Kentucky Population Growth Slows as Death Rate Outpace Births

Kentucky population growth slows as death rate outpace births

In the last five years, Kentucky's population grew modestly, ranking the Commonwealth 23rd among other states, according to new census data.

Growing Death Rate and International Immigration Are Driving Recent Kentucky Population Trends - Kentucky Center for Economic Policy

Over the past five years, Kentucky’s population grew by 2.2% according to new Census data, ranking the commonwealth 23rd among states. A closer look at the components of population growth (births, deaths and net migration) reveals patterns critical to understanding state population trends and crafting helpful, and not harmful, policy responses. More deaths than births were the major drag on population over this five-year period, while in-migrati…