…and the one from Utah, which has one of the youngest populations in the nation. Data source is the 2024 5-year American Community Survey public-use microdata sample.

Compare this pyramid with the one from the state of Maine, which has one of the oldest populations in the nation…

Graph showing population by five year age group and sex in Kentucky.

An addendum to the map of natural population change, here is Kentucky’s population age pyramid. Note the similar sized age groups (up to age 60), growing share of women at older ages, higher share of foreign-born persons in the middle age groups, and small population under age 5.

Map of Kentucky showing population change over the past 5 years. Warren County is the fastest growing up 11% since 2020.

Over the past five years, Warren County's population has increased by 11% (nearly 15,000 people), the fastest growth in Kentucky. Madison County grew 9.7% and Allen County grew 9.5%. Kentucky's two largest counties, Jefferson and Fayette, also gained people during this period.

Map showing population change in Kentucky countries over the 2024 to 2025 period.

Tiny Nicholas County was Kentucky's fastest growing over the 2024-2025 period, with a 2.5% population increase. Madison County grew by 2.1%, becoming the state's 8th county to have a 100,000+ population. Thirty nine countries are estimated to have lost people over this time.

Scatter plot showing births and deaths in Kentucky since 1960. The two lines converge and the numbers of births and deaths in 2024 are nearly the same.

The numbers of births and deaths in Kentucky have been converging over several decades. In 2024, the number of births slightly exceeded the number of deaths, giving the state a small natural increase in population. Deaths are likely to outnumber births in ensuing years.

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Newly released data from the #AmericanCommunitySurvey show that Kentucky's high school completion rate, college completion rate, and foreign born population share have increased over the past 3 years. Vacancy rates and child poverty rates have declined. More here:
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Map of the United States showing counties in which there are more seniors age 65 plus than children under the age of 18.

Older adults outnumber children in 27 of Kentucky's 120 counties. Outside of Lyon and Elliott Counties, which have large adult correctional facilities, Hickman County has the highest ratio of seniors to children (1.33 seniors per child). The KY average is 0.8. #popestimates

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Map showing housing unit growth in Kentucky counties between 2020 and 2024.

Kentucky gained an estimated 56.8K housing units between 2020 and 2024. Nearly every county saw some new housing, with particularly strong growth in Warren, Simpson, and Hardin Counties.

Map showing Kentucky's 10 fastest growing cities between 2020 and 2024.

Since the 2020 Census, Richmond has grown a whopping 12% and E-Town's population has increased 10%. Richmond is currently the state's 7th largest city and E-Town recently surpassed Florence to become the state's 8th largest city.

Map showing the ten fastest and ten slowest growing cities in Kentucky between 2023 and 2024.

New city-level population estimates show strong growth in several #Kentucky cities from 2023 to 2024, including E-Town (+1,504 or 4.5%) and Richmond (+1,071 or 2.8%). Around 70% of the Commonwealth's 400+ cities grew during this period.

Leslie County showed an estimated population decline of 7.5%. Pike County witnessed the largest numeric loss (-3,238), due largely to natural population decline that was not offset by in-migration (domestic or international).

Map of Kentucky with population growth since 2020 indicated by color. Most population growth occurred in the central countries of the state, with most population decline concentrated in the southeastern counties.

Since the 2020 Census, Warren County’s population has increased by an estimated 10%. Robertson, Scott, Madison, Spencer, and Allen Counties have witnessed growth of 7% or more. Warren County also saw the largest numeric growth (+13,375), followed by Jefferson (+10,894) and Boone Counties (+8,141).

Map showing net international migration in Kentucky counties with a blue color gradient.

Net international migration (NIM) is having a tremendous influence on Kentucky's population growth. One-fifth of counties witnessed NIM of 100+ last year. Jefferson County welcomed the largest number of international residents and Fayette County saw the highest NIM as a share of its population.

Map of Kentucky showing natural population increase by county.

Of Kentucky’s 120 counties, 88 saw more deaths than births between 2023 and 2024. Knott, Owsley, and Floyd Counties are exhibiting particularly high rates of natural population decline. Christian County’s natural growth of 0.6% is the highest in the Commonwealth.

#Kentucky's population grew by 0.8% between 2023 and 2024, 20th highest in the U.S. Warren County was the state's fastest-growing, up an estimated 2.8%. Tiny Robertson County grew by 2.1%, Madison County by 2.0%, and Boone and Nicholas Counties by 1.9%.

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Connected scatterplot graph showing births in Kentucky declining since 1960 and deaths in Kentucky increasing since 1960.

Although the gap narrowed in 2023, due largely to a drop in COVID-19 deaths, #Kentucky still saw more deaths than births during the year. All population growth in the state since 2020 has occurred through migration, primarily international migration.

Map of Kentucky showing median household income ranges and highlighting those counties in which income has increased since 2018.

More #ACS fun....Kentucky's median household income of $62,417 ranks 45th among all states and DC. Over the past five years, 27 counties have exhibited gains in median household income and one county (Bourbon) has witnessed a decline.

Map of the state of Kentucky with 18 counties with increased immigrant populations and seven counties with decreased immigrant populations highlighted.

More than 60% of #Kentucky's foreign-born population lives in just three counties (Jefferson, Fayette, Warren). These counties account for 27% of the state's total population. Since 2018, 18 of the 120 counties in the Commonwealth have seen significant increases in the foreign population.

Map of Kentucky highlighting 70 counties that had increased shares of population with at least a high school diploma with the 2023 values labelled on the map.

New data from the American Community Survey shows that more than half of #Kentucky counties saw increases in the share of the population with at least a high school diploma. #acs23 #census