RANKING · 2010 CENSUS · 120 SHOWN OF 120

Most population lost, Kentucky counties · 2010

Kentucky counties that lost 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

01Harlan County, KYKY24,725-3,924+16%

02Pike County, KYKY54,721-3,712−4%

03Floyd County, KYKY34,401-2,990+161%

04Clay County, KYKY19,465-2,826−201%

05Breathitt County, KYKY12,558-2,222−660%

06Bell County, KYKY22,829-1,369−5%

07Knott County, KYKY13,321-1,303+407%

08Leslie County, KYKY9,627-1,091−12%

09Fulton County, KYKY6,218-939+81%

10Monroe County, KYKY11,191-793−323%

11Letcher County, KYKY19,952-758−56%

12Perry County, KYKY26,555-678−24%

13Estill County, KYKY13,962-635−192%

14Union County, KYKY12,839-630−32%

15Powell County, KYKY12,812-624−140%

16Webster County, KYKY12,929-499−402%

17McLean County, KYKY9,064-407−231%

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

19Muhlenberg County, KYKY30,634-340−165%

20Butler County, KYKY12,520-320−118%

21Cumberland County, KYKY5,992-291−180%

22Livingston County, KYKY8,863-285−138%

23Green County, KYKY11,644-260−123%

24Menifee County, KYKY6,430-250−117%

25Carlisle County, KYKY4,747-247−319%

26Whitley County, KYKY37,297-228−109%

27Lewis County, KYKY12,901-222−121%

28Boyd County, KYKY47,751-210−85%

29Owsley County, KYKY3,932-103−42%

30Johnson County, KYKY22,051-89−145%

31Caldwell County, KYKY12,609-76−56%

32Crittenden County, KYKY8,807-69−137%

33Ballard County, KYKY7,594-37−110%

34Lee County, KYKY7,297-29−106%

35Morgan County, KYKY14,415-25−101%

36Jackson County, KYKY13,325-1−100%

37Magoffin County, KYKY11,110+1−100%

38Robertson County, KYKY2,325+16−89%

39Greenup County, KYKY35,213+19−87%

40McCracken County, KYKY67,553+51−98%

41Metcalfe County, KYKY10,583+62−94%

42Knox County, KYKY29,532+88−96%

43Graves County, KYKY37,050+93−97%

44Hancock County, KYKY9,050+173−67%

45Bracken County, KYKY8,511+209−59%

46Lyon County, KYKY9,123+234−84%

47Logan County, KYKY28,669+262−88%

48Wolfe County, KYKY6,298+290−48%

49Lawrence County, KYKY15,765+291−81%

50Owen County, KYKY11,601+294−81%

51Nicholas County, KYKY7,949+322+266%

52Martin County, KYKY10,697+351+575%

53Henry County, KYKY16,447+356−84%

54Hopkins County, KYKY45,127+401+2%

55Rockcastle County, KYKY16,148+474−73%

56Pendleton County, KYKY14,800+487−79%

57Todd County, KYKY12,972+489−53%

58Bath County, KYKY13,176+506−64%

59Casey County, KYKY16,205+508−59%

60Mercer County, KYKY23,733+514−69%

61Edmonson County, KYKY12,749+517−60%

62Fleming County, KYKY15,787+556−63%

63Bourbon County, KYKY20,243+625+404%

64Clinton County, KYKY9,139+638+28%

65Carroll County, KYKY11,141+656−24%

66Trimble County, KYKY8,701+684−66%

67Mason County, KYKY16,936+690+415%

68Gallatin County, KYKY8,840+719−71%

69Boyle County, KYKY31,632+735−64%

70Hart County, KYKY20,117+754−70%

71Washington County, KYKY12,368+801+69%

72Larue County, KYKY15,184+820−52%

73Carter County, KYKY26,149+831−67%

74Harrison County, KYKY19,627+863−50%

75Wayne County, KYKY19,597+890−64%

76Simpson County, KYKY20,788+922−27%

77Ohio County, KYKY23,934+926−49%

78Elliott County, KYKY7,265+1,104+277%

79McCreary County, KYKY17,124+1,226−17%

80Rowan County, KYKY24,476+1,239−29%

81Russell County, KYKY18,608+1,250−22%

82Marshall County, KYKY31,659+1,323−55%

83Lincoln County, KYKY25,353+1,381−58%

84Breckinridge County, KYKY21,503+1,411−40%

85Adair County, KYKY19,423+1,412−25%

86Henderson County, KYKY44,255+1,421−20%

87Taylor County, KYKY26,763+1,585−11%

88Franklin County, KYKY52,649+1,598−59%

89Marion County, KYKY20,115+1,608−6%

90Christian County, KYKY70,115+1,690−49%

91Grayson County, KYKY27,406+1,693−44%

92Campbell County, KYKY95,441+1,720−64%

93Woodford County, KYKY27,883+1,731−47%

94Trigg County, KYKY14,512+1,742−22%

95Garrard County, KYKY18,207+2,120−34%

96Allen County, KYKY22,536+2,156−32%

97Meade County, KYKY30,699+2,253+3%

98Grant County, KYKY26,181+2,278−66%

99Anderson County, KYKY25,225+2,310−49%

100Clark County, KYKY37,888+2,469−32%

101Calloway County, KYKY39,421+3,014−12%

102Montgomery County, KYKY28,822+3,945+32%

103Barren County, KYKY45,641+4,140+3%

104Daviess County, KYKY104,898+5,111+17%

105Spencer County, KYKY20,998+5,295+7%

106Nelson County, KYKY49,036+5,960−23%

107Laurel County, KYKY63,746+6,134−34%

108Pulaski County, KYKY67,384+6,846+2%

109Kenton County, KYKY175,779+8,256−12%

110Shelby County, KYKY51,243+8,737+3%

111Jessamine County, KYKY57,147+9,545+12%

112Hardin County, KYKY113,482+11,369+130%

113Madison County, KYKY101,696+12,044−10%

114Bullitt County, KYKY86,454+13,083−4%

115Scott County, KYKY62,262+14,112+53%

116Oldham County, KYKY70,986+14,138+9%

117Warren County, KYKY149,375+21,270+34%

118Boone County, KYKY145,316+32,820+16%

119Fayette County, KYKY329,751+35,291+0%

120Jefferson County, KYKY795,222+47,492+66%

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