The Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance) is a statistical entity in the
U.S. state
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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 ...
defined by the
United States Census Bureau
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to represent the portion of the
consolidated city-county
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of
Louisville
Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border.
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Jefferson County that does not include any of the 83 separate incorporated places ''(
municipalities
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
)'' located within the city and county.
For what geographic areas does the Census Bureau produce estimates?
/ref> It is made of the portion of Jefferson County that was the city of Louisville prior to the 2003 creation of Louisville Metro, plus a large swath of previously unincorporated territory.
In the 2010 Census, the balance had a population of 597,337,[ It is also located within the Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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See also
* Indianapolis (balance)
*Jeffersonville, Indiana
Jeffersonville is a city and the county seat of Clark County, Indiana, United States, situated along the Ohio River. Locally, the city is often referred to by the abbreviated name Jeff. It lies directly across the Ohio River to the north of Louis ...
*Nashville-Davidson (balance), Tennessee Nashville-Davidson (balance) is the name used by the U.S. Census Bureau to designate the portion of Davidson County, Tennessee, United States that does not include satellite cities of Nashville. Because Nashville and Davidson County share a consol ...
References
Census balances in the United States
Populated places in Jefferson County, Kentucky
Louisville metropolitan area
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