Mercer County, KY
Population and Components of Change
| Date |
Population |
%
Change |
Components of Change |
Total
Population
Change |
Births |
Deaths |
Inter-
national
Immigra-
tion |
Net
Domestic
Migration |
| 1970 | 15,960 | - | - |
- | - | - | - |
| 1971 | 16,300 | 2.1 | 340 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1972 | 16,700 | 2.5 | 400 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1973 | 17,400 | 4.2 | 700 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1974 | 17,700 | 1.7 | 300 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1975 | 17,900 | 1.1 | 200 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1976 | 18,200 | 1.7 | 300 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1977 | 18,500 | 1.6 | 300 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1978 | 18,700 | 1.1 | 200 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1979 | 18,700 | 0.0 | 0 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1980 | 19,011 | 1.7 | 311 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1981 | 19,097 | 0.5 | 86 |
357 | 244 | - | - |
| 1982 | 18,858 | -1.3 | -239 |
261 | 181 | - | - |
| 1983 | 18,742 | -0.6 | -116 |
237 | 184 | - | - |
| 1984 | 19,024 | 1.5 | 282 |
246 | 190 | - | - |
| 1985 | 18,985 | -0.2 | -39 |
248 | 187 | - | - |
| 1986 | 19,124 | 0.7 | 139 |
224 | 190 | - | - |
| 1987 | 19,071 | -0.3 | -53 |
232 | 209 | - | - |
| 1988 | 19,026 | -0.2 | -45 |
258 | 216 | - | - |
| 1989 | 19,148 | 0.6 | 122 |
267 | 213 | - | - |
| 1990 | 19,148 | 0.0 | 0 |
195 | 163 | - | - |
| 1991 | 19,261 | 0.6 | 113 |
339 | 271 | -3 | 63 |
| 1992 | 19,517 | 1.3 | 256 |
282 | 207 | 6 | 191 |
| 1993 | 19,590 | 0.4 | 73 |
274 | 242 | 4 | 49 |
| 1994 | 19,709 | 0.6 | 119 |
279 | 225 | 1 | 72 |
| 1995 | 20,060 | 1.8 | 351 |
295 | 198 | 1 | 267 |
| 1996 | 20,281 | 1.1 | 221 |
279 | 235 | 5 | 180 |
| 1997 | 20,390 | 0.5 | 109 |
271 | 201 | 6 | 40 |
| 1998 | 20,624 | 1.1 | 234 |
278 | 209 | 7 | 173 |
| 1999 | 20,765 | 0.7 | 141 |
278 | 201 | 4 | 71 |
| 2000 | 20,817 | 0.3 | 52 |
- | - | - | - |
| 2001 | 20,848 | 0.1 | 31 |
349 | 309 | 35 | -24 |
| 2002 | 21,030 | 0.9 | 182 |
262 | 208 | 28 | 117 |
| 2003 | 21,251 | 1.1 | 221 |
269 | 223 | 26 | 166 |
| 2004 | 21,381 | 0.6 | 130 |
276 | 264 | 27 | 104 |
| 2005 | 21,542 | 0.8 | 161 |
261 | 218 | 26 | 108 |
| 2006 | 21,644 | 0.5 | 102 |
269 | 238 | 28 | 52 |
| 2007 | 21,814 | 0.8 | 170 |
271 | 234 | 26 | 108 |
Note: Decade years represent April 1, Census data, not the mid-year estimates.
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