LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville's population has lost thousands of people since 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau estimates released last week.
The Metro's population has dropped by 1.4%, as the U.S. Census Bureau estimated it lost 8,995 residents from April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023.
According to year-to-year data, the Metro's population was at 631,976 in 2020. Then, it took a nearly 4,000 resident decrease in 2021 -- and another nearly 4,000 resident decrease in 2022.
Louisville's population currently stands at 622,981, according to the latest data.
As far as Kentucky as a whole, the population has been on an incline the last two years.
In 2020, the state's population was 4,508,155. It took a dip the following year, dropping around 600 people. But then in 2022 it jumped up to 4,511,563 and then sky rocked last year to 4,526,154. That's roughly a 15,000 increase, or 1%, from the year prior.
UofL's Kentucky State Data Center (KSDC) ranked Elizabethtown the fastest-growing large city in Kentucky last year with 3.4% growth.
Fifty-three cities in Kentucky have seen a population growth of 3% or more since the 2020 Census, according to the data center.
To look at the fill Census Bureau report, please click here.
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