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Louisville Metropolitan Area
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Louisville Skyline 2021 (3).jpg
Country United States
States Kentucky
Indiana
Principal city Louisville
Area
 • Urban
477.2 sq mi (1,236 km2)
 • MSA 4,135.4 sq mi (10,711 km2)
Population
 (2020)
 • Urban
974,397 (US: 48th)
 • Urban density 2,147.9/sq mi (829.3/km2)
 • MSA
1,362,180 (US: 43rd)
 • CSA
1,512,133 (US: 38th)
GDP
 • MSA $90.836 billion (2022)
Time zone UTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)

The Louisville metropolitan area is the 43rd largest metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the United States. It had a population of 1,395,855 in 2020 according to the latest official census, and its principal city is Louisville, Kentucky.

The metropolitan area was originally formed by the United States Census Bureau in 1950 and consisted of the Kentucky county of Jefferson and the Indiana counties of Clark and Floyd. As surrounding counties saw an increase in their population densities and the number of their residents employed within Jefferson County, they met Census criteria to be added to the MSA. Jefferson County, Kentucky, plus eleven outlying counties – seven in Kentucky and four in Southern Indiana – are now a part of this MSA. Two other counties, one each in Kentucky and Indiana, were part of the MSA in the 2000 and 2010 U.S. Censuses, but were spun off by the Census Bureau into their own Micropolitan Statistical Areas (μSA) in 2013 and 2018 respectively.

The formal name given to the area by the Census Bureau is the Louisville/Jefferson County, Kentucky–Indiana, metropolitan statistical area, though it is regularly referred to as Kentuckiana. It is now the primary MSA of the Louisville/Jefferson County–Elizabethtown, KY-IN Combined Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Bureau of the Census in 2000 and recently redefined in 2018. The combined statistical area (CSA) adds the counties of Hardin County, Kentucky, and LaRue County, Kentucky. In 2020, the Census Bureau measured the combined statistical area's population at 1,601,309.

Before the 2023 definitions were released, the CSA had two additional micropolitan statistical areas, Bardstown, Kentucky μSA and Scottsburg, Indiana μSA. In 2023, the Bardstown μSA was dissolved with Nelson County being added to the Louisville MSA and Scottsburg, Indiana μSA was dissolved, no longer considered a statistical area by the OMB. In addition, Meade County, which was part of the Elizabethtown MSA, was detached and added to the Louisville MSA. Trimble County, on the northeastern edge of the Louisville MSA, was detached in 2023.

Definitions

As of 2023, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget defines the Louisville–Jefferson County MSA as including Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Meade, Nelson, Oldham, and Shelby Counties in Kentucky and Clark, Floyd, Harrison, and Washington Counties in Indiana. The larger Louisville/Jefferson County–Elizabethtown CSA adds the Elizabethtown, Kentucky, MSA, consisting of Hardin and LaRue Counties.

Counties

Louisville–Jefferson County MSA

Elizabethtown–Fort Knox, Kentucky MSA

Municipalities

Principal city

In 2003, the Jefferson County government merged with that of its largest city and county seat, Louisville, forming a new entity, the Louisville–Jefferson County Metro Government (official long form) or Louisville Metro (official short form). All small cities within Jefferson County became part of the new Louisville Metro government while retaining their city governments. For statistical and ranking purposes, the United States Census Bureau uses the statistical entity Louisville–Jefferson County metro government (balance), Kentucky, to represent the portion of the consolidated city-county of Louisville–Jefferson County that does not include any of the 83 separate incorporated places (municipalities) located within the city and county.

Louisville Metro (771,158)
Louisville–Jefferson County (balance) (621,349)

Municipalities with more than 25,000 people

Municipalities with 10,000 to 25,000 people

Municipalities with less than 10,000 people

  • Anchorage*
  • Audubon Park*
  • Bancroft*
  • Barbourmeade*
  • Beechwood Village*
  • Bellemeade*
  • Bellewood*
  • Blue Ridge Manor*
  • Borden
  • Brandenburg
  • Briarwood*
  • Broeck Pointe*
  • Brownsboro Farm*
  • Brownsboro Village*
  • Cambridge*
  • Campbellsburg
  • Charlestown
  • Clarksville
  • Coldstream*
  • Corydon
  • Crandall
  • Creekside*
  • Crestwood
  • Crossgate*
  • Douglass Hills*
  • Druid Hills*
  • Ekron
  • Elizabeth
  • Eminence
  • Fincastle*
  • Forest Hills*
  • Fox Chase
  • Fredericksburg
  • Georgetown
  • Glenview Hills*
  • Glenview Manor*
  • Glenview*
  • Goose Creek*
  • Goshen
  • Graymoor-Devondale*
  • Green Spring*
  • Greenville
  • Hardinsburg
  • Hebron Estates
  • Heritage Creek*
  • Hickory Hill*
  • Hills and Dales*
  • Hillview
  • Hollow Creek*
  • Hollyvilla*
  • Houston Acres*
  • Hunters Hollow
  • Hurstbourne Acres*
  • Hurstbourne*
  • Indian Hills*
  • Kingsley*
  • La Grange
  • Laconia
  • Lanesville
  • Langdon Place*
  • Lebanon Junction
  • Lincolnshire*
  • Little York
  • Livonia
  • Lynnview*
  • Manor Creek*
  • Maryhill Estates*
  • Mauckport
  • Meadow Vale*
  • Meadowbrook Farm*
  • Meadowview Estates*
  • Middletown*
  • Milltown
  • Mockingbird Valley*
  • Moorland*
  • Muldraugh
  • Murray Hill*
  • New Amsterdam
  • New Castle
  • New Middletown
  • New Pekin
  • Norbourne Estates*
  • Northfield*
  • Norwood*
  • Old Brownsboro Place*
  • Orchard Grass Hills
  • Palmyra
  • Parkway Village*
  • Pewee Valley
  • Pioneer Village
  • Plantation*
  • Pleasureville
  • Poplar Hills*
  • Prospect*‡
  • Richlawn*
  • River Bluff
  • Riverwood*
  • Rolling Fields*
  • Rolling Hills*
  • Saltillo
  • Sellersburg
  • Seneca Gardens*
  • Simpsonville
  • Smithfield
  • South Park View*
  • Spring Mill*
  • Spring Valley*
  • St. Regis Park*
  • Strathmoor Manor*
  • Strathmoor Village*
  • Sycamore*
  • Taylorsville
  • Ten Broeck*
  • Thornhill*
  • Utica
  • Vine Grove
  • Watterson Park*
  • Wellington*
  • West Buechel*
  • West Point
  • Westwood*
  • Wildwood*
  • Windy Hills*
  • Woodland Hills*
  • Woodlawn Park*
  • Worthington Hills*

