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Kentucky: births, delivery capacity and legal capacity

By Kevin Schwaner, Founder; Chief Marketing OfficerUpdated

Kentucky recorded 52,248 births in 2024 across 120 counties, served by 46 hospitals confirmed to provide inpatient labour and delivery, with 12 more whose status CMS does not report. There are 1,774 Offices of Lawyers establishments statewide, across all practice areas.

Births, 2024
52,248+1.7% since 2021
Delivering hospitals
4612 more not reported
Offices of Lawyers
1,774CBP 2023, NAICS 541110, all practice areas
Births per lawyer office
29.5national median for 500+ birth counties: 34.3

Births by county

Births by county in Kentucky, 2024A choropleth of Kentucky counties shaded by births recorded in 2024.
Births, 2024 ≤ 193 > 6,274

Figure 1. Hover any county for births, lawyer offices and delivering hospitals. Projected at build time; no mapping library on this page.

Kentucky births, 2021 to 2024. Four-year births series for Kentucky alongside the national total. Kentucky 52,248 +1.7% 2021→2024 United States 3,605,563 +0.6% 2021→2024 Delivering hospitals 46 +0.0% 2024 only Lawyer offices 1,774 +0.0% CBP 2023
Figure 2 — Kentucky against the national series. Only the first two series are time series; the third and fourth are single-vintage values shown flat, and are labelled as such rather than being interpolated into a trend. National births detail. Sources: Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 county population estimates (components of change), released June 2025; Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023, NAICS 541110 Offices of Lawyers, released May 2025; CMS Care Compare, Maternal Health · Hospital, reporting period 1 Jan – 31 Dec 2024.

Every county

All 120 counties in Kentucky. Sorted by births. Copy it into a spreadsheet — it is a real table.
CountyPopulation 2024Births 2024Lawyer officesBirths per officeDelivering hospitalsStatus unknown
Jefferson County793,8819,65346320.830
Fayette County329,4373,73223316.030
Kenton County174,8622,09910719.610
Warren County147,9361,9445138.110
Boone County144,1351,6862567.400
Daviess County104,4571,3483934.610
Hardin County112,8261,3013636.110
Christian County71,0061,1811769.511
Madison County99,5821,0312836.810
Campbell County94,0089412439.200
Bullitt County85,8027611358.500
Laurel County63,3537103122.910
Scott County61,7007051354.210
McCracken County67,5506913519.720
Pulaski County66,8426663121.510
Jessamine County56,4956171638.600
Barren County45,6096051155.010
Whitley County37,2335741733.810
Oldham County70,5255662324.610
Shelby County50,1245611733.010
Nelson County48,7065441341.810
Pike County55,4305232719.410
Hopkins County45,2185181730.510
Henderson County44,1755141730.210
Franklin County52,4424922321.410
Graves County36,821455591.010
Clark County37,673416759.410
Boyd County47,7773972019.910
Grayson County27,070379942.110
Floyd County34,5323641721.410
Calloway County38,9753542017.710
Grant County25,722353570.600
Logan County28,467349569.800
Knox County29,6573481424.900
Taylor County26,8093371719.810
Montgomery County28,7713221032.210
Boyle County31,3943191324.510
Muhlenberg County30,512319839.900
Greenup County35,273311838.900
Perry County26,7393111619.410
Harlan County25,0523051127.710
Lincoln County24,910298559.610
Marshall County31,734292741.700
Rowan County24,675290741.410
Allen County22,0372780undefined00
Woodford County27,728276834.500
Anderson County24,883273468.300
Meade County30,442273468.300
Mercer County23,515272645.310
Harrison County19,525265644.210
Bell County23,0512631123.910
Ohio County23,933263552.601
Breckinridge County21,221259464.801
Hart County19,923258551.600
Carter County26,098248735.400
Johnson County22,0982311219.300
Simpson County20,350230457.500
Clay County19,592228925.310
Marion County19,851212826.510
Spencer County20,823211370.300
Russell County18,458208729.701
Fleming County15,591207369.001
Bourbon County20,333205825.600
Adair County19,239203540.600
Wayne County19,629202728.901
Letcher County20,139193632.210
Henry County16,198190631.700
McCreary County16,824186446.500
Garrard County18,040180360.000
Mason County16,956177629.510
Jackson County13,3581740undefined00
Bath County12,951172443.000
Powell County12,9281720undefined00
Casey County15,9481700undefined00
Carroll County11,1111690undefined01
Webster County12,854169442.300
Butler County12,5511660undefined00
Union County13,1781650undefined00
Rockcastle County16,226164441.000
Todd County12,7571640undefined00
Lewis County12,875160353.300
Pendleton County14,8441600undefined00
Trigg County14,5591570undefined01
Larue County15,128155625.800
Caldwell County12,611151818.901
Monroe County11,163139527.800
Morgan County14,300138346.000
Breathitt County12,804137527.401
Washington County12,269136434.000
Magoffin County11,118131718.700
Estill County14,0021260undefined00
Green County11,552125431.300
Lawrence County15,798122340.700
Edmonson County12,6351200undefined00
Metcalfe County10,5581180undefined00
Gallatin County8,805117339.000
Crittenden County8,9821130undefined01
Clinton County9,183109336.301
Owen County11,4351050undefined00
Knott County13,438104520.800
Nicholas County7,81699424.800
McLean County9,126960undefined00
Hancock County9,013950undefined00
Wolfe County6,364930undefined00
Bracken County8,49792330.700
Livingston County8,815910undefined00
Leslie County9,72990615.000
Trimble County8,591860undefined00
Martin County10,69683420.800
Cumberland County6,04780420.000
Fulton County6,282800undefined00
Menifee County6,341760undefined00
Ballard County7,626720undefined00
Lee County7,313690undefined00
Carlisle County4,777580undefined00
Elliott County7,263510undefined00
Owsley County3,928500undefined00
Lyon County9,078470undefined00
Hickman County4,393350undefined00
Robertson County2,382240undefined00

