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Most densely populated, Kentucky cities · 2000

Kentucky cities ranked by residents per square mile (2000). This list covers the 83 cities in Kentucky that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 83 is 1,186.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 1990

01Bellevue, KYKY5,8477,160−7%

02Newport, KYKY13,9986,181−10%

03Dayton, KYKY5,9744,593−9%

04Douglass Hills, KYKY5,5754,312+3%

05St. Matthews, KYKY17,8683,5960%

06Shively, KYKY15,8953,315−2%

07Covington, KYKY41,8473,2940%

08Elsmere, KYKY9,5213,097+19%

09Fort Thomas, KYKY17,1422,907+3%

10Fort Mitchell, KYKY8,7512,612+9%

11Lyndon, KYKY11,3012,602+16%

12Owensboro, KYKY60,8922,592+1%

13Jeffersontown, KYKY29,1932,504+15%

14Highland Heights, KYKY6,3412,502+55%

15Oakbrook, KYKY10,2112,416+88%

16Villa Hills, KYKY7,7972,207+3%

17Edgewood, KYKY8,5032,206+15%

18Flatwoods, KYKY7,4392,175−2%

19Florence, KYKY34,0182,107+26%

20Ashland, KYKY20,9962,048−7%

21Erlanger, KYKY20,1581,987+4%

22Frankfort, KYKY28,6571,878+7%

23Winchester, KYKY19,5141,812+6%

24Fort Campbell North, KYKY11,3561,680−24%

25Fort Wright, KYKY6,2401,671−14%

26Radcliff, KYKY22,5761,644+11%

27Henderson, KYKY27,8221,620+6%

28Lawrenceburg, KYKY12,3291,497+52%

29Cynthiana, KYKY6,5761,426−4%

30Mayfield, KYKY9,8511,408+4%

31Middlesborough, KYKY8,7761,406−8%

32Campbellsville, KYKY11,7831,388+10%

33Nicholasville, KYKY33,8571,312+45%

34Mount Sterling, KYKY7,5861,307+10%

35Paducah, KYKY26,7301,293−3%

36Murray, KYKY18,9641,282+4%

37Richmond, KYKY40,6631,246+28%

38Williamsburg, KYKY5,3711,234−6%

39Burlington, KYKY18,0081,223+78%

40Alexandria, KYKY10,9941,197+53%

41Bowling Green, KYKY78,5051,188+21%

42Wilmore, KYKY6,3801,186+40%

43Versailles, KYKY10,7341,185+3%

44Harrodsburg, KYKY9,5761,158+9%

45Paris, KYKY10,1301,156+5%

46Taylor Mill, KYKY7,1441,131+25%

47Central City, KYKY5,7931,125+18%

48Middletown, KYKY9,9441,118+14%

49Shelbyville, KYKY18,4531,091+62%

50Madisonville, KYKY19,4281,081+19%

51Hillview, KYKY9,0201,048+15%

52Georgetown, KYKY40,8831,030+58%

53Monticello, KYKY5,721982+12%

54Corbin, KYKY7,911974+5%

55Lexington, KYKY329,751918–

56Hopkinsville, KYKY30,411917+1%

57Reidland, KYKY5,277909+7%

58Mount Washington, KYKY18,989886+62%

59Bardstown, KYKY14,161857+53%

60Danville, KYKY17,736855+25%

61Independence, KYKY30,198845+43%

62Lebanon, KYKY6,6998370%

63Glasgow, KYKY15,302808+5%

64Elizabethtown, KYKY35,448807+24%

65Union, KYKY7,937804+189%

66Cold Spring, KYKY6,640802+32%

67La Grange, KYKY10,669786+47%

68Somerset, KYKY12,695772+6%

69Princeton, KYKY6,168727−6%

70Oak Grove, KYKY7,830660+147%

71Russellville, KYKY7,454650−4%

72Morehead, KYKY6,776611−29%

73Fort Knox, KYKY8,836610−42%

74Vine Grove, KYKY7,018607+16%

75Berea, KYKY16,662597+8%

76Leitchfield, KYKY7,015571+24%

77Franklin, KYKY10,759537+5%

78Walton, KYKY5,868517+20%

79Shepherdsville, KYKY14,931512+73%

80Crestwood, KYKY6,582494+39%

81Maysville, KYKY8,688474+25%

82London, KYKY7,637452−1%

83Pikeville, KYKY7,2703030%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS