More On Kentucky's Census: Bowling Green Is Now The Third Most Populous City, Behind Louisville And Lexington.
Bowling Green population ranks third in Ky.
Bowling Green is now the third most populous city in Kentucky and Warren County posted significant growth, according to the release Wednesday of 2010 Census information for the state.
The city grew an estimated 17.8 percent from the 2000 census to 58,067, slightly ahead of Owensboro’s 57,265. The 2000 census had Owensboro ahead of Bowling Green at 54,067 to 49,296. Bowling Green reached metropolitan-level status at the time by including some census tracts contiguous to the city.
Warren County is in the top five Kentucky counties in population, showing a 23 percent growth to 113,792.
While it’s unclear what the growth will mean for the communities financially since the federal budget is up in the air, typically population growth can mean more money for such things as transportation programs and Community Development Block Grants.
Bowling Green last year received $610,000 in entitlement CDBG funds which it is distributing to various organizations. Cuts to the program are probable for this year.
Warren County, one of 12 counties in the state that grew 15 percent or more, had a population behind that of Jefferson, Fayette, Kenton and Boone counties. Daviess County had 96,656, up from its 91,545 in 2000.
Elsewhere in the region, Logan, Simpson, Allen, Barren and Edmonson counties’ populations posted growth. Butler County lost population.
“It’s interesting, but it seems like the population loss across the state mostly corresponds with coal-producing counties,” said Vernon Smith of the Kentucky State Data Center.
Butler County is one of the few counties in the region that produces coal. Smith said population growth in coal-producing Hopkins County is an anomaly because Madisonville is a regional center for the area, much like Bowling Green.
One component of the census information looks at the racial breakdown of the population. Often thought to be undercounted, the Hispanic population grew by the largest percentage for the region in Barren County - more than 210 percent, from an estimated 355 people to 1,110.
Warren County’s Hispanic population grew from 2,466 to 5,174. Elsewhere in the region, Allen County’s Hispanic population grew from 147 to 297; Butler County went from 135 to 322; Edmonson County from 65 to 100, Logan County from 288 to 651 and Simpson County from 150 to 325.
While other counties in the region saw only small jumps in their Asian population, Warren County’s grew 151 percent from an estimated 1,251 to 3,157.
Census numbers also are used to draw boundaries for voting districts, something which is up to the state government committee. But no details have been released about when those discussions will begin, according to Rep. Jody Richards, D-Bowling Green. State lawmakers now are involved in a special session dealing with the budget.
After the population data is delivered to state officials this week, the Legislative Research Commission’s geographic information systems workers will take the population data and put it on maps by block levels.
“It will take them a couple of months to get all that data on the maps as it needs to be,” said Judy Fritz with the LRC.
Once that happens, the information will be forwarded to counties that have to draw individual precinct boundaries.
Fritz said unlike many states, Kentucky doesn’t have anything in its constitution regarding when the redistricting needs to be complete. Richards believes it needs to be done before the January filing deadline so candidates will know in which districts they will be running.
“And it seems like we are getting the data a little later than usual,” he said.
Kentucky is one of the last few states to receive its population information. By law, the Census Bureau has until April 1 following the 10-year census to release the information.
Editor's note: Click here to see map of county-by-county population changes.
You can also read more here.
Bowling Green is now the third most populous city in Kentucky and Warren County posted significant growth, according to the release Wednesday of 2010 Census information for the state.
The city grew an estimated 17.8 percent from the 2000 census to 58,067, slightly ahead of Owensboro’s 57,265. The 2000 census had Owensboro ahead of Bowling Green at 54,067 to 49,296. Bowling Green reached metropolitan-level status at the time by including some census tracts contiguous to the city.
Warren County is in the top five Kentucky counties in population, showing a 23 percent growth to 113,792.
While it’s unclear what the growth will mean for the communities financially since the federal budget is up in the air, typically population growth can mean more money for such things as transportation programs and Community Development Block Grants.
Bowling Green last year received $610,000 in entitlement CDBG funds which it is distributing to various organizations. Cuts to the program are probable for this year.
Warren County, one of 12 counties in the state that grew 15 percent or more, had a population behind that of Jefferson, Fayette, Kenton and Boone counties. Daviess County had 96,656, up from its 91,545 in 2000.
Elsewhere in the region, Logan, Simpson, Allen, Barren and Edmonson counties’ populations posted growth. Butler County lost population.
“It’s interesting, but it seems like the population loss across the state mostly corresponds with coal-producing counties,” said Vernon Smith of the Kentucky State Data Center.
Butler County is one of the few counties in the region that produces coal. Smith said population growth in coal-producing Hopkins County is an anomaly because Madisonville is a regional center for the area, much like Bowling Green.
One component of the census information looks at the racial breakdown of the population. Often thought to be undercounted, the Hispanic population grew by the largest percentage for the region in Barren County - more than 210 percent, from an estimated 355 people to 1,110.
Warren County’s Hispanic population grew from 2,466 to 5,174. Elsewhere in the region, Allen County’s Hispanic population grew from 147 to 297; Butler County went from 135 to 322; Edmonson County from 65 to 100, Logan County from 288 to 651 and Simpson County from 150 to 325.
While other counties in the region saw only small jumps in their Asian population, Warren County’s grew 151 percent from an estimated 1,251 to 3,157.
Census numbers also are used to draw boundaries for voting districts, something which is up to the state government committee. But no details have been released about when those discussions will begin, according to Rep. Jody Richards, D-Bowling Green. State lawmakers now are involved in a special session dealing with the budget.
After the population data is delivered to state officials this week, the Legislative Research Commission’s geographic information systems workers will take the population data and put it on maps by block levels.
“It will take them a couple of months to get all that data on the maps as it needs to be,” said Judy Fritz with the LRC.
Once that happens, the information will be forwarded to counties that have to draw individual precinct boundaries.
Fritz said unlike many states, Kentucky doesn’t have anything in its constitution regarding when the redistricting needs to be complete. Richards believes it needs to be done before the January filing deadline so candidates will know in which districts they will be running.
“And it seems like we are getting the data a little later than usual,” he said.
Kentucky is one of the last few states to receive its population information. By law, the Census Bureau has until April 1 following the 10-year census to release the information.
Editor's note: Click here to see map of county-by-county population changes.
You can also read more here.
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