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Kentucky County Map With Cities

By Marko Visic · Updated Oct 5, 2026

Kentucky has 120 counties, covering 39,486 square miles of land. The Census Bureau estimates its population at 4,606,864 as of July 1, 2025. The largest county by land area is Pike County; the most populous is Jefferson County; the least populous is Robertson County.

Counties
120
Population
4,606,864
Land area
39,486 sq mi
Capital
Frankfort
Time Zone
Eastern (ET), Central (CT)

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All 120 Kentucky counties

County FIPS code Population (July 1, 2025) ▼Change since April 2020 Land area (sq mi) People per sq mi Median household income (2020–2024)
Jefferson County21111795,222+1.6%3812,088$69,866
Fayette County21067329,751+2.2%2841,162$69,479
Kenton County21117175,779+4.0%1601,096$80,548
Warren County21227149,375+11.0%542276$65,794
Boone County21015145,316+6.9%246590$99,414
Hardin County21093113,482+2.5%624182$67,647
Daviess County21059104,898+1.5%458229$68,214
Madison County21151101,696+9.7%438232$63,351
Campbell County2103795,441+2.5%151631$77,567
Bullitt County2102986,454+5.1%297291$80,558
Oldham County2118570,986+5.0%187379$122,497
Christian County2104770,115-3.7%71898$55,494
McCracken County2114567,553-0.5%249272$64,373
Pulaski County2119967,384+3.6%658102$51,898
Laurel County2112563,746+1.8%434147$57,771
Scott County2120962,262+8.9%282221$85,158
Jessamine County2111357,147+7.8%172332$74,576
Pike County2119554,721-6.7%78670$44,312
Franklin County2107352,649+2.1%208253$65,298
Shelby County2121151,243+6.5%380135$82,604
Nelson County2117949,036+4.9%419117$69,562
Boyd County2101947,751-1.1%160299$61,118
Barren County2100945,641+2.6%48794$50,628
Hopkins County2110745,127-0.6%54283$56,815
Henderson County2110144,255-1.2%436101$58,851
Calloway County2103539,421+5.0%385102$52,706
Clark County2104937,888+2.4%252150$64,348
Whitley County2123537,297+1.6%43885$44,615
Graves County2108337,050+1.1%55267$50,772
Greenup County2108935,213-2.1%344102$60,751
Floyd County2107134,401-4.3%39387$41,279
Marshall County2115731,6590.0%302105$65,831
Boyle County2102131,632+3.3%180175$61,159
Meade County2116330,699+2.3%305100$74,355
Muhlenberg County2117730,634-1.0%46766$51,927
Knox County2112129,532-2.2%38676$32,527
Montgomery County2117328,822+2.5%197146$56,396
Logan County2114128,669+4.5%55252$60,382
Woodford County2123927,883+3.8%190147$83,788
Grayson County2108527,406+3.7%50055$50,757
Taylor County2121726,763+2.8%266100$60,456
Perry County2119326,555-6.7%34078$42,181
Grant County2108126,181+5.0%258101$69,178
Carter County2104326,149-1.8%40964$51,235
Lincoln County2113725,353+4.4%33376$52,440
Anderson County2100525,225+5.6%202125$74,488
Harlan County2109524,725-7.8%46653$41,693
Rowan County2120524,476-0.7%28087$54,321
Ohio County2118323,934+0.7%58741$57,798
Mercer County2116723,733+4.8%24995$64,824
Bell County2101322,829-5.3%35964$31,354
Allen County2100322,536+9.5%34466$61,403
Johnson County2111522,051-2.8%26284$44,904
Breckinridge County2102721,503+5.2%57038$55,843
Spencer County2121520,998+8.1%187112$102,618
Simpson County2121320,788+6.1%23489$59,858
Bourbon County2101720,243-0.1%29070$61,354
Hart County2109920,117+4.3%41349$52,285
Marion County2115520,115+2.8%34459$59,627
Letcher County2113319,952-7.4%33859$41,793
Harrison County2109719,627+5.1%30664$66,442
Wayne County2123119,597+0.2%45843$45,739
Clay County2105119,465-4.3%46941$40,900
Adair County2100119,423+2.8%40548$53,553
Russell County2120718,608+3.4%25373$44,738
Garrard County2107918,207+7.4%23079$63,087
McCreary County2114717,124+1.4%42740$33,750
Mason County2116116,936-1.1%24071$52,178
Henry County2110316,447+4.9%28657$63,347
Casey County2104516,205+1.6%44436$45,510
Rockcastle County2120316,148+0.7%31751$48,862
Fleming County2106915,787+4.7%34945$49,307
Lawrence County2112715,765-3.2%41638$46,772
Larue County2112315,184+2.1%26158$67,067
Pendleton County2119114,800+1.1%27753$64,669
Trigg County2122114,512+3.3%44133$59,857
Morgan County2117514,415+5.0%38138$47,913
Estill County2106513,962-1.4%25355$46,051
Jackson County2110913,325+2.8%34539$40,000
Knott County2111913,321-6.5%35238$41,761
Bath County2101113,176+3.4%27847$56,541
Todd County2121912,972+5.9%37535$61,103
Webster County2123312,929-0.7%33239$59,628
Lewis County2113512,901-1.4%48327$46,838
Union County2122512,839-6.1%34337$60,327
Powell County2119712,812-2.4%17972$40,309
Edmonson County2106112,749+5.1%30342$54,937
Caldwell County2103312,609-0.3%34537$59,583
Breathitt County2102512,558-8.5%49226$34,808
Butler County2103112,520+1.2%42629$56,092
Washington County2122912,368+2.8%29742$61,616
Green County2108711,644+4.8%28641$46,798
Owen County2118711,601+3.0%35033$61,134
Monroe County2117111,191-1.3%32934$51,280
Carroll County2104111,141+3.1%12987$56,466
Magoffin County2115311,110-4.5%30836$33,080
Martin County2115910,697-5.3%23047$37,042
Metcalfe County2116910,583+2.9%29037$51,473
Leslie County211319,627-8.4%40124$35,934
Clinton County210539,139-1.2%19746$44,844
Lyon County211439,123+5.1%21443$65,066
McLean County211499,