Top 100 Biggest Cities In Kentucky (2011 Census)

Rank City 2012 Pop (Est.) Growth Rate (Ann)
1 Louisville 601,532 0.7%
2 Lexington 301,429 1.9%
3 Bowling Green 59,511 2.5%
4 Owensboro 57,759 0.9%
5 Covington 40,578 -0.2%
6 Hopkinsville 31,991 1.3%
7 Richmond 31,861 1.6%
8 Florence 30,677 2.4%
9 Georgetown 29,673 2.0%
10 Elizabethtown 29,130 2.1%
11 Henderson 28,850 0.3%
12 Nicholasville 28,147 0.5%
13 Frankfort 27,357 7.2%
14 Jeffersontown 26,799 0.8%
15 Independence 25,246 2.0%
16 Paducah 25,096 0.3%
17 Radcliff 23,019 6.1%
18 Ashland 21,629 -0.3%
19 Madisonville 19,877 1.5%
20 Winchester 18,309 -0.3%
21 Erlanger 18,214 0.7%
22 Murray 17,903 0.9%
23 St. Matthews 17,595 0.7%
24 Danville 16,278 0.4%
25 Fort Thomas 16,270 -0.3%
26 Newport 15,510 1.6%
27 Shively 15,368 0.7%
28 Shelbyville 14,339 2.1%
29 Glasgow 14,030 0.0%
30 Berea 13,856 2.2%
31 Bardstown 12,763 9.1%
32 Shepherdsville 11,374 1.4%
33 Somerset 11,281 0.8%
34 Lyndon 11,094 0.8%
35 Lawrenceburg 10,991 4.6%
36 Campbellsville 10,712 17.6%
37 Middlesborough 10,196 -1.3%
38 Mayfield 10,103 0.8%
39 Paris 9,750 14.0%
40 Hillview 9,331 14.2%
41 Mount Washington 9,240 1.3%
42 Maysville 9,045 0.4%
43 Versailles 8,817 2.9%
44 Edgewood 8,620 0.5%
45 Alexandria 8,597 1.4%
46 Franklin 8,445 0.4%
47 Elsmere 8,415 -0.4%
48 Harrodsburg 8,307 -0.4%
49 Fort Mitchell 8,178 -0.4%
50 La Grange 8,148 0.8%
51 Flatwoods 7,472 0.7%
52 Oak Grove 7,426 -0.8%
53 Villa Hills 7,311 -2.4%
54 Corbin 7,292 -0.2%
55 Middletown 7,279 0.8%
56 Russellville 6,972 0.2%
57 Mount Sterling 6,963 1.0%
58 Highland Heights 6,946 0.3%
59 Pikeville 6,884 -0.3%
60 Morehead 6,882 0.5%
61 Leitchfield 6,774 1.1%
62 Taylor Mill 6,631 0.4%
63 Cynthiana 6,348 -0.8%
64 Princeton 6,334 0.1%
65 Monticello 6,210 0.4%
66 London 6,048 -24.3%
67 Cold Spring 6,044 2.2%
68 Bellevue 5,962 0.1%
69 Central City 5,941 -0.6%
70 Fort Wright 5,659 -1.1%
71 Lebanon 5,611 1.3%
72 Hazard 5,553 24.6%
73 Douglass Hills 5,531 0.9%
74 Union 5,509 2.4%
75 Dayton 5,368 0.6%
76 Williamsburg 5,225 -0.4%
77 Vine Grove 5,211 15.3%
78 Prospect 4,740 0.9%
79 Crestwood 4,570 0.9%
80 Ludlow 4,528 2.7%
81 Columbia 4,473 0.5%
82 Greenville 4,457 3.4%
83 Benton 4,417 1.6%
84 Scottsville 4,263 0.9%
85 Hurstbourne 4,252 0.9%
86 Paintsville 4,112 18.9%
87 Grayson 4,103 -2.7%
88 Carrollton 3,984 1.2%
89 Crescent Springs 3,955 4.1%
90 Williamstown 3,930 0.1%
91 Crittenden 3,826 0.3%
92 Southgate 3,799 -0.1%
93 Stanford 3,736 7.1%
94 Wilmore 3,728 1.1%
95 Walton 3,726 2.5%
96 Beaver Dam 3,505 2.8%
97 West Liberty 3,430 -0.1%
98 Lancaster 3,419 -0.7%
99 Russell 3,340 -1.2%
100 Morganfield 3,260 -0.8%

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