The

metropolitan area A metropolitan area or metro is a region that consists of a densely populated urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories sharing industries, commercial areas, transport network, infrastructures and housing. A metro area usually com ...

s of the

State of Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...

include the urban statistical areas that are defined by the

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and regions of urban population in which are defined by other organizations.

Metropolitan statistical areas

The following tables list population figures for the

metropolitan statistical areas In the United States, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is a geographical region with a relatively high population density at its core and close economic ties throughout the area. Such regions are neither legally incorporated as a city or tow ...

of Kentucky, in rank of population. * The following table describes these areas with the following information: #The name of the

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#The population of the county as of July 1, 2009, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau #The county population as of April 1, 2000, as counted by the

United States Census 2000 The United States census of 2000, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2 percent over the 248,709,873 people enumerated during the 1990 cen ...

, and #The percent county population change from April 1, 2000, to July 1, 2009, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau. Shops along Fountain Square in Bowling Green, Kentucky 2008

Shops along Fountain Square in Bowling Green, Kentucky 2008

Bowling Green, KY MSA

Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN MSA

Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY MSA

Elizabethtown, KY MSA

Evansville, IN-KY MSA

Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MSA

Lexington-Fayette, KY MSA

Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN MSA

Owensboro, KY MSA

References

Table of United States Core Based Statistical Areas The United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has defined 927 core-based statistical areas (CBSAs) for the United States and 12 for Puerto Rico. The OMB defines a core-based statistical area as one or more adjacent counties or county e ...

(CBSA) ***

Table of United States Metropolitan Statistical Areas In the United States, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is a geographical region with a relatively high population density at its core and close economic ties throughout the area. Such regions are neither legally incorporated as a city or tow ...

(MSA) *** Table of United States Micropolitan Statistical Areas (μSA) ***

Table of United States primary census statistical areas The United States federal government defines and delineates the nation's metropolitan areas for statistical purposes, using a set of standard statistical area definitions. the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) defined and delineated 392 ...

(PCSA) {{Kentucky

Metropolitan areas A metropolitan area or metro is a region that consists of a densely populated urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories sharing industries, commercial areas, transport network, infrastructures and housing. A metro area usually com ...

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...