| Population, April 1, 1990 | Population, April 1, 2000 | Numeric Population Change, 1990 to 2000 | Percent Population Change, 1990 to 2000 | Land Area (square miles), 2000 | Persons Per Square Mile, 1990 | Persons Per Square Mile, 2000 |
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United States | 248,709,873 | 281,421,906 | 32,712,033 | 13.2% | 3,537,438.4 | 70.3 | 79.6 |
Appalachian Region | 21,727,579 | 23,642,578 | 1,914,999 | 8.8% | 204,812.1 | 106.1 | 115.4 |
Kentucky | 3,685,296 | 4,041,769 | 356,473 | 9.7% | 39,728.2 | 92.8 | 101.7 |
Appalachian Kentucky | 1,088,416 | 1,160,627 | 72,211 | 6.6% | 18,302.4 | 59.5 | 63.4 |
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County |
Adair | 15,360 | 17,244 | 1,884 | 12.3% | 406.8 | 37.7 | 42.4 |
Bath | 9,692 | 11,085 | 1,393 | 14.4% | 279.5 | 34.7 | 39.7 |
Bell | 31,506 | 30,060 | -1,446 | -4.6% | 360.8 | 87.3 | 83.3 |
Boyd | 51,150 | 49,752 | -1,398 | -2.7% | 160.2 | 319.3 | 310.6 |
Breathitt | 15,703 | 16,100 | 397 | 2.5% | 495.2 | 31.7 | 32.5 |
Carter | 24,340 | 26,889 | 2,549 | 10.5% | 410.6 | 59.3 | 65.5 |
Casey | 14,211 | 15,447 | 1,236 | 8.7% | 445.6 | 31.9 | 34.7 |
Clark | 29,496 | 33,144 | 3,648 | 12.4% | 254.3 | 116.0 | 130.3 |
Clay | 21,746 | 24,556 | 2,810 | 12.9% | 471.0 | 46.2 | 52.1 |
Clinton | 9,135 | 9,634 | 499 | 5.5% | 197.5 | 46.3 | 48.8 |
Cumberland | 6,784 | 7,147 | 363 | 5.4% | 305.8 | 22.2 | 23.4 |
Edmonson | 10,357 | 11,644 | 1,287 | 12.4% | 302.6 | 34.2 | 38.5 |
Elliott | 6,455 | 6,748 | 293 | 4.5% | 234.0 | 27.6 | 28.8 |
Estill | 14,614 | 15,307 | 693 | 4.7% | 253.9 | 57.5 | 60.3 |
Fleming | 12,292 | 13,792 | 1,500 | 12.2% | 350.8 | 35.0 | 39.3 |
Floyd | 43,586 | 42,441 | -1,145 | -2.6% | 394.3 | 110.5 | 107.6 |
Garrard | 11,579 | 14,792 | 3,213 | 27.7% | 231.2 | 50.1 | 64.0 |
Green | 10,371 | 11,518 | 1,147 | 11.1% | 288.7 | 35.9 | 39.9 |
Greenup | 36,742 | 36,891 | 149 | 0.4% | 346.1 | 106.1 | 106.6 |
Harlan | 36,574 | 33,202 | -3,372 | -9.2% | 467.2 | 78.3 | 71.1 |
Hart | 14,890 | 17,445 | 2,555 | 17.2% | 415.9 | 35.8 | 41.9 |
Jackson | 11,955 | 13,495 | 1,540 | 12.9% | 346.3 | 34.5 | 39.0 |
Johnson | 23,248 | 23,445 | 197 | 0.8% | 261.5 | 88.9 | 89.6 |
Knott | 17,906 | 17,649 | -257 | -1.4% | 352.2 | 50.8 | 50.1 |
Knox | 29,676 | 31,795 | 2,119 | 7.1% | 387.7 | 76.5 | 82.0 |
Laurel | 43,438 | 52,715 | 9,277 | 21.4% | 435.7 | 99.7 | 121.0 |
Lawrence | 13,998 | 15,569 | 1,571 | 11.2% | 418.8 | 33.4 | 37.2 |
Lee | 7,422 | 7,916 | 494 | 6.7% | 209.9 | 35.4 | 37.7 |
Leslie | 13,642 | 12,401 | -1,241 | -9.1% | 404.0 | 33.8 | 30.7 |
Letcher | 27,000 | 25,277 | -1,723 | -6.4% | 339.0 | 79.6 | 74.6 |
Lewis | 13,029 | 14,092 | 1,063 | 8.2% | 484.5 | 26.9 | 29.1 |
Lincoln | 20,045 | 23,361 | 3,316 | 16.5% | 336.3 | 59.6 | 69.5 |
Madison | 57,508 | 70,872 | 13,364 | 23.2% | 440.7 | 130.5 | 160.8 |
Magoffin | 13,077 | 13,332 | 255 | 1.9% | 309.4 | 42.3 | 43.1 |
Martin | 12,526 | 12,578 | 52 | 0.4% | 230.7 | 54.3 | 54.5 |
McCreary | 15,603 | 17,080 | 1,477 | 9.5% | 427.7 | 36.5 | 39.9 |
Menifee | 5,092 | 6,556 | 1,464 | 28.8% | 203.9 | 25.0 | 32.2 |
Metcalfe | 8,963 | 10,037 | 1,074 | 12.0% | 290.9 | 30.8 | 34.5 |
Monroe | 11,401 | 11,756 | 355 | 3.1% | 330.8 | 34.5 | 35.5 |
Montgomery | 19,561 | 22,554 | 2,993 | 15.3% | 198.6 | 98.5 | 113.6 |
Morgan | 11,648 | 13,948 | 2,300 | 19.7% | 381.3 | 30.5 | 36.6 |
Nicholas | 6,725 | 6,813 | 88 | 1.3% | 196.6 | 34.2 | 34.7 |
Owsley | 5,036 | 4,858 | -178 | -3.5% | 198.1 | 25.4 | 24.5 |
Perry | 30,283 | 29,390 | -893 | -2.9% | 342.2 | 88.5 | 85.9 |
Pike | 72,583 | 68,736 | -3,847 | -5.3% | 787.7 | 92.1 | 87.3 |
Powell | 11,686 | 13,237 | 1,551 | 13.3% | 180.1 | 64.9 | 73.5 |
Pulaski | 49,489 | 56,217 | 6,728 | 13.6% | 661.6 | 74.8 | 85.0 |
Robertson | 2,124 | 2,266 | 142 | 6.7% | 100.1 | 21.2 | 22.6 |
Rockcastle | 14,803 | 16,582 | 1,779 | 12.0% | 317.5 | 46.6 | 52.2 |
Rowan | 20,353 | 22,094 | 1,741 | 8.6% | 280.8 | 72.5 | 78.7 |
Russell | 14,716 | 16,315 | 1,599 | 10.9% | 253.5 | 58.1 | 64.4 |
Wayne | 17,468 | 19,923 | 2,455 | 14.1% | 459.4 | 38.0 | 43.4 |
Whitley | 33,326 | 35,865 | 2,539 | 7.6% | 440.2 | 75.7 | 81.5 |
Wolfe | 6,503 | 7,065 | 562 | 8.6% | 222.8 | 29.2 | 31.7 |