City profile · Large City
Lexington, Kentucky
Verified Oct 25, 2026Who leads Lexington, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Linda Gorton
- Role
- Mayor
- Party
- Democrat
- Population
- 322,570
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 25, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 25, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcelexingtonky.gov/government/mayors-office ↗
- Official leadership pagelexingtonky.gov/government/mayors-office ↗
- City websitelexingtonky.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Linda Gorton CurrentMayor · added May 4, 2026 · verified Oct 25, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 322,570
- Land area
- 310.92 sq mi
- Population density
- 1,037.5 per sq mi
- County
- Fayette County
- Metro area
- Lexington-Fayette, KY
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