Top 100 Biggest Cities In Kentucky (2021 Census)

Rank	City	2022 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Louisville	628,594	-0.5%
2	Lexington	321,793	-0.2%
3	Bowling Green	73,529	1.2%
4	Owensboro	60,011	-0.3%
5	Covington	40,837	-0.4%
6	Georgetown	37,730	1.3%
7	Richmond	35,756	2.6%
8	Florence	32,132	0.7%
9	Elizabethtown	31,931	1.6%
10	Nicholasville	31,490	1.2%
11	Hopkinsville	30,683	-0.5%
12	Independence	28,920	1.0%
13	Jeffersontown	28,671	-0.5%
14	Frankfort	28,595	-0.1%
15	Henderson	27,716	-0.8%
16	Paducah	26,278	-0.9%
17	Radcliff	22,942	-0.0%
18	Ashland	21,476	-0.8%
19	Erlanger	19,710	0.4%
20	Madisonville	19,420	-0.7%
21	Winchester	19,071	-0.4%
22	Mount Washington	18,317	0.7%
23	St. Matthews	17,437	-0.6%
24	Shelbyville	17,379	0.6%
25	Murray	17,311	1.1%
26	Danville	17,303	0.1%
27	Fort Thomas	17,264	-0.6%
28	Berea	15,924	1.9%
29	Shively	15,528	-0.6%
30	Glasgow	15,087	0.7%
31	Shepherdsville	14,328	0.8%
32	Newport	14,113	-0.7%
33	Bardstown	13,621	0.7%
34	Somerset	11,954	1.8%
35	Lawrenceburg	11,795	0.5%
36	Campbellsville	11,459	0.8%
37	Lyndon	10,928	-0.5%
38	Versailles	10,431	0.6%
39	Alexandria	10,369	0.5%
40	Paris	10,209	-0.3%
41	La Grange	10,183	1.6%
42	Franklin	10,133	0.4%
43	Mayfield	9,971	-0.1%
44	Middletown	9,647	-0.5%
45	Middlesborough	9,273	-0.6%
46	Elsmere	9,165	-0.1%
47	Harrodsburg	9,112	1.0%
48	Maysville	8,761	-1.0%
49	Hillview	8,669	0.6%
50	Fort Mitchell	8,662	-0.2%
51	Edgewood	8,387	-0.2%
52	Oak Grove	7,793	0.2%
53	Corbin	7,768	-0.1%
54	Mount Sterling	7,545	-0.0%
55	Union	7,531	0.7%
56	London	7,413	-0.2%
57	Villa Hills	7,331	0.1%
58	Pikeville	7,327	-1.9%
59	Flatwoods	7,261	-0.4%
60	Russellville	7,190	0.9%
61	Morehead	7,013	0.2%
62	Taylor Mill	6,832	-0.2%
63	Highland Heights	6,812	-0.4%
64	Vine Grove	6,700	2.1%
65	Leitchfield	6,409	0.4%
66	Cynthiana	6,361	1.1%
67	Lebanon	6,355	1.9%
68	Crestwood	6,264	1.7%
69	Cold Spring	6,243	0.5%
70	Princeton	6,204	-0.2%
71	Wilmore	6,027	0.9%
72	Central City	5,912	-0.5%
73	Fort Wright	5,837	-0.3%
74	Monticello	5,694	-0.2%
75	Dayton	5,673	0.2%
76	Walton	5,530	0.7%
77	Bellevue	5,524	0.2%
78	Douglass Hills	5,421	-0.5%
79	Williamsburg	5,322	0.5%
80	Hazard	5,111	-2.0%
81	Columbia	4,996	-0.0%
82	Benton	4,763	0.2%
83	Hurstbourne	4,654	-0.5%
84	Prospect	4,569	-0.4%
85	Greenville	4,469	-1.0%
86	Ludlow	4,358	-0.4%
87	Paintsville	4,347	-0.8%
88	Crescent Springs	4,340	0.6%
89	Scottsville	4,329	0.9%
90	Prestonsburg	4,092	-1.4%
91	Crittenden	4,052	0.8%
92	Williamstown	3,962	0.6%
93	Lancaster	3,914	2.1%
94	Carrollton	3,895	0.1%
95	Grayson	3,710	-0.7%
96	Russell	3,686	-0.8%
97	Southgate	3,646	0.3%
98	Stanford	3,612	-0.3%
99	Beaver Dam	3,536	0.1%
100	Crestview Hills	3,414	0.1%

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