RANKING · 2010 CENSUS · 120 SHOWN OF 120

Most population gained, Kentucky counties · 2010

Kentucky counties that added the most residents from the 2000 census to 2010, 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

01Jefferson County, KYKY795,222+47,492+66%

02Fayette County, KYKY329,751+35,291+0%

03Boone County, KYKY145,316+32,820+16%

04Warren County, KYKY149,375+21,270+34%

05Oldham County, KYKY70,986+14,138+9%

06Scott County, KYKY62,262+14,112+53%

07Bullitt County, KYKY86,454+13,083−4%

08Madison County, KYKY101,696+12,044−10%

09Hardin County, KYKY113,482+11,369+130%

10Jessamine County, KYKY57,147+9,545+12%

11Shelby County, KYKY51,243+8,737+3%

12Kenton County, KYKY175,779+8,256−12%

13Pulaski County, KYKY67,384+6,846+2%

14Laurel County, KYKY63,746+6,134−34%

15Nelson County, KYKY49,036+5,960−23%

16Spencer County, KYKY20,998+5,295+7%

17Daviess County, KYKY104,898+5,111+17%

18Barren County, KYKY45,641+4,140+3%

19Montgomery County, KYKY28,822+3,945+32%

20Calloway County, KYKY39,421+3,014−12%

21Clark County, KYKY37,888+2,469−32%

22Anderson County, KYKY25,225+2,310−49%

23Grant County, KYKY26,181+2,278−66%

24Meade County, KYKY30,699+2,253+3%

25Allen County, KYKY22,536+2,156−32%

26Garrard County, KYKY18,207+2,120−34%

27Trigg County, KYKY14,512+1,742−22%

28Woodford County, KYKY27,883+1,731−47%

29Campbell County, KYKY95,441+1,720−64%

30Grayson County, KYKY27,406+1,693−44%

31Christian County, KYKY70,115+1,690−49%

32Marion County, KYKY20,115+1,608−6%

33Franklin County, KYKY52,649+1,598−59%

34Taylor County, KYKY26,763+1,585−11%

35Henderson County, KYKY44,255+1,421−20%

36Adair County, KYKY19,423+1,412−25%

37Breckinridge County, KYKY21,503+1,411−40%

38Lincoln County, KYKY25,353+1,381−58%

39Marshall County, KYKY31,659+1,323−55%

40Russell County, KYKY18,608+1,250−22%

41Rowan County, KYKY24,476+1,239−29%

42McCreary County, KYKY17,124+1,226−17%

43Elliott County, KYKY7,265+1,104+277%

44Ohio County, KYKY23,934+926−49%

45Simpson County, KYKY20,788+922−27%

46Wayne County, KYKY19,597+890−64%

47Harrison County, KYKY19,627+863−50%

48Carter County, KYKY26,149+831−67%

49Larue County, KYKY15,184+820−52%

50Washington County, KYKY12,368+801+69%

51Hart County, KYKY20,117+754−70%

52Boyle County, KYKY31,632+735−64%

53Gallatin County, KYKY8,840+719−71%

54Mason County, KYKY16,936+690+415%

55Trimble County, KYKY8,701+684−66%

56Carroll County, KYKY11,141+656−24%

57Clinton County, KYKY9,139+638+28%

58Bourbon County, KYKY20,243+625+404%

59Fleming County, KYKY15,787+556−63%

60Edmonson County, KYKY12,749+517−60%

61Mercer County, KYKY23,733+514−69%

62Casey County, KYKY16,205+508−59%

63Bath County, KYKY13,176+506−64%

64Todd County, KYKY12,972+489−53%

65Pendleton County, KYKY14,800+487−79%

66Rockcastle County, KYKY16,148+474−73%

67Hopkins County, KYKY45,127+401+2%

68Henry County, KYKY16,447+356−84%

69Martin County, KYKY10,697+351+575%

70Nicholas County, KYKY7,949+322+266%

71Owen County, KYKY11,601+294−81%

72Lawrence County, KYKY15,765+291−81%

73Wolfe County, KYKY6,298+290−48%

74Logan County, KYKY28,669+262−88%

75Lyon County, KYKY9,123+234−84%

76Bracken County, KYKY8,511+209−59%

77Hancock County, KYKY9,050+173−67%

78Graves County, KYKY37,050+93−97%

79Knox County, KYKY29,532+88−96%

80Metcalfe County, KYKY10,583+62−94%

81McCracken County, KYKY67,553+51−98%

82Greenup County, KYKY35,213+19−87%

83Robertson County, KYKY2,325+16−89%

84Magoffin County, KYKY11,110+1−100%

85Jackson County, KYKY13,325-1−100%

86Morgan County, KYKY14,415-25−101%

87Lee County, KYKY7,297-29−106%

88Ballard County, KYKY7,594-37−110%

89Crittenden County, KYKY8,807-69−137%

90Caldwell County, KYKY12,609-76−56%

91Johnson County, KYKY22,051-89−145%

92Owsley County, KYKY3,932-103−42%

93Boyd County, KYKY47,751-210−85%

94Lewis County, KYKY12,901-222−121%

95Whitley County, KYKY37,297-228−109%

96Carlisle County, KYKY4,747-247−319%

97Menifee County, KYKY6,430-250−117%

98Green County, KYKY11,644-260−123%

99Livingston County, KYKY8,863-285−138%

100Cumberland County, KYKY5,992-291−180%

101Butler County, KYKY12,520-320−118%

102Muhlenberg County, KYKY30,634-340−165%

103Hickman County, KYKY4,372-360+18%

104McLean County, KYKY9,064-407−231%

105Webster County, KYKY12,929-499−402%

106Powell County, KYKY12,812-624−140%

107Union County, KYKY12,839-630−32%

108Estill County, KYKY13,962-635−192%

109Perry County, KYKY26,555-678−24%

110Letcher County, KYKY19,952-758−56%

111Monroe County, KYKY11,191-793−323%

112Fulton County, KYKY6,218-939+81%

113Leslie County, KYKY9,627-1,091−12%

114Knott County, KYKY13,321-1,303+407%

115Bell County, KYKY22,829-1,369−5%

116Breathitt County, KYKY12,558-2,222−660%

117Clay County, KYKY19,465-2,826−201%

118Floyd County, KYKY34,401-2,990+161%

119Pike County, KYKY54,721-3,712−4%

120Harlan County, KYKY24,725-3,924+16%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS