Top 100 Biggest Cities In Kentucky (2008 Census)

Rank City 2009 Pop (Est.) Growth Rate (Ann)
1 Louisville 563,119 0.2%
2 Lexington 292,240 1.4%
3 Bowling Green 55,636 1.5%
4 Owensboro 55,511 0.3%
5 Covington 42,925 -0.0%
6 Richmond 32,943 2.2%
7 Hopkinsville 32,046 0.8%
8 Florence 27,891 2.0%
9 Henderson 27,881 0.2%
10 Frankfort 27,386 -0.2%
11 Nicholasville 26,580 3.1%
12 Jeffersontown 26,307 -0.1%
13 Paducah 25,559 -0.3%
14 Elizabethtown 24,124 0.8%
15 Radcliff 22,107 0.0%
16 Georgetown 21,633 2.0%
17 Independence 21,602 4.5%
18 Ashland 21,318 -0.3%
19 Madisonville 19,052 -0.2%
20 St. Matthews 18,673 1.0%
21 Erlanger 17,205 0.4%
22 Winchester 16,622 -0.1%
23 Murray 16,470 1.0%
24 Shively 16,389 1.2%
25 Newport 15,759 -1.0%
26 Danville 15,621 0.1%
27 Fort Thomas 15,212 -1.0%
28 Berea 14,511 3.1%
29 Glasgow 14,190 1.0%
30 Somerset 12,184 0.8%
31 Mount Washington 11,973 4.1%
32 Shelbyville 11,342 1.3%
33 Bardstown 11,232 0.5%
34 Campbellsville 11,200 0.9%
35 Lyndon 11,155 1.3%
36 Mayfield 10,156 -0.2%
37 Lawrenceburg 9,994 1.1%
38 Middlesborough 9,867 -0.6%
39 Shepherdsville 9,246 1.0%
40 Paris 9,223 0.0%
41 Maysville 9,196 0.3%
42 Oak Grove 9,162 3.2%
43 Edgewood 8,917 -0.6%
44 Alexandria 8,397 -0.2%
45 Corbin 8,245 0.6%
46 Harrodsburg 8,152 -0.0%
47 Franklin 7,993 -0.2%
48 Elsmere 7,981 -0.3%
49 Versailles 7,891 -0.0%
50 London 7,866 0.7%
51 Villa Hills 7,718 -0.3%
52 Morehead 7,659 0.1%
53 Flatwoods 7,621 0.2%
54 Fort Mitchell 7,578 -0.8%
55 Hillview 7,479 0.8%
56 Russellville 7,227 0.1%
57 Taylor Mill 7,132 -0.3%
58 Middletown 7,121 2.5%
59 Mount Sterling 6,941 1.6%
60 Highland Heights 6,921 0.2%
61 La Grange 6,556 1.7%
62 Leitchfield 6,508 0.5%
63 Pikeville 6,393 -0.2%
64 Princeton 6,393 -0.3%
65 Lebanon 6,332 0.9%
66 Cynthiana 6,282 -0.1%
67 Monticello 6,129 0.3%
68 Douglass Hills 6,079 1.1%
69 Wilmore 5,954 0.1%
70 Bellevue 5,854 -1.2%
71 Cold Spring 5,804 5.0%
72 Prospect 5,792 2.8%
73 Central City 5,682 -0.4%
74 Dayton 5,453 -1.1%
75 Fort Wright 5,452 -0.5%
76 Williamsburg 5,141 0.5%
77 Ludlow 4,816 1.1%
78 Hazard 4,757 -0.3%
79 Columbia 4,558 0.4%
80 Scottsville 4,549 0.6%
81 Hurstbourne 4,409 1.6%
82 Lancaster 4,391 1.7%
83 Benton 4,358 0.0%
84 Vine Grove 4,353 0.6%
85 Greenville 4,305 -0.2%
86 Paintsville 4,152 0.1%
87 Crescent Springs 4,064 0.4%
88 Grayson 3,908 0.1%
89 Carrollton 3,905 0.2%
90 Prestonsburg 3,830 -0.1%
91 Crestview Hills 3,697 3.0%
92 Union 3,636 2.8%
93 Russell 3,605 -0.1%
94 Barbourville 3,548 -0.1%
95 Williamstown 3,514 1.0%
96 Indian Hills 3,470 2.3%
97 Providence 3,409 -0.7%
98 Stanford 3,373 -0.2%
99 West Liberty 3,367 0.4%
100 Southgate 3,279 -0.7%

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