Editing Hopkinsville, Kentucky (section)

===Clarksville MSA===
Hopkinsville is part of the [[Clarksville, Tennessee|Clarksville]], [[Tennessee|TN]]–KY [[Clarksville metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. Clarksville lies approximately {{convert|15|mi|km|0}} to the south of Hopkinsville. Prior to 2003, the area was officially known as the '''Clarksville-Hopkinsville Metropolitan Statistical Area''' and included only Montgomery and Christian counties.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.census.gov/population/estimates/metro-city/99mfips.txt |title = Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas and Components, 1999 | format = [[Text file|TXT]] | publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division | date = 1999-06-30 | access-date = 2008-07-16}}</ref> In 2003, Hopkinsville was removed from the official name as it was no longer considered a principal city.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.census.gov/population/estimates/metro-city/03mfips.txt |title = Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas and Components, 2003 | format = [[Text file|TXT]] | publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division | date = 2003-06-06 | access-date = 2008-07-16}}</ref> That year, Stewart and Trigg counties were also added to the MSA. The four-county metropolitan area had a population of 232,000 in 2000. A July 1, 2007 estimate placed the population at 261,816.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metro_general/2007/CBSA-EST2007-01.csv |title=Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007 (CBSA-EST2007-01) |format=[[comma-separated values|CSV]] |work=2007 Population Estimates |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division |date=2008-03-27 |access-date=2008-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080403004148/http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metro_general/2007/CBSA-EST2007-01.csv |archive-date=April 3, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> {{as of|2007}}, the Clarksville Metropolitan Statistical Area is the [[Table of United States Metropolitan Statistical Areas|169th largest]] MSA in the United States.