Kentucky: cities and towns by population
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James Burfield , SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated
18 September 2026 · GeoNames
The largest of Kentucky's 374 recorded places, ranked by population — 3,317,404 people across the state's towns and cities.
The essentials
Louisville is the largest place we record in Kentucky, with 624,444 residents. The three largest together hold 38% of the 3,317,404 people counted across the state's recorded towns and cities. That total sums listed places rather than measuring the state itself, so treat it as coverage, never as an official population.
All 374 places, ranked
Figures are the latest available in
GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are
UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such.
Sources & method .
# Place Population 1 Louisville 624,444 2 Lexington 320,347 3 Lexington-Fayette 314,488 4 Meads 288,649 5 Bowling Green 63,616 6 Owensboro 59,042 7 Covington 40,997 8 Richmond 33,533 9 Georgetown 32,356 10 Florence 32,227 11 Hopkinsville 32,205 12 Nicholasville 29,754 13 Elizabethtown 29,678 14 Henderson 28,890 15 Frankfort 28,391 16 Jeffersontown 26,946 17 Independence 26,819 18 Paducah 24,864 19 Valley Station 22,756 20 Radcliff 22,387 21 Ashland 21,108 22 Newburg 19,967 23 Madisonville 19,539 24 Murray 18,954 25 Erlanger 18,797 26 Winchester 18,446 27 Fern Creek 18,409 28 Saint Matthews 17,472 29 Okolona 17,134 30 Danville 16,690 31 Fort Thomas 16,398 32 Burlington 15,926 33 Shively 15,713 34 Newport 15,354 35 Shelbyville 15,253 36 Highview 15,167 37 Berea 14,882 38 Glasgow 14,470 39 Mount Washington 14,028 40 Fort Campbell North 13,685 41 Bardstown 13,091 42 Shepherdsville 11,967 43 Somerset 11,439 44 Lyndon 11,372 45 Campbellsville 11,237 46 Lawrenceburg 11,103 47 Middlesboro 10,730 48 Fort Knox 10,124 49 Mayfield 10,080 50 Paris 9,870 51 Saint Dennis 9,177 52 Versailles 9,146 53 Oakbrook 9,036 54 Alexandria 9,009 55 Maysville 8,819 56 Franklin 8,787 57 Edgewood 8,769 58 La Grange 8,619 59 Elsmere 8,536 60 Harrodsburg 8,394 61 Fort Mitchell 8,306 62 Fairdale 8,148 63 London 8,126 64 Hillview 8,080 65 Oak Grove 7,989 66 Francisville 7,944 67 Middletown 7,874 68 Morehead 7,622 69 Villa Hills 7,468 70 Oak Grove 7,444 71 Corbin 7,389 72 Flatwoods 7,335 73 Buechel 7,287 74 Mount Sterling 7,208 75 Highland Heights 7,183 76 Russellville 7,056 77 Morehead 7,045 78 Pikeville 7,012 79 Leitchfield 6,873 80 Taylor Mill 6,769 81 Cynthiana 6,423 82 Knottsville 6,270 83 Wilmore 6,247 84 Princeton 6,174 85 Cold Spring 6,170 86 Monticello 6,090 87 Hebron 5,929 88 Bellevue 5,892 89 Central City 5,892 90 Buckner 5,837 91 Union 5,795 92 Fort Wright 5,781 93 Vine Grove 5,760 94 Lebanon 5,680 95 Douglass Hills 5,669 96 Dayton 5,433 97 Hazard 5,341 98 Williamsburg 5,293 99 Prospect 4,881 100 Crestwood 4,847 101 Westwood 4,746 102 Farley 4,701 103 Hendron 4,687 104 Columbia 4,644 105 Ludlow 4,551 106 Massac 4,505 107 Reidland 4,491 108 Scottsville 4,411 109 Greenville 4,395 110 Hurstbourne 4,359 111 Benton 4,357 112 Paintsville 4,249 113 Grayson 4,058 114 Crescent Springs 4,010 115 Williamstown 3,943 116 Walton 3,907 117 Carrollton 3,886 118 Lancaster 3,864 119 Southgate 3,856 120 Crittenden 3,848 121 Stanford 3,675 122 Beaver Dam 3,618 123 Morganfield 3,578 124 Providence 3,492 125 Prestonsburg 3,347 126 Crestview Hills 3,340 127 West Liberty 3,330 128 Russell 3,260 129 Hodgenville 3,256 130 Barbourville 3,174 131 Wilder 3,088 132 Providence 3,065 133 Springfield 3,055 134 Park Hills 3,007 135 Marion 2,986 136 Indian Hills 2,959 137 Graymoor-Devondale 2,950 138 Flemingsburg 2,894 139 Brandenburg 2,852 140 Pioneer Village 2,840 141 Lakeside Park 2,779 142 Hartford 2,750 143 Dawson Springs 2,737 144 Simpsonville 2,702 145 Stanton 2,666 146 Cadiz 2,626 147 Mount Vernon 2,583 148 Eddyville 2,577 149 Eminence 2,535 150 Calvert City 2,532 151 Russell Springs 2,511 152 Mount Vernon 2,499 153 Morgantown 2,475 154 Louisa 2,455 155 Windy Hills 2,428 156 Anchorage 2,420 157 Irvine 2,416 158 Brooks 2,401 159 Cave City 2,394 160 Raceland 2,387 161 Jackson 2,356 162 Claryville 2,355 163 Horse Cave 2,344 164 Hardinsburg 2,333 165 Tompkinsville 2,289 166 Junction City 2,283 167 Fulton 2,235 168 Dry Ridge 2,205 169 Hickman 2,202 170 Elkton 2,175 171 Liberty 2,160 172 Jackson 2,152 173 Falmouth 2,127 174 Greensburg 2,123 175 Cumberland 2,103 176 Jenkins 2,103 177 Breckinridge Center 2,080 178 Albany 2,012 179 Carlisle 2,010 180 Whitesburg 2,006 181 Doe Valley 1,931 182 Lebanon Junction 1,917 183 Sturgis 1,912 184 Hurstbourne Acres 1,874 185 Salyersville 1,816 186 Catlettsburg 1,808 187 Jamestown 1,804 188 North Corbin 1,773 189 Pineville 1,762 190 Orchard Grass Hills 1,711 191 Jeffersonville 1,704 192 Midway 1,701 193 Lewisport 1,698 194 Warsaw 1,695 195 Ledbetter 1,683 196 Worthington 1,643 197 Munfordville 1,640 198 Harlan 1,639 199 Pine Knot 1,621 200 Coal Run Village 1,602
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