68 counties record births with no confirmed delivering hospital, covering 14,158 births. As on the national page, this describes where facilities sit relative to where births are recorded by residence — not access to care.

Hospitals with obstetric services

58 Kentucky hospitals reporting an obstetric service status. Facilities confirming they do not provide labour and delivery are excluded from this table and counted on the national page.
HospitalCityCountyOwnershipLabour & deliveryBirthing Friendly
AdventhealthmanchesterManchesterClayVoluntary non-profit - ChurchYesDesignated
Baptist Health CorbinCorbinWhitleyVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Baptist Health Deaconess MadisonvilleMadisonvilleHopkinsVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Baptist Health HardinElizabethtownHardinGovernment - LocalYesNo
Baptist Health LagrangeLa GrangeOldhamVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Baptist Health LexingtonLexingtonFayetteVoluntary non-profit - OtherYesDesignated
Baptist Health LouisvilleLouisvilleJeffersonVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Baptist Health PaducahPaducahMc CrackenVoluntary non-profit - ChurchYesDesignated
Baptist Health RichmondRichmondMadisonVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesNo
Blanchfield Ach (Ft Campbell)Fort CampbellChristianDepartment of DefenseNot reported—
Breckinridge Memorial HospitalHardinsburgBreckinridgeGovernment - LocalNot reported—
Caldwell Medical CenterPrincetonCaldwellVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported—
Carroll County Memorial HospitalCarrolltonCarrollVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported—
Chi Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial HospitalBardstownNelsonVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Clark Regional Medical CenterWinchesterClarkProprietaryYesDesignated
Crittenden Community HospitalMarionCrittendenGovernment - LocalNot reported—
Deaconess Henderson HospitalHendersonHendersonVoluntary non-profit - ChurchYesDesignated
Ephraim Mcdowell Fort Logan HospitalStanfordLincolnVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Ephraim Mcdowell Regional Medical CenterDanvilleBoyleVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Fleming County HospitalFlemingsburgFlemingVoluntary non-profit - OtherNot reported—
Frankfort Regional Medical CenterFrankfortFranklinProprietaryYesNo
Georgetown Community HospitalGeorgetownScottProprietaryYesDesignated
Harlan Arh HospitalHarlanHarlanVoluntary non-profit - OtherYesDesignated
Harrison Memorial HospitalCynthianaHarrisonVoluntary non-profit - OtherYesDesignated
Hazard Arh Regional Medical CenterHazardPerryVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Highlands Arh Regional Medical CenterPrestonsburgFloydProprietaryYesDesignated
Jackson Purchase Medical CenterMayfieldGravesGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityYesDesignated
Jennie Stuart Medical CenterHopkinsvilleChristianVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Kentucky River Medical CenterJacksonBreathittProprietaryNot reported—
King'S Daughters' Medical CenterAshlandBoydVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Lake Cumberland Regional HospitalSomersetPulaskiProprietaryYesDesignated
Meadowview Regional Medical CenterMaysvilleMasonProprietaryYesDesignated
Mercy Health - Lourdes HospitalPaducahMc CrackenVoluntary non-profit - ChurchYesDesignated
Middlesboro Arh HospitalMiddlesboroBellVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Murray-Calloway County HospitalMurrayCallowayVoluntary non-profit - OtherYesDesignated
Norton Hospitals, IncLouisvilleJeffersonVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Ohio County HospitalHartfordOhioProprietaryNot reported—
Owensboro Health Regional HospitalOwensboroDaviessVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical CenterLeitchfieldGraysonVoluntary non-profit - OtherYesDesignated
Pikeville Medical CenterPikevillePikeVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Russell County HospitalRussell SpringsRussellGovernment - LocalNot reported—
Saint Joseph EastLexingtonFayetteVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Saint Joseph LondonLondonLaurelVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Saint Joseph Mount SterlingMount SterlingMontgomeryVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Spring View HospitalLebanonMarionProprietaryYesDesignated
St Claire Regional Medical CenterMoreheadRowanGovernment - FederalYesDesignated
St Elizabeth EdgewoodEdgewoodKentonVoluntary non-profit - ChurchYesDesignated
T J Samson Community HospitalGlasgowBarrenVoluntary non-profit - OtherYesDesignated
Taylor Regional HospitalCampbellsvilleTaylorGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityYesDesignated
The James B. Haggin Memorial HospitalHarrodsburgMercerVoluntary non-profit - OtherYesDesignated
The Medical Center (Bowling Green)Bowling GreenWarrenVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
The Medical Center At AlbanyAlbanyClintonVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported—
Trigg County HospitalCadizTriggVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported—
University Of Kentucky HospitalLexingtonFayetteGovernment - StateYesDesignated
University Of Louisville HospitalLouisvilleJeffersonVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesDesignated
Uofl Health - Shelbyville HospitalShelbyvilleShelbyVoluntary non-profit - PrivateYesNo
Wayne County HospitalMonticelloWayneVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNot reported—
Whitesburg Arh HospitalWhitesburgLetcherVoluntary non-profit - OtherYesDesignated

