Paducah
67,564
33 Somerset
65,897
34 Georgetown
59,536
35 Nicholasville
54,588
36 Frankfort
51,842
37 Shelbyville
49,096
38 Meads
47,911
39 Ashland
47,911
40 Bardstown
47,606
41 Madisonville
45,119
42 Glasgow
44,938
43 Henderson
44,280
44 Murray
38,224
45 Winchester
37,192
46 Mayfield
36,630
47 Danville
30,941
48 Campbellsville
26,397
49 Lawrenceburg
24,353
50 Middlesboro
23,509

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Data Sources

Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2022 5-year estimates). Health data from the CDC PLACES (2023).