# Stats and Facts About Kentucky, 230th Anniversary, and More

| Kentucky's 230th Anniversary of Statehood (1792): June 1, 2022
Earlier this week, we celebrated Kentucky's statehood anniversary. Enjoy these fun facts, figures, and statistics about the Bluegrass State.

Kentucky joined the Union on June 1, 1792. Explore the stats and facts below to learn more about the 15th state to join the Union, its people, demographics, geographic areas, and more. 
**Learn More**Population and Demographics of Kentucky
As of July 1, 2021, the population of Kentucky was estimated to be 4,509,394. This represents an increase of 0.1% from the 2020 Census count of 4,505,836. Discover more about the state's demographics.
**Explore KY Demographics**You May Be Interested InAbout Geographic Areas
Kentucky has 524 places; 422 incorporated places and 102 census designated places. The incorporated places consist of 420 cities, 1 urban county, and 1 balance of county representing the area of the Louisville/Jefferson consolidated city outside of the incorporated places. This is Kentucky's only consolidated city. Louisville/Jefferson metro government is a consolidated city because it contains 83 separately incorporated places. There are four governmentally inactive cities in Kentucky. The minimum population required for incorporation is 300 people.

Kentucky has 1,115 census tracts, 3,285 block groups, and 161,672 blocks.
**More Geographic Info**New Business Formations in Kentucky
Our Business Formation Statistics (BFS) provide timely and high-frequency information on new business applications and formations in the United States. BFS measures business initiation activity and the cycle from initiation to realized business formation. Get an early look at business formation activity within the U.S. at a detailed state and regional level.
**View Kentucky BFS**Kentucky Population Topped 4.5 Million in 2020
The Bluegrass State added 166,469 people between 2010 and 2020, a 3.8% increase to 4,505,836.
**Kentucky: 2020 Census**Monthly State Retail Sales: Kentucky
Monthly State Retail Sales is a Census Bureau experimental data product featuring modeled state-level retail sales. This is a blended data product using Monthly Retail Trade Survey data, administrative data, and third-party data.

Explore data for Kentucky using our data visualization. 
**Monthly Retail Sales**State Sales Tax Collections: Kentucky
Monthly state tax collections provides data for sales taxes from general sales, lodging, alcoholic beverages, motor fuel, tobacco products, and individual income and corporate income taxes. 

Use our interactive data visualization to explore data for Kentucky. 
**Selected Tax Collections**View Kentucky Statistics in Our COVID-19 Data Hub
View the state COVID-19 impact planning report. Take a look at new survey data and estimates.
**View Data**Other Resources for State Data
Check out these other resources to find state and community data:
- My Community Explorer
- State Facts for Students
- data.census.gov Kentucky state profile
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