Geography
The Purchase comprises eight counties with a combined land area of 2,394.797 square miles (6,202.496 km²), or about 6.03 percent of the state's land area. Its 2010 census population was 196,365 inhabitants, or about 4.53 percent of the state's population. The largest city and main economic center, Paducah, has fewer than 30,000 residents. Only two other cities in the region, Murray and Mayfield, have more than 10,000 residents each. The region's main educational institution is Murray State University.
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