Consolidated city · KY · #18 nationally
Louisville/Jefferson County metro, KY.
Louisville/Jefferson County metro, Kentucky: 793,881 residents as of July 1, 2024 (Census Vintage 2024). Ranked #18 nationally, #1 in Kentucky. Louisville/Jefferson County metro is a consolidated city-county government — the displayed population is the consolidated total, not the balance entry.
- Source U.S. Census · PEP
- Vintage V2024
- Reference 2024-07-01
- Place type consolidated_city
- GEOID 2148003
- Last build 2026-05-11
Key statistics.
2024 population
793,881
Census Vintage 2024, July 1, 2024
2020 base
782,987
April 1, 2020 census base
4-yr change
+10,894
2020 base → 2024; within V2024
4-yr change %
+1.4%
Within V2024 only
1-yr change
+10,500
2023 → 2024 estimate
1-yr change %
+1.3%
Within V2024 only
Density
3,020
people per sq mi, land only
Land area
262.8
sq mi (2025 Gazetteer)
National rank
#18
of 19,479 cities
State rank
#1
of 418 in Kentucky
Population history.
Population is shown in two parts because Vintage 2024 and Vintage 2019 use different methodologies and reference populations. The 2010 → 2024 span cannot be expressed as a single growth number — see methodology §6.
Vintage 2024 · annual estimates
Recent history (V2024 series, 2020 base → 2024).
| Year | Population | Reference date |
| 2020 base | 782,987 | April 1, 2020 |
| 2020 | 782,896 | July 1, 2020 |
| 2021 | 777,624 | July 1, 2021 |
| 2022 | 777,329 | July 1, 2022 |
| 2023 | 783,381 | July 1, 2023 |
| 2024 | 793,881 | July 1, 2024 |
These two tables use different Census vintages. They are not directly comparable across the 2019/2020 line. See the methodology for the seam.
Vintage 2019 · not available
Earlier-vintage history is not available for Louisville/Jefferson County metro. Consolidated city-county governments did not receive direct V2019 PEP estimates.
Place type · consolidated_city
Louisville/Jefferson County metro is a consolidated city-county.
Louisville/Jefferson County metro is a consolidated city-county government. The population shown here is the consolidated total (SUMLEV=170), which combines the city government with the surrounding county. Separately-incorporated enclaves are excluded from this total but counted on their own rows. Density and land area are derived from the balance-entry geometry and are slightly overstated as a result. See the methodology for the SUMLEV=170 ↔ balance-entry mapping.
In-state context.
Louisville/Jefferson County metro sits at state rank #1 among 418 cities in Kentucky. Nearby in the state ranking:
See the full ranking: every city in Kentucky →
National context.
Louisville/Jefferson County metro is ranked #18 of 19,479 U.S. cities by 2024 population.
Just above in the profiled set: San Francisco, CA · #17 · 827,526 residents.
Just below in the profiled set: Seattle, WA · #19 · 780,995 residents.
Sources · provenance
Census Vintage 2024 PEP and the 2025 Gazetteer.
Population figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2024 (reference date July 1, 2024). Land area, water area, and representative coordinates come from the 2025 U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer. The GEOID for Louisville/Jefferson County metro is 2148003.
Full source detail: /sources/. Inclusion rules and the V2019 ↔ V2024 seam: /methodology/.
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