1997 Kentucky KIDS COUNT Population 1990, 1997, and Percent Change 1990 1997 Percent Change Total Under 6 Under 18 Total Under 6 Under 18 Total Under 6 Under 18 Kentucky 3,686,891 306,279 957,488 3,941,376 320,643 952,571 6.9 4.7 -0.5 Adair 15,360 1,110 3,789 16,631 1,295 3,695 8.3 16.7 -2.5 Allen 14,628 1,265 3,865 15,827 1,260 4,106 8.2 -0.4 6.2 Anderson 14,571 1,245 3,858 18,069 1,470 4,394 24.0 18.1 13.9 Ballard 7,902 526 1,850 8,202 592 1,685 3.8 12.5 -8.9 Barren 34,001 2,660 8,484 35,765 2,631 8,319 5.2 -1.1 -1.9 Bath 9,692 762 2,454 10,343 830 2,445 6.7 8.9 -0.4 Bell 31,506 2,582 8,572 30,740 2,520 7,387 -2.4 -2.4 -13.8 Boone 57,589 5,689 16,956 73,549 6,340 19,348 27.7 11.4 14.1 Bourbon 19,236 1,605 5,075 19,774 1,576 4,754 2.8 -1.8 -6.3 Boyd 51,150 3,624 12,061 50,956 3,454 10,656 -0.4 -4.7 -11.6 Boyle 25,641 1,899 6,229 26,869 1,825 5,954 4.8 -3.9 -4.4 Bracken 7,766 621 2,026 8,459 701 2,122 8.9 12.9 4.7 Breathitt 15,703 1,289 4,527 15,524 1,315 3,876 -1.1 2.0 -14.4 Breckinridge 16,312 1,311 4,352 17,025 1,246 3,943 4.4 -5.0 -9.4 Bullitt 47,567 4,235 13,957 58,495 5,064 14,972 23.0 19.6 7.3 Butler 11,245 892 2,996 11,829 908 2,822 5.2 1.8 -5.8 Caldwell 13,232 969 3,159 13,197 953 3,016 -0.3 -1.7 -4.5 Calloway 30,735 1,971 6,021 33,044 2,094 6,470 7.5 6.2 7.5 Campbell 83,866 7,863 22,527 88,954 7,661 24,984 6.1 -2.6 10.9 Carlisle 5,238 373 1,271 5,427 439 1,330 3.6 17.7 4.6 Carroll 9,292 785 2,528 9,971 751 2,429 7.3 -4.3 -3.9 Carter 24,340 1,850 6,518 26,733 2,157 5,961 9.8 16.6 -8.5 Casey 14,211 1,131 3,782 14,859 1,148 3,421 4.6 1.5 -9.5 Christian 68,941 7,064 18,032 69,148 7,036 18,257 0.3 -0.4 1.2 Clark 29,496 2,450 7,649 31,181 2,504 7,772 5.7 2.2 1.6 Clay 21,746 1,978 6,620 23,220 1,864 5,458 6.8 -5.8 -17.6 Clinton 9,135 680 2,286 9,405 750 2,094 3.0 10.3 -8.4 Crittenden 9,196 713 2,289 9,610 742 2,451 4.5 4.1 7.1 Cumberland 6,784 538 1,619 6,832 510 1,562 0.7 -5.2 -3.5 Daviess 87,189 7,800 23,760 92,036 7,556 23,888 5.6 -3.1 0.5 Edmonson 10,357 793 2,733 10,890 872 2,578 5.1 10.0 -5.7 Elliott 6,455 552 1,891 6,917 615 1,974 7.2 11.4 4.4 Estill 14,614 1,129 3,917 15,911 1,257 3,418 8.9 11.3 -12.7 Fayette 225,366 18,433 50,633 249,713 18,592 56,319 10.8 0.9 11.2 Fleming 12,292 967 3,129 13,381 1,060 3,241 8.9 9.6 3.6 Floyd 43,586 3,787 12,599 45,011 3,769 11,290 3.3 -0.5 -10.4 Franklin 44,143 3,398 10,601 46,652 3,566 10,816 5.7 4.9 2.0 Fulton 8,271 656 