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Kentucky: State of the United States of America

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Kentucky is located at 38°12'2"N 84°52'39"W (38.2004200, -84.8776200). It has 7 neighbors: Missouri, Tennessee, West Virginia, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Virginia.

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The largest city of Kentucky is Louisville with a population of 760,026. Other cities include, Lexington-Fayette population 314,488, Bowling Green population 70,543, Owensboro population 60,131 and Covington population 40,341. See all Kentucky cities & populated places.

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Kentucky Quick Facts

Population :	4,467,673
Country :	United States of America
State :	Kentucky (United States)
Head of government :	Governor of Kentucky
Twitter username :	kygov
Area :	104659 km²
Water as percent of area :	2.28%
Land as percent of area :	97.72%
Northernmost point :	Point(-84.7478 39.1434)
Legislative body :	Kentucky General Assembly
Named for :	Kentucky River
Official language :	English
Altitude :	755 feet / 230 meters
Capital :	Frankfort
Establishment :	June 06, 1792 (229 years ago)
Time Zone :	America/New_York, Eastern Time Zone
Local time :	02:44:17 (24th June 2021)

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Kentucky has 7 neighbours.

Missouri state of the United States of America
Tennessee state of the United States of America
West Virginia state of the United States of America
Illinois state of the United States of America
Indiana state of the United States of America
Ohio state of the United States of America
Virginia state of the United States of America

Kenton County
Pendleton County
Boyle County
Menifee County
Lewis County
Henry County
Letcher County
Metcalfe County
Harlan County
Powell County
Bracken County
Taylor County
Laurel County
Jefferson County
Morgan County
Johnson County
Breckinridge County
Hopkins County
Jessamine County
Adair County
Magoffin County
Carroll County
Hancock County
Washington County
Rockcastle County
Casey County
Montgomery County
Calloway County
Knott County
Meade County
Estill County
Boyd County
Floyd County
McCreary County
Crittenden County
Allen County
Clay County
Union County
Perry County
Edmonson County
Nicholas County
Lyon County
Woodford County
Madison County
Russell County
Campbell County
Lee County
Graves County
Ohio County
Bell County
Fulton County
Nelson County
Logan County
LaRue County
Owen County
Greenup County
Muhlenberg County
Oldham County
Spencer County
Franklin County
Grayson County
Barren County
Trimble County
Marshall County
Bath County
Elliott County
Jackson County
Monroe County
Bourbon County
Lincoln County
Grant County
Livingston County
Garrard County
Wolfe County
Marion County
Rowan County
Hickman County
Cumberland County
Pulaski County
Owsley County
Todd County
Daviess County
Carter County
Simpson County
Hart County
Carlisle County
Christian County
Fayette County
Gallatin County
Scott County
Whitley County
Shelby County
Bullitt County
McLean County
Pike County
Webster County
Mercer County
Robertson County
Knox County
Mason County
Caldwell County
Wayne County
Henderson County
Anderson County
Clinton County
Boone County
Lawrence County
Butler County
Harrison County
Martin County
Clark County
Green County
Breathitt County
Fleming County
McCracken County
Hardin County
Trigg County
Leslie County
Ballard County
Warren County

Demographics

Year	Population	% Change	Method
1910	2,289,905	-	census
1920	2,416,630	5.24%	census
1930	2,614,589	7.57%	census
1940	2,845,627	8.12%	census
1950	2,944,806	3.37%	census
1960	3,038,156	3.07%	census
1970	3,218,706	5.61%	census
1980	3,660,777	12.08%	census
1990	3,685,296	0.67%	census
2000	4,041,769	8.82%	census
2010	4,339,367	6.86%	census
2011	4,369,821	0.7%	estimation process
2012	4,386,346	0.38%	estimation process
2013	4,404,659	0.42%	estimation process
2014	4,414,349	0.22%	estimation process
2015	4,425,976	0.26%	estimation process
2016	4,438,182	0.28%	estimation process
2017	4,452,268	0.32%	estimation process
2018	4,461,153	0.2%	estimation process
2019	4,467,673	0.15%	estimation process

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People born in Kentucky (200)

People born in Kentucky, including actress Abby Brammell, race horse Sunday Silence, actress Una Merkel, you can see a list of people who born in Kentucky.

Levi Day Boone (American mayor (1808-1882))
Fletcher Stockdale (American politician (1823-1890))
Bill Coleman (American musician)
Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle (American neuroscientist)
Frederick William Franz (American Jehovah's Witness leader)
David S. Walker (American politician (1815-1891))
Paul Tanner (American trombonist)
Benjamin M. Friedman (American economist)
Milton George Henschel (American Jehovah's Witness leader (1920-2003))
Arthur Lake (actor (1905-1987))
Citation (Thoroughbred race horse; winner of US Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in 1948)
Marvin Hart (American boxer)
Ben Lucien Burman (American writer)
J. Lawrence Smith (American chemist, mineralogist, and student of meteorites (1818-1883))
Dorothy Spencer (American film editor)
Elizabeth Blair Lee (an American woman who lived through the American Civil War, and wrote hundreds of letters)
Jack Lawrence (American singer and banjoist)
Bernard Coy (American bank robber)

Largest Cities in Kentucky (more)

Cities, Towns, Villages, Neighborhoods & Other Populated Places in Kentucky.

City Name	Title	County	Population
Kentucky	State of the United States of America		4,467,673
Louisville	County seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States	Jefferson	760,026
Lexington-Fayette	Consolidated city-county in Kentucky, United States	Fayette	314,488
Bowling Green	City in Kentucky	Warren	70,543
Owensboro	County seat of Daviess County, Kentucky, United States	Daviess	60,131
Covington	City in Kentucky, United States	Kenton	40,341
Richmond	City in and the county seat of Madison County, Kentucky, United States	Madison	36,157
Georgetown	City in Kentucky	Harlan	34,992
Florence	City in Kentucky, US	Boone	33,004
Nicholasville	City in Kentucky	Jessamine	30,865
Hopkinsville	City in Christian County, Kentucky, United States	Christian	30,680
Elizabethtown	County seat of Hardin County, Kentucky, United States	Hardin	30,289
Independence	City in Kentucky	Kenton	28,521
Henderson	City in and county seat of Henderson County, Kentucky, United States	Henderson	28,207
Frankfort	County seat city in Franklin County, Kentucky, USA and Kentucky federated state capital city	Franklin	27,755
Jeffersontown	City in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States of America	Jefferson	27,715

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Kentucky Counties (more)

Towns, Neighborhoods & Other Populated

County Name	Population
Jefferson County	766,757
Fayette County	323,152
Kenton County	166,998
Boone County	133,581
Warren County	132,896
Hardin County	110,958
Daviess County	101,511
Campbell County	93,584
Madison County	92,987
Bullitt County	81,676
Christian County	70,461
Oldham County	66,799
McCracken County	65,418
Pulaski County	64,979
Laurel County	60,813
Pike County	57,876