Kentucky · Census place 2108902
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Bowling Green is a city in Warren County, Kentucky with an estimated 79,076 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 3rd largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 79,076
- #3 of 206 in Kentucky
- Change since 2020
- +9.1%
- +6,604 people
- Land area
- 42.0 sq mi
- + 0.26 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,883 / sq mi
- State median 1,588
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Bowling Green population, 2020 to 2024
Bowling Green added 6,604 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.1%. In the latest year it moved by +2,007. Among 79 Kentucky places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 3rd; the median place changed by +2.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kentucky has 10,541 people, so Bowling Green is 7.5 times that size.
Bowling Green covers 41.99 square miles of land and 0.26 of water, for 1,883 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Bowling Green is denser than the typical town.
What county Bowling Green is in
All of Bowling Green's residents live in Warren County, which had 147,936 residents in 2024. Bowling Green holds 53.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Bowling Green
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Bowling Green by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 42101, 42103, 42104. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Bowling Green is
The Census internal point of Bowling Green is at 36.976800, -86.433700. Frankfort, the capital, is 119.5 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Clarksville, TN (185,690 people), 57.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.976800, -86.433700
- DMS
- 36°58'36.48"N 86°26'1.32"W
- UTM
- 16N 550402.7E 4092448.5N
- Geohash
- dndd35kvk
- Plus code
- 868MXHG8+PG
Daylight in Bowling Green
At 36.98° N, Bowling Green gets about 14 h 42 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 37 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Bowling Green
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Auburn, 17.1 miles away, with 1,674 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Bowling Green, KY?
79,076 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 6,604 (9.1%) from 72,472 in July 2020.
What county is Bowling Green in?
Warren County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Bowling Green?
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 42101, 42103, 42104.
How far is Bowling Green from Frankfort?
119.5 miles (192.3 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Bowling Green.
What is the nearest larger city to Bowling Green?
Clarksville, TN, with 185,690 residents, 57.8 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.