2,082 7,370 562 1,760 -10.9 -14.3 -15.5 Gallatin 5,393 495 1,529 6,429 561 1,704 19.2 13.3 11.4 Garrard 11,579 857 2,791 13,258 1,067 3,029 14.5 24.5 8.5 Grant 15,737 1,409 4,558 19,502 1,719 5,233 23.9 22.0 14.8 Graves 33,550 2,560 8,166 35,308 2,538 8,161 5.2 -0.9 -0.1 Grayson 21,050 1,644 5,499 23,601 1,846 5,301 12.1 12.3 -3.6 Green 10,371 698 2,416 10,388 766 2,253 0.2 9.7 -6.7 Greenup 36,742 2,576 9,476 38,319 2,493 7,769 4.3 -3.2 -18.0 Hancock 7,864 691 2,306 8,456 679 2,002 7.5 -1.7 -13.2 Hardin 89,240 8,892 25,366 93,360 8,214 25,159 4.6 -7.6 -0.8 Harlan 36,574 3,151 10,568 36,276 3,098 9,174 -0.8 -1.7 -13.2 Harrison 16,248 1,299 4,345 17,392 1,358 4,282 7.0 4.5 -1.4 Hart 14,890 1,156 3,895 16,569 1,327 3,649 11.3 14.8 -6.3 Henderson 43,044 3,669 11,485 45,228 3,255 10,866 5.1 -11.3 -5.4 Henry 12,823 1,050 3,270 14,428 1,172 3,613 12.5 11.6 10.5 Hickman 5,566 423 1,287 5,342 378 1,215 -4.0 -10.6 -5.6 Hopkins 46,126 3,772 12,059 46,985 3,728 11,402 1.9 -1.2 -5.4 Jackson 11,955 1,041 3,443 13,125 1,098 3,227 9.8 5.5 -6.3 Jefferson 665,123 54,813 163,184 677,293 59,848 168,545 1.8 9.2 3.3 Jessamine 30,508 2,712 8,378 35,914 3,078 8,985 17.7 13.5 7.2 Johnson 23,248 1,800 6,374 24,742 1,973 5,530 6.4 9.6 -13.2 Kenton 142,031 13,830 39,294 147,691 12,833 39,690 4.0 -7.2 1.0 Knott 17,906 1,478 5,257 19,086 1,574 4,696 6.6 6.5 -10.7 Knox 29,676 2,580 8,463 32,522 2,857 7,960 9.6 10.7 -5.9 Larue 11,679 898 2,934 12,650 947 3,053 8.3 5.5 4.1 Laurel 43,438 3,611 12,039 49,615 4,009 12,227 14.2 11.0 1.6 Lawrence 13,998 1,130 3,979 15,775 1,211 3,232 12.7 7.2 -18.8 Lee 7,422 648 2,070 7,913 590 1,821 6.6 -9.0 -12.0 Leslie 13,642 1,281 4,151 14,373 1,245 3,456 5.4 -2.8 -16.7 Letcher 27,000 2,102 7,790 27,897 2,138 6,202 3.3 1.7 -20.4 Lewis 13,029 1,017 3,618 13,490 1,159 3,512 3.5 14.0 -2.9 Lincoln 20,045 1,671 5,348 21,994 1,861 5,471 9.7 11.4 2.3 Livingston 9,062 616 2,071 9,590 696 1,919 5.8 13.0 -7.3 Logan 24,416 1,959 6,429 26,281 2,036 6,167 7.6 3.9 -4.1 Lyon 6,624 323 1,093 7,922 451 1,388 19.6 39.6 27.0 McCracken 62,879 4,790 15,402 65,994 4,907 14,828 5.0 2.4 -3.7 McCreary 15,603 1,421 4,750 16,742 1,517 4,760 7.3 6.8 0.2 McLean 9,628 701 2,415 9,796 740 2,203 1.7 5.6 -8.8 Madison 57,508 4,175 12,918 65,019 5,043 13,976 13.1 20.8 8.2 Magoffin 13,077 1,156 4,071 13,956 1,237 3,404 6.7 7.0 -16.4 Marion 16,499 1,316 4,532 16,822 1,321 4,045 2.0 0.4 -10.7 Marshall 27,205 