County Census Records

Kentucky Counties

120 counties with population data from the decennial US Census, 1790 to 2020.

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Population as of 2020 census
Adair
18,903
Allen
20,588
Anderson
23,852
Ballard
7,728
Barren
44,485
Bath
12,750
Bell
24,097
Boone
135,968
Bourbon
20,252
Boyd
48,261
Boyle
30,614
Bracken
8,400
Breathitt
13,718
Breckinridge
20,432
Bullitt
82,217
Butler
12,371
Caldwell
12,649
Calloway
37,103
Campbell
93,076
Carlisle
4,826
Carroll
10,810
Carter
26,627
Casey
15,941
Christian
72,748
Clark
36,972
Clay
20,345
Clinton
9,253
Crittenden
8,990
Cumberland
5,888
Daviess
103,312
Edmonson
12,126
Elliott
7,354
Estill
14,163
Fayette
322,570
Fleming
15,082
Floyd
35,942
Franklin
51,541
Fulton
6,515
Gallatin
8,690
Garrard
16,953
Grant
24,941
Graves
36,649
Grayson
26,420
Green
11,107
Greenup
35,962
Hancock
9,095
Hardin
110,702
Harlan
26,831
Harrison
18,692
Hart
19,288
Henderson
44,793
Henry
15,678
Hickman
4,521
Hopkins
45,423
Jackson
12,955
Jefferson
782,969
Jessamine
52,991
Johnson
22,680
Kenton
169,064
Knott
14,251
Knox
30,193
Larue
14,867
Laurel
62,613
Lawrence
16,293
Lee
7,395
Leslie
10,513
Letcher
21,548
Lewis
13,080
Lincoln
24,275
Livingston
8,888
Logan
27,432
Lyon
8,680
Madison
92,701
Magoffin
11,637
Marion
19,581
Marshall
31,659
Martin
11,287
Mason
17,120
McCracken
67,875
McCreary
16,888
McLean
9,152
Meade
30,003
Menifee
6,113
Mercer
22,641
Metcalfe
10,286
Monroe
11,338
Montgomery
28,114
Morgan
13,726
Muhlenberg
30,928
Nelson
46,738
Nicholas
7,537
Ohio
23,772
Oldham
67,607
Owen
11,278
Owsley
4,051
Pendleton
14,644
Perry
28,473
Pike
58,669
Powell
13,129
Pulaski
65,034
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