Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), Kentucky

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Territory in yellow represents the "balance" population of Louisville. Jefferson County KY places.svg
Territory in yellow represents the "balance" population of Louisville.

The Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance) is a statistical entity in the U.S. state of Kentucky defined by the United States Census Bureau to represent the portion of the consolidated city-county of Louisville-Jefferson County that does not include any of the 83 separate incorporated places (municipalities) located within the city and county. [1] [2] It is made of the portion of Jefferson County that was the city of Louisville prior to the 2003 creation of Louisville Metro, plus a large swath of previously unincorporated territory.

In the 2010 United States census, the balance had a population of 597,337, [3] while the 2010 population of the entire governmental area was 741,096. [3] It is also located within the Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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References

  1. Jefferson County cities: An article from The Courier-Journal
  2. For what geographic areas does the Census Bureau produce estimates?
  3. 1 2 "2010 Demographic Profile Data, Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), Kentucky". 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on May 21, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2011.

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