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Most population gained, Kentucky counties

Kentucky counties that added the most residents from the 2020 census to 2025, by raw count of people rather than percentage. This list covers the 120 counties in Kentucky that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION CHANGEVS 2000

01Warren County, KYKY149,375+14,821−6%

02Jefferson County, KYKY795,222+12,253−57%

03Boone County, KYKY145,316+9,348−67%

04Madison County, KYKY101,696+8,995−33%

05Fayette County, KYKY329,751+7,181−80%

06Kenton County, KYKY175,779+6,715−29%

07Scott County, KYKY62,262+5,107−44%

08Bullitt County, KYKY86,454+4,237−69%

09Jessamine County, KYKY57,147+4,156−51%

10Oldham County, KYKY70,986+3,379−74%

11Shelby County, KYKY51,243+3,178−63%

12Hardin County, KYKY113,482+2,780−44%

13Campbell County, KYKY95,441+2,365−50%

14Pulaski County, KYKY67,384+2,350−65%

15Calloway County, KYKY39,421+2,318−33%

16Nelson County, KYKY49,036+2,298−70%

17Allen County, KYKY22,536+1,948−39%

18Daviess County, KYKY104,898+1,586−64%

19Spencer County, KYKY20,998+1,508−70%

20Anderson County, KYKY25,225+1,373−70%

21Garrard County, KYKY18,207+1,254−61%

22Grant County, KYKY26,181+1,240−81%

23Logan County, KYKY28,669+1,237−43%

24Simpson County, KYKY20,788+1,194−5%

25Barren County, KYKY45,641+1,156−71%

26Laurel County, KYKY63,746+1,133−88%

27Franklin County, KYKY52,649+1,108−72%

28Mercer County, KYKY23,733+1,092−35%

29Lincoln County, KYKY25,353+1,078−67%

30Breckinridge County, KYKY21,503+1,071−54%

31Boyle County, KYKY31,632+1,018−50%

32Woodford County, KYKY27,883+1,012−69%

33Grayson County, KYKY27,406+986−67%

34Harrison County, KYKY19,627+935−46%

35Clark County, KYKY37,888+916−75%

36Hart County, KYKY20,117+829−68%

37Henry County, KYKY16,447+769−66%

38Taylor County, KYKY26,763+740−58%

39Todd County, KYKY12,972+729−29%

40Montgomery County, KYKY28,822+708−76%

41Fleming County, KYKY15,787+705−53%

42Meade County, KYKY30,699+696−68%

43Morgan County, KYKY14,415+689−70%

44Edmonson County, KYKY12,749+623−52%

45Russell County, KYKY18,608+617−61%

46Whitley County, KYKY37,297+585−77%

47Green County, KYKY11,644+537−53%

48Marion County, KYKY20,115+534−69%

49Adair County, KYKY19,423+520−72%

50Trigg County, KYKY14,512+451−80%

51Lyon County, KYKY9,123+443−70%

52Bath County, KYKY13,176+426−69%

53Nicholas County, KYKY7,949+412+368%

54Graves County, KYKY37,050+401−88%

55Jackson County, KYKY13,325+370−76%

56Washington County, KYKY12,368+341−28%

57Carroll County, KYKY11,141+331−62%

58Owen County, KYKY11,601+323−79%

59Larue County, KYKY15,184+317−81%

60Menifee County, KYKY6,430+317−78%

61Metcalfe County, KYKY10,583+297−72%

62Casey County, KYKY16,205+264−79%

63McCreary County, KYKY17,124+236−84%

64Trimble County, KYKY8,701+227−89%

65Ohio County, KYKY23,934+162−91%

66Pendleton County, KYKY14,800+156−93%

67Gallatin County, KYKY8,840+150−94%

68Butler County, KYKY12,520+149−92%

69Robertson County, KYKY2,325+132−7%

70Bracken County, KYKY8,511+111−78%

71Rockcastle County, KYKY16,148+111−94%

72Cumberland County, KYKY5,992+104−71%

73Wayne County, KYKY19,597+42−98%

74Marshall County, KYKY31,6590−100%

75Bourbon County, KYKY20,243-9−107%

76Livingston County, KYKY8,863-25−103%

77Caldwell County, KYKY12,609-40−77%

78Hancock County, KYKY9,050-45−109%

79Carlisle County, KYKY4,747-79−170%

80Webster County, KYKY12,929-88−153%

81McLean County, KYKY9,064-88−128%

82Elliott County, KYKY7,265-89−130%

83Lee County, KYKY7,297-98−120%

84Clinton County, KYKY9,139-114−123%

85Owsley County, KYKY3,932-119−33%

86Ballard County, KYKY7,594-134−135%

87Monroe County, KYKY11,191-147−141%

88Hickman County, KYKY4,372-149−51%

89Lewis County, KYKY12,901-179−117%

90Crittenden County, KYKY8,807-183−197%

91Mason County, KYKY16,936-184−237%

92Rowan County, KYKY24,476-186−111%

93Estill County, KYKY13,962-201−129%

94Wolfe County, KYKY6,298-264−147%

95Muhlenberg County, KYKY30,634-294−156%

96Hopkins County, KYKY45,127-296−175%

97Fulton County, KYKY6,218-297−43%

98Powell County, KYKY12,812-317−120%

99McCracken County, KYKY67,553-322−112%

100Carter County, KYKY26,149-478−119%

101Boyd County, KYKY47,751-510−64%

102Magoffin County, KYKY11,110-527−307%

103Lawrence County, KYKY15,765-528−134%

104Henderson County, KYKY44,255-538−130%

105Martin County, KYKY10,697-590−1235%

106Johnson County, KYKY22,051-629−419%

107Knox County, KYKY29,532-661−131%

108Greenup County, KYKY35,213-749−603%

109Union County, KYKY12,839-829−10%

110Clay County, KYKY19,465-880−131%

111Leslie County, KYKY9,627-886−29%

112Knott County, KYKY13,321-930+262%

113Breathitt County, KYKY12,558-1,160−392%

114Bell County, KYKY22,829-1,268−12%

115Floyd County, KYKY34,401-1,541+35%

116Letcher County, KYKY19,952-1,596−7%

117Perry County, KYKY26,555-1,918+115%

118Harlan County, KYKY24,725-2,106−38%

119Christian County, KYKY70,115-2,633−179%

120Pike County, KYKY54,721-3,948+3%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES