Counties in Kentucky by natural change, July to June
Jefferson County had the highest natural change, July to June of 120 counties in 2024, at 1,252. Pike County had the lowest, at -451. The median was -35 and the figure for Kentucky was -957. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Top 40 counties, 2024
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2024 | Change on 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jefferson County Estimated | 1,252 | +70.8% |
| 2 | Fayette County Estimated | 890 | +6.3% |
| 3 | Boone County Estimated | 626 | +8.3% |
| 4 | Christian County Estimated | 535 | -19.9% |
| 4 | Warren County Estimated | 535 | -0.6% |
| 6 | Kenton County Estimated | 515 | -22.1% |
| 7 | Scott County Estimated | 228 | -5.4% |
| 8 | Hardin County Estimated | 182 | +145.9% |
| 9 | Madison County Estimated | 159 | +318.4% |
| 10 | Shelby County Estimated | 154 | +46.7% |
| 11 | Jessamine County Estimated | 97 | +31.1% |
| 12 | Campbell County Estimated | 93 | -32.1% |
| 13 | Oldham County Estimated | 85 | 0% |
| 14 | Grant County Estimated | 76 | +15.2% |
| 15 | Daviess County Estimated | 58 | +93.3% |
| 16 | Grayson County Estimated | 44 | +63% |
| 17 | Lincoln County Estimated | 33 | +294.1% |
| 18 | Fleming County Estimated | 32 | +900% |
| 18 | Nelson County Estimated | 32 | +346.2% |
| 20 | Allen County Estimated | 28 | -41.7% |
| 21 | Anderson County Estimated | 22 | +450% |
| 21 | Nicholas County Estimated | 22 | +175% |
| 23 | Todd County Estimated | 21 | -8.7% |
| 24 | Carroll County Estimated | 18 | +460% |
| 25 | Meade County Estimated | 15 | |
| 26 | Hart County Estimated | 13 | -58.1% |
| 27 | Trimble County Estimated | 9 | +212.5% |
| 28 | Webster County Estimated | 3 | +121.4% |
| 29 | Gallatin County Estimated | 1 | +105.9% |
| 29 | Simpson County Estimated | 1 | +110% |
| 29 | Spencer County Estimated | 1 | |
| 32 | Bath County Estimated | -3 | +81.3% |
| 32 | Breckinridge County Estimated | -3 | +91.7% |
| 32 | Hancock County Estimated | -3 | +85.7% |
| 32 | Marion County Estimated | -3 | +25% |
| 32 | Whitley County Estimated | -3 | +87.5% |
| 37 | Montgomery County Estimated | -8 | +66.7% |
| 38 | Henry County Estimated | -11 | -164.7% |
| 39 | Henderson County Estimated | -15 | +82.8% |
| 39 | Owen County Estimated | -15 | +42.3% |
| 41 | Woodford County Estimated | -16 | +38.5% |
| 42 | Rowan County Estimated | -17 | -383.3% |
| 43 | Casey County Estimated | -18 | +50% |
| 43 | Washington County Estimated | -18 | +37.9% |
| 45 | Carlisle County Estimated | -21 | -10.5% |
| 45 | Crittenden County Estimated | -21 | -110% |
| 45 | Robertson County Estimated | -21 | -16.7% |
| 48 | Elliott County Estimated | -23 | +8% |
| 49 | Caldwell County Estimated | -24 | -2,500% |
| 49 | Logan County Estimated | -24 | +29.4% |
| 51 | Taylor County Estimated | -25 | +65.8% |
| 52 | McCreary County Estimated | -27 | +44.9% |
| 53 | Bracken County Estimated | -29 | -16% |
| 54 | Edmonson County Estimated | -31 | +47.5% |
| 55 | Pendleton County Estimated | -32 | -77.8% |
| 56 | Green County Estimated | -33 | +2.9% |
| 56 | Lewis County Estimated | -33 | -266.7% |
| 56 | Livingston County Estimated | -33 | -10% |
| 59 | Menifee County Estimated | -34 | -54.5% |
| 60 | Butler County Estimated | -35 | -3,600% |
| 60 | Larue County Estimated | -35 | +23.9% |
| 60 | Monroe County Estimated | -35 | +40.7% |
| 63 | Cumberland County Estimated | -36 | -38.5% |
| 64 | Clinton County Estimated | -38 | -280% |
| 64 | Fulton County Estimated | -38 | +26.9% |
| 64 | Magoffin County Estimated | -38 | +15.6% |
| 64 | Morgan County Estimated | -38 | -100% |
| 68 | Harrison County Estimated | -39 | -290% |
| 69 | Owsley County Estimated | -42 | -5% |
| 70 | Adair County Estimated | -43 | +20.4% |
| 70 | Metcalfe County Estimated | -43 | -34.4% |
| 72 | Bourbon County Estimated | -44 | +31.3% |
| 73 | McLean County Estimated | -45 | +11.8% |
| 74 | Jackson County Estimated | -46 | -1,633.3% |
| 75 | Ballard County Estimated | -50 | -11.1% |
| 76 | Wolfe County Estimated | -52 | +18.8% |
| 77 | Hickman County Estimated | -53 | +3.6% |
| 77 | Union County Estimated | -53 | -3.9% |
| 79 | Mason County Estimated | -57 | -72.7% |
| 80 | Lee County Estimated | -59 | -31.1% |
| 81 | Russell County Estimated | -60 | -42.9% |
| 82 | Trigg County Estimated | -61 | -7% |
| 83 | Graves County Estimated | -64 | -33.3% |
| 83 | Powell County Estimated | -64 | -10.3% |
| 85 | Lyon County Estimated | -65 | +17.7% |
| 86 | Leslie County Estimated | -68 | +19% |
| 86 | Mercer County Estimated | -68 | -9.7% |
| 88 | Garrard County Estimated | -69 | -21.1% |
