Facts
- Population
- 144,135 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 6.0 %
- Net migration
- 1,561 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.9 % (2025)
- State
- Kentucky
- Population base, April 2020
- 135,994 (2020)
- Births
- 1,712 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.9
- Deaths
- 1,110 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 7.7
- Natural change, 2023
- 602
- International migration
- 1,119 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 442 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 10.8
- Postal code
- KY
- FIPS code
- 21015
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.9 % |
| 2024 | 4.2 % |
| 2023 | 3.7 % |
| 2022 | 3.3 % |
| 2021 | 3.7 % |
| 2020 | 5.4 % |
| 2019 | 3.3 % |
| 2018 | 3.4 % |
| 2017 | 3.9 % |
| 2016 | 3.9 % |
| 2015 | 4.0 % |
| 2014 | 5.2 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 144,135 |
| 2023 | 141,511 |
| 2022 | 139,377 |
| 2021 | 137,707 |
| 2020 | 136,476 |