The Cenus Bureau released new estimates of population in counties and metropolitan areas on April 5. The Kentucky State Data Center has produced estimates for the 15 Kentucky Area Development Districts form the new data. The estimates are available on the Kentucky State Data Center Estimates web page.
The new estimates show that four of the fifteen ADDs lost population between 2010 and 2011. These were Big Sandy (-601), FIVCO (-305), Kentucky River (-261)and Pennyrile (-767) Area Development Districts.
The largest population gains were in Bluegrass ADD (+6,809) and Kentuckiana ADD (+6,543).
Among Kentucky's 120 Counties, 49 lost population in the new estimates. Christian County lost the most (-526) and twelve other counties were estimated to have populations reduced by at least 100 in the period from July 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011.
Lyon County was the only county that had zero change in population, with an unchanged total population estimate of 8,317 people.
Of the remaining counties that gained population, five added at least 1,000 people; Fayette (+4,777), Jefferson (+4,730), Boone (+2,243), Warren (+1,352) and Madison (1,042).
For more information, here is the link to the Census Bureau press release about the new 2011 Population Estimates.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
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