| 89 | Boyle County Estimated | -70 | -42.9% |
| 89 | Ohio County Estimated | -70 | -75% |
| 91 | Bullitt County Estimated | -75 | +37% |
| 92 | Martin County Estimated | -76 | -18.8% |
| 93 | Calloway County Estimated | -82 | -20.6% |
| 94 | Muhlenberg County Estimated | -93 | +13.9% |
| 95 | Clay County Estimated | -101 | -23.2% |
| 96 | Lawrence County Estimated | -102 | -12.1% |
| 97 | Clark County Estimated | -104 | -22.4% |
| 98 | Laurel County Estimated | -107 | -9.2% |
| 98 | Wayne County Estimated | -107 | -28.9% |
| 100 | Breathitt County Estimated | -108 | -27.1% |
| 100 | Rockcastle County Estimated | -108 | +10.7% |
| 102 | Johnson County Estimated | -112 | +2.6% |
| 103 | Barren County Estimated | -113 | -182.5% |
| 104 | Estill County Estimated | -117 | -24.5% |
| 105 | Perry County Estimated | -122 | +34.1% |
| 106 | Knox County Estimated | -125 | +13.8% |
| 107 | Knott County Estimated | -129 | +16.2% |
| 108 | Franklin County Estimated | -139 | +26.1% |
| 109 | Letcher County Estimated | -160 | +13% |
| 110 | Carter County Estimated | -165 | +2.9% |
| 111 | Hopkins County Estimated | -167 | 0% |
| 112 | Marshall County Estimated | -194 | -26% |
| 113 | McCracken County Estimated | -195 | +3.9% |
| 114 | Harlan County Estimated | -201 | -12.9% |
| 115 | Greenup County Estimated | -210 | -32.1% |
| 116 | Bell County Estimated | -213 | -52.1% |
| 117 | Pulaski County Estimated | -239 | +9.1% |
| 118 | Boyd County Estimated | -241 | -10.6% |
| 119 | Floyd County Estimated | -259 | +17.8% |
| 120 | Pike County Estimated | -451 | -8.7% |
Other periods
About this ranking
Estimated births minus deaths of residents from July 1 of the previous year through June 30 of the reported year. A negative value means more deaths than births.
Equals births_july_june minus deaths_july_june for the same place and year. Not a calendar-year figure.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program: natural change (births minus deaths), July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Population Estimates Program: natural change (births minus deaths), July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021 (Counties in Kentucky by natural change, July to June, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html
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Population Estimates Program: natural change (births minus deaths), July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021, Counties in Kentucky by natural change, July to June, 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 26 Mar. 2026, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-change-july-june/kentucky-counties?period=2024. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Population Estimates Program: natural change (births minus deaths), July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021. Counties in Kentucky by natural change, July to June, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-change-july-june/kentucky-counties?period=2024.
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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Population Estimates Program: natural change (births minus deaths), July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021, Counties in Kentucky by natural change, July to June, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-change-july-june/kentucky-counties?period=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
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author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
title = {{Population Estimates Program: natural change (births minus deaths), July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021: Counties in Kentucky by natural change, July to June, 2024}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Data set},
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urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-change-july-june/kentucky-counties?period=2024. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program: natural change (births minus deaths), July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
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Which county has the highest natural change, July to June?
Jefferson County, with 1,252 in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest natural change, July to June?
Pike County, with -451 in 2024.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program: natural change (births minus deaths), July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
Natural change, July to June: other rankings
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