Shops along Fountain Square in Bowling Green, Kentucky 2008

The Bowling Green Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the

United States Census Bureau The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy. The Census Bureau is part of t ...

, is an area consisting of four counties in

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 ...

, anchored by the city of

Bowling Green A bowling green is a finely laid, close-mown and rolled stretch of turf for playing the game of bowls. Before 1830, when Edwin Beard Budding of Thrupp, near Stroud, UK, invented the lawnmower, lawns were often kept cropped by grazing sheep ...

. As of 2014, the MSA had an estimated population of 165,732.

Counties

Allen Allen, Allen's or Allens may refer to: Buildings * Allen Arena, an indoor arena at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee * Allen Center, a skyscraper complex in downtown Houston, Texas * Allen Fieldhouse, an indoor sports arena on the Unive ...

* Butler * Edmonson *

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Communities

Incorporated places

(Principal city) * Brownsville * Morgantown * Oakland *

Plum Springs Plum Springs is a home rule-class city in Warren County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 453 at the time of the year 2010 U.S. Census. It is included in the Bowling Green metropolitan area. It is named for its location on Plum S ...

Rochester Rochester may refer to: Places Australia * Rochester, Victoria Canada * Rochester, Alberta United Kingdom *Rochester, Kent ** City of Rochester-upon-Medway (1982–1998), district council area ** History of Rochester, Kent ** HM Prison ...

* Scottsville * Smiths Grove * Woodburn * Woodbury

Unincorporated places

Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...

Adolphus Adolf (also spelt Adolph or Adolphe, Adolfo and when Latinised Adolphus) is a given name used in German-speaking countries, Scandinavia, the Netherlands and Flanders, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Latin America and to a lesser extent in vari ...

Anna Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 12 ...

* Alvaton *

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* Bee Spring * Big Reedy * Chalybeate Springs *

Dunbar Dunbar () is a town on the North Sea coast in East Lothian in the south-east of Scotland, approximately east of Edinburgh and from the English border north of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Dunbar is a former royal burgh, and gave its name to an ecc ...

* Glenmore * Hadley *

Holland Holland is a geographical regionG. Geerts & H. Heestermans, 1981, ''Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal. Deel I'', Van Dale Lexicografie, Utrecht, p 1105 and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands. From the 10th to the 16th c ...

*Huff, Kentucky, Huff *Jetson, Kentucky, Jetson *Lindseyville, Kentucky, Lindseyville *Meador, Kentucky, Meador *Pig, Kentucky, Pig *Plano, Kentucky, Plano *Quality, Kentucky, Quality *Reedyville, Kentucky, Reedyville *Rhoda, Kentucky, Rhoda *Richpond, Kentucky, Richpond *Rockfield, Kentucky, Rockfield *Rocky Hill, Edmonson County, Kentucky, Rocky Hill *Roundhill, Kentucky, Roundhill *Segal, Kentucky, Segal *Sunfish, Kentucky, Sunfish *Sweeden, Kentucky, Sweeden *Threeforks, Kentucky, Threeforks *Windyville, Kentucky, Windyville *Wingfield, Kentucky, Wingfield

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 104,166 people, 40,013 households, and 26,873 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 88.25% White (U.S. Census), White, 7.68% African American (U.S. Census), African American, 0.26% Native American (U.S. Census), Native American, 1.21% Asian (U.S. Census), Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander (U.S. Census), Pacific Islander, 1.19% from Race (United States Census), other races, and 1.35% from two or more races. Hispanic (U.S. Census), Hispanic or Latino (U.S. Census), Latino of any race were 2.43% of the population. The median income for a household in the MSA was $30,782, and the median income for a family was $38,493. Males had a median income of $29,417 versus $19,968 for females. The per capita income for the MSA was $16,664.

References

External links

* {{Authority control Bowling Green metropolitan area, Kentucky,