*Part of Louisville Metro
‡Prospect lies in both Jefferson and Oldham Counties. The portion within Jefferson County is part of Louisville Metro.

Historical statistics

Metropolitan statistical area

Geographic area 2020 Census 2010 Census 2000 Census 1990 Census 1980 Census 1970 Census 1960 Census 1950 Census
Louisville–Jefferson County, Kentucky–Indiana, MSA 1,395,855 1,307,647 1,161,975 962,851 906,152 826,553 725,139 576,900
Clark County, Indiana 121,093 110,232 96,472 87,777 88,838 75,876 62,795 48,330
Floyd County, Indiana 80,484 74,478 70,823 64,404 61,169 55,622 51,397 43,955
Harrison County, Indiana 39,654 39,364 34,325 29,890 27,276 20,423 19,207 17,858
Scott County, Indiana 24,384 24,181 22,960 20,991 20,422 17,144 14,463 11,519
Washington County, Indiana 28,182 28,262 27,223 23,717 21,932 19,278 17,819 16,520
Bullitt County, Kentucky 82,217 74,319 61,236 47,567 43,346 26,090 15,726 11,349
Henry County, Kentucky 15,678 15,416 15,060 12,823 12,740 10,910 10,987 11,394
Jefferson County, Kentucky 782,969 741,096 693,604 664,937 685,004 695,055 610,947 484,615
Meade County, Kentucky 30,003 28,602 26,349 24,170 22,854 17,796 18,898 9,422
Nelson County, Kentucky 46,738 43,437 37,477 29,710 27,584 23,477 22,168 19,521
Oldham County, Kentucky 67,607 60,316 46,178 43,455 27,795 14,687 13,388 11,018
Shelby County, Kentucky 49,024 42,074 33,337 24,824 23,328 18,999 18,493 17,912
Spencer County, Kentucky 19,351 17,061 11,766 6,801 5,929 5,488 5,680 6,157
Trimble County, Kentucky 8,471 8,809 8,125 6,090 6,253 5,349 5,102 5,148

Notes

  • Populations are based upon published estimates by the United States Bureau of the Census.

Combined statistical area

Geographic Area 2020 Census 2010 Census 2000 Census 1990 Census
Louisville/Jefferson County–Elizabethtown–Madison, Kentucky–Indiana CSA 1,601,309 1,451,564 1,292,482 1,177,883
Louisville/Jefferson County, Kentucky–Indiana, MSA 1,395,855 1,307,647 1,161,975 952,662
Clark County, Indiana 121,093 110,232 96,472 87,777
Floyd County, Indiana 80,484 74,478 70,823 64,404
Harrison County, Indiana 39,654 39,364 34,325 29,890
Washington County, Indiana 28,182 28,262 27,223 23,717
Bullitt County, Kentucky 82,217 74,319 61,236 47,567
Henry County, Kentucky 15,678 15,416 15,060 12,823
Jefferson County, Kentucky 782,969 741,096 693,604 664,937
Meade County, Kentucky 30,003 28,602 26,349 24,170
Oldham County, Kentucky 67,607 60,316 46,178 33,263
Shelby County, Kentucky 48,065 42,074 33,337 24,824
Spencer County, Kentucky 19,490 17,061 11,766 6,801
Trimble County, Kentucky 8,474 8,809 8,125 6,090
Elizabethtown–Fort Knox, KY MSA 125,569 119,736 107,547 100,919
Hardin County, Kentucky 110,702 105,543 94,174 89,240
LaRue County, Kentucky 14,867 14,193 13,373 11,679
Bardstown, KY μSA 46,738 43,437 37,477 29,710
Nelson County, Kentucky 46,738 43,437 37,477 29,710
Madison, IN μSA 33,147 32,458 32,428 32,000
Jefferson County, Indiana 33,147 32,458 32,428 32,000

Notes

  • Populations are based upon published estimates by the United States Bureau of the Census.

See also

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