1,992 6,320 29,775 2,000 6,347 9.4 0.4 0.4 Martin 12,526 1,179 3,993 13,239 1,202 3,417 5.7 2.0 -14.4 Mason 16,666 1,347 4,296 17,618 1,422 4,188 5.7 5.6 -2.5 Meade 24,170 3,005 8,010 27,232 2,857 8,188 12.7 -4.9 2.2 Menifee 5,092 416 1,407 5,373 414 1,373 5.5 -0.5 -2.4 Mercer 19,148 1,457 4,724 20,399 1,606 4,538 6.5 10.2 -3.9 Metcalfe 8,963 666 2,230 9,423 715 2,123 5.1 7.4 -4.8 Monroe 11,401 851 2,826 11,747 913 2,724 3.0 7.3 -3.6 Montgomery 19,561 1,520 5,195 20,707 1,657 4,691 5.9 9.0 -9.7 Morgan 11,648 945 3,219 13,793 1,040 3,121 18.4 10.1 -3.0 Muhlenberg 31,318 2,326 8,082 31,383 2,176 6,757 0.2 -6.4 -16.4 Nelson 29,710 2,706 8,656 34,653 3,181 9,200 16.6 17.6 6.3 Nicholas 6,725 472 1,703 7,065 549 1,616 5.1 16.3 -5.1 Ohio 21,105 1,742 5,741 21,901 1,712 5,344 3.8 -1.7 -6.9 Oldham 33,263 2,719 9,528 43,665 3,220 10,480 31.3 18.4 10.0 Owen 9,035 713 2,416 10,260 768 2,359 13.6 7.7 -2.4 Owsley 5,036 400 1,345 5,522 439 1,281 9.7 9.8 -4.8 Pendleton 12,036 1,166 3,501 14,346 1,219 3,817 19.2 4.5 9.0 Perry 30,283 2,468 8,679 31,791 2,919 7,708 5.0 18.3 -11.2 Pike 72,583 5,571 20,258 74,179 5,552 15,668 2.2 -0.3 -22.7 Powell 11,686 1,061 3,485 12,806 1,109 3,274 9.6 4.5 -6.1 Pulaski 49,489 3,756 12,256 56,161 4,052 12,088 13.5 7.9 -1.4 Robertson 2,124 152 513 2,294 192 576 8.0 26.3 12.3 Rockcastle 14,803 1,231 3,955 15,845 1,313 3,928 7.0 6.7 -0.7 Rowan 20,353 1,378 4,216 22,340 1,772 4,748 9.8 28.6 12.6 Russell 14,716 1,065 3,487 16,469 1,312 3,957 11.9 23.2 13.5 Scott 23,867 1,985 6,421 28,215 2,326 6,852 18.2 17.2 6.7 Shelby 24,824 1,997 6,289 28,305 2,369 7,025 14.0 18.6 11.7 Simpson 15,145 1,319 4,055 16,577 1,333 4,013 9.5 1.1 -1.0 Spencer 6,801 560 1,834 8,127 675 2,167 19.5 20.5 18.2 Taylor 21,146 1,659 5,260 23,175 1,750 5,417 9.6 5.5 3.0 Todd 10,940 934 2,883 11,495 916 2,786 5.1 -1.9 -3.4 Trigg 10,361 707 2,358 11,798 829 2,243 13.9 17.3 -4.9 Trimble 6,090 530 1,607 7,029 547 1,714 15.4 3.2 6.7 Union 16,557 1,227 4,759 16,610 1,014 3,972 0.3 -17.4 -16.5 Warren 77,720 5,998 18,763 86,326 6,518 19,780 11.1 8.7 5.4 Washington 10,441 899 2,827 10,711 815 2,662 2.6 -9.3 -5.8 Wayne 17,468 1,410 4,729 18,831 1,537 4,560 7.8 9.0 -3.6 Webster 13,955 1,079 3,671 13,648 1,056 3,128 -2.2 -2.1 -14.8 Whitley 33,326 2,784 9,086 36,116 3,182 9,256 8.4 14.3 1.9 Wolfe 6,503 531 1,888 7,475 637 1,893 14.9 20.0 0.3 Woodford 19,955 1,750 5,301 22,390 1,775 5,516 12.2 1.4 4.1