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Frankfort, KY Micro Area

The Frankfort, KY micro area is made up of 2 counties in Kentucky: Franklin and Anderson. About 77,874 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 3.3% more than in April 2020.

Anderson County, outlyingFranklin County, centralFrankfort
Central Outlying 2 counties in Kentucky
Population, July 2025
77,874 3.3% more than in April 2020
Type
Micropolitan statistical area
Counties
2: 1 central, 1 outlying
Land area
410 sq mi (1,062 km²)
Time zone
Eastern TimeUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July
State
Kentucky
Combined statistical area
Lexington-Fayette--Richmond--Frankfort, KY
CBSA code
23180
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Counties in the Frankfort, KY micro area, largest first

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025Share of the area
Franklin CountyCentral52,64967.6%
Anderson CountyOutlying25,22532.4%

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of 10,000 to 49,999 people. An outlying county is in the area because of commuting: at least a quarter of its workers have jobs in the central county, or at least a quarter of the people working there live in them. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal city

  1. Frankfort28,503 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Part of the Lexington-Fayette--Richmond--Frankfort, KY combined statistical area

OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 3 areas in this one, largest first:

  1. Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area535,174 people
  2. Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area131,806 people
  3. Mount Sterling, KY Micro Area48,428 people

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area25 mi southeast
  2. Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area42 mi west

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A metro or micro area is a statistical area that OMB draws for federal statistics. It is not a city, a local government or a mailing address, and it is not a measure of urban and rural: whole counties count, rural parts included. Programs that use metro areas, such as housing income limits or wage rates, can use their own version of these lists; check the program’s own list for an address.

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