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 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.