Kentucky’s population grew in 2024, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau estimates. And over 80% of that growth was due to the migration of people from other countries. Migration to rural ...

The Bluegrass State had a population of 4,512,310 on July 1, according to the federal agency’s estimate. That was a less than 5,000-person increase from the July 2020 estimate. Kentucky’s .1% gain ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Counties surrounding Kentucky's largest cities registered big population gains in the past decade while large swaths of rural counties suffered losses, with the steepest declines in ...

Census estimates show Kentucky's population has grown slightly in the past year. The 2016 Kentucky estimate from the U.S. Census Bureau is 4,436,974 people, which is about 0.27 percent more than 2015, ...

Migration in Appalachia is much like an afternoon thunderstorm bringing torrents of rain to those very mountains. Historically, people migrating into Eastern Kentucky have come in waves like the rain, ...

PIKEVILLE — Even as population trickled out of many rural and Appalachian counties in Kentucky, the numbers of people 65 and older kept growing, according to 2010 U.S. Census data released Thursday.

Eastern Kentucky did not fare well in the 2020 Census. Most counties that lost population over the last decade are located there and in the western part of the state. Here are 10 counties that saw the ...

Versailles is a city in Woodford County, Kentucky, with a population of 9,192. According to the most recent estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, 80.00% of residents identify as white, 7.20% as Black ...

Onton is a Census-designated place in Webster County, Kentucky, with a population of 39. According to the most recent estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, 100.00% of residents identify as white, ...

we are getting older and we are getting more diverse. Probably the headline from today's data release is the fact that the white population has declined for the first time on record. So the white ...