Louisville – Jefferson County, KY–IN Metropolitan Statistical Area

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The Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area, commonly called the Louisville metropolitan area or Kentuckiana, is the 42nd largest Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) in the United States. The primary city is Louisville, Kentucky.

It was originally formed by the United States Census Bureau in 1950 and consisted of the Kentucky county of Jefferson and the Indiana counties of Clark and Floyd. As surrounding counties saw an increase in their population densities and the number of their residents employed within Jefferson County, they met Census criteria to be added to the MSA. Jefferson County, Kentucky (contiguous with Louisville Metro), plus twelve outlying counties — eight in Kentucky and four in Southern Indiana are now a part of this MSA. It is now the primary MSA of the Louisville–Elizabethtown–Scottsburg, KY–IN Combined Statistical Area (or Louisville CSA, which adds Hardin County, Kentucky, LaRue County, Kentucky, and Scott County, Indiana).

People living in any of the MSA are said to be living in the Louisville/Jefferson County Area. Because it includes counties in Indiana, the MSA (or a large portion thereof) is regularly referred to as Kentuckiana.

{|style="width:99%" frame="box" rules="all" cellpadding="2" |-style="background-color:#CCFFFF;text-align:center;" !Geographic Area !July 1, 2009 • !July 1, 2005 • !2000 Census !1990 Census !1980 Census !1970 Census !1960 Census !1950 Census |- |Louisville- Jefferson County, KY-IN MSA² |'''1,258,577 |1,208,452 |1,161,975 |952,662 |906,152 |867,330 |725,139 |576,900 |- |Clark County, Indiana |106,673 |101,592 |96,472 |87,777 |88,838 |75,876 |62,795 |48,330 |- |Floyd County, Indiana |73,780 |71,997 |70,823 |64,404 |61,169 |55,622 |51,397 |43,955 |- |Harrison County, Indiana |37,067 |36,827 |34,325 |29,890 |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|27,276¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|20,423¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|19,207¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|17,858¹ |- |Scott County, Indiana |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|23,627¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|23,820¹ |22,960 |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|20,991¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|20,422¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|17,144¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|14,463¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|11,519¹ |- |Washington County, Indiana |27,949 |27,885 |27,223 |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|23,717¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|21,932¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|19,278¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|17,819¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|16,520¹ |- |Bullitt County, Kentucky |75,028 |68,474 |61,236 |47,567 |43,346 |26,090 |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|15,726¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|11,349¹ |- |Henry County, Kentucky |15,741 |15,903 |15,060 |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|12,823¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|12,740¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|10,910¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|10,987¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|11,394¹ |- |Jefferson County, Kentucky |721,594 |699,827 |693,604 |664,937 |685,004 |695,055 |610,947 |484,615 |- |Meade County, Kentucky |27,043 |28,447 |26,349 |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|24,170¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|22,854¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|17,796¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|18,898¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|9,422¹ |- |Nelson County, Kentucky |43,113 |41,088 |37,477 |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|29,710¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|27,584¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|23,477¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|22,168¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|19,521¹ |- |Oldham County, Kentucky |56,874 |53,533 |46,178 |33,263 |27,795 |14,687 |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|13,388¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|11,018¹ |- |Shelby County, Kentucky |41,157 |38,205 |33,337 |24,824 |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|23,328¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|18,999¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|18,493¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|17,912¹ |- |Spencer County, Kentucky |17,382 |15,651 |11,766 |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|6,801¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|5,929¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|5,488¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|5,680¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|6,157¹ |- |Trimble County, Kentucky |9,012 |9,023 |8,125 |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|6,090¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|6,253¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|5,349¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|5,102¹ |style="background-color:#CCCCCC"|5,148¹ |}

• Populations are based upon published estimates by the United States Bureau of the Census.

¹County was not a part of Louisville, KY-IN MSA at the time of this Census and the county's population is not included in MSA total.

²Named Louisville, KY-IN Standard Metropolitan Area (SMA) in 1950, Louisville, KY-IN Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) from 1960 to 1981, and Louisville KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) from 1983 to 2003.

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