Facts
- Population
- 793,881 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 1.4 %
- Net migration
- 5,225 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.5 % (2025)
- State
- Kentucky
- Population base, April 2020
- 782,987 (2020)
- Births
- 9,570 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.1
- Deaths
- 8,726 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.0
- Natural change, 2023
- 844
- International migration
- 11,485 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -6,260 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 6.6
- Postal code
- KY
- FIPS code
- 21111
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.5 % |
| 2024 | 4.6 % |
| 2023 | 4.0 % |
| 2022 | 4.0 % |
| 2021 | 4.6 % |
| 2020 | 6.7 % |
| 2019 | 3.9 % |
| 2018 | 4.0 % |
| 2017 | 4.4 % |
| 2016 | 4.4 % |
| 2015 | 4.7 % |
| 2014 | 6.0 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 793,881 |
| 2023 | 783,381 |
| 2022 | 777,329 |
| 2021 | 777,624 |
| 2020 | 782,896 |