Facts
- Population
- 174,862 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 3.4 %
- Net migration
- 1,131 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.0 % (2025)
- State
- Kentucky
- Population base, April 2020
- 169,039 (2020)
- Births
- 2,179 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.5
- Deaths
- 1,445 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.3
- Natural change, 2023
- 734
- International migration
- 996 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 135 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 6.5
- Postal code
- KY
- FIPS code
- 21117
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.0 % |
| 2024 | 4.3 % |
| 2023 | 3.7 % |
| 2022 | 3.4 % |
| 2021 | 3.9 % |
| 2020 | 5.6 % |
| 2019 | 3.3 % |
| 2018 | 3.3 % |
| 2017 | 3.8 % |
| 2016 | 4.0 % |
| 2015 | 4.4 % |
| 2014 | 5.5 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 174,862 |
| 2023 | 172,248 |
| 2022 | 170,413 |
| 2021 | 169,641 |
| 2020 | 169,276 |