Birthing Friendly is a CMS designation reflecting a hospital's attestation to participating in a perinatal quality improvement collaborative and implementing recommended safety practices. It records reported structure and participation. It is not an outcome measure, and CMS published no obstetric outcome scores at all for 2024 — see the blackout.

A limit we will not cross. Nothing on this page links a clinical outcome rate to a legal claim. Adverse-event rates measure medicine. Litigation measures a legal process. They are different quantities, they are collected by different agencies for different reasons, and correlating them would be the fastest way to publish something false. Where we present clinical data and legal data together, it is to describe a market — never to imply that one causes, predicts, or justifies the other.

Sources

  1. U.S. Census Bureau — County Population Totals and Components of Change, Vintage 2024 — births by county, 2021–2024
  2. U.S. Census Bureau — County Business Patterns, 2023 — NAICS 541110, Offices of Lawyers; establishment counts by county
  3. CMS Care Compare — Maternal Health · Hospital — PC-02, PC-07a, PC-07b, SM-7; 2024 reporting period
  4. CMS Care Compare — Hospital General Information — ownership, facility type, Birthing Friendly designation
  5. U.S. Census Bureau — Cartographic Boundary Files, 2023 (1:20,000,000) — county and state polygons; projected to Albers equal-area at build time

Cite this analysis

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Birth Injury Marketing. “Kentucky: births, delivery capacity and legal capacity.” 24 August 2026. https://birthinjurymarketing.com/intelligence/kentucky/

Journalists and researchers: the underlying data is already published as CSV at /data/, free and without conditions — no form. Need a different cut, by state, county, hospital or year? Ask, and we will also tell you what the data cannot support.

Related

Working in Kentucky? Kentucky is one of the states where this data supports a distinct argument about acquisition, so it has a commercial page: birth injury marketing in Kentucky — including three reasons not to spend money there.

All 51 states → · National legal capacity → · Why there is no outcome data → · Model this market → · Methodology →

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