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Most densely populated, Kentucky cities

Kentucky cities ranked by residents per square mile (2025). This list covers the 79 cities in Kentucky that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 79 is 1,626. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Louisville, KY, up 30 places to #15.

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SAME RANKING BYCounties States Metros

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 2000

01Bellevue, KYKY5,8476,461−10%

02Newport, KYKY13,9985,075−18%

03Dayton, KYKY5,9744,5990%

04Douglass Hills, KYKY5,5754,204−3%

05St. Matthews, KYKY17,8684,054+13%

06Elsmere, KYKY9,5213,623+17%

07Shively, KYKY15,8953,477+5%

08Covington, KYKY41,8473,179−4%

09▲1Lyndon, KYKY11,3013,138+21%

10▲3Florence, KYKY34,0183,044+44%

11▼2Fort Thomas, KYKY17,1423,021+4%

12Owensboro, KYKY60,8922,919+13%

13▲1Fort Mitchell, KYKY8,7512,826+8%

14▲1Jeffersontown, KYKY29,1932,744+10%

15▲30Louisville, KYKY641,9622,440–

16Highland Heights, KYKY6,3412,420−3%

17Erlanger, KYKY20,1582,402+21%

18Georgetown, KYKY40,8832,329+126%

19▲2Nicholasville, KYKY33,8572,257+72%

20▲2Union, KYKY7,9372,206+174%

21▲2Villa Hills, KYKY7,7972,165−2%

22▼3Flatwoods, KYKY7,4392,127−2%

23▼3Winchester, KYKY19,5142,114+17%

24▲3Lawrenceburg, KYKY12,3292,047+37%

25▲6Shelbyville, KYKY18,4531,997+83%

26▼1Edgewood, KYKY8,5031,995−10%

27▲2Mount Washington, KYKY18,9891,984+124%

28▼4Ashland, KYKY20,9961,956−4%

29▼1Frankfort, KYKY28,6571,940+3%

30Middletown, KYKY9,9441,936+73%

31▲1Bowling Green, KYKY78,5051,892+59%

32▲7Richmond, KYKY40,6631,866+50%

33▲1Fort Wright, KYKY6,2401,836+10%

34▲4Independence, KYKY30,1981,702+102%

35▲2Versailles, KYKY10,7341,693+43%

36▼3Radcliff, KYKY22,5761,690+3%

37▼2Mount Sterling, KYKY7,5861,688+29%

38▼2Henderson, KYKY27,8221,646+2%

39▲1Crestwood, KYKY6,5821,626+229%

40▲4Murray, KYKY18,9641,626+27%

41▲2Alexandria, KYKY10,9941,588+33%

42▼1Campbellsville, KYKY11,7831,558+12%

43▲3Cynthiana, KYKY6,5761,498+5%

44▲3La Grange, KYKY10,6691,478+88%

45▲6Cold Spring, KYKY6,6401,399+74%

46▲4Harrodsburg, KYKY9,5761,384+19%

47▲5Hillview, KYKY9,0201,343+28%

48Mayfield, KYKY9,8511,340−5%

49Paducah, KYKY26,7301,314+2%

50▲4Williamsburg, KYKY5,3711,288+4%

51▲5Wilmore, KYKY6,3801,282+8%

52▲1Paris, KYKY10,1301,275+10%

53▲8Elizabethtown, KYKY35,4481,269+57%

54▲4Walton, KYKY5,8681,238+140%

55Middlesborough, KYKY8,7761,189−15%

56▲6Bardstown, KYKY14,1611,170+37%

57▲3Taylor Mill, KYKY7,1441,169+3%

58▲1Lexington, KYKY329,7511,162+27%

59▲4Central City, KYKY5,7931,106−2%

60▲4Madisonville, KYKY19,4281,087+1%

61▲6Vine Grove, KYKY7,0181,022+68%

62▲10Berea, KYKY16,6621,009+69%

63▲2Corbin, KYKY7,911995+2%

64▲10Lebanon, KYKY6,699980+17%

65▲3Danville, KYKY17,736980+15%

66▲7Glasgow, KYKY15,302950+18%

67▲4Monticello, KYKY5,721939−4%

68▲1Hopkinsville, KYKY30,411927+1%

69▲6Shepherdsville, KYKY14,931918+79%

70▲6Somerset, KYKY12,695863+12%

71▲6Oak Grove, KYKY7,830731+11%

72▲8Franklin, KYKY10,759722+35%

73▲5Morehead, KYKY6,776700+15%

74▲5Princeton, KYKY6,168686−6%

75▲6Russellville, KYKY7,454678+4%

76▲7Leitchfield, KYKY7,015652+14%

77▲5London, KYKY7,637606+34%

78▲6Maysville, KYKY8,688458−3%

79▲7Pikeville, KYKY7,270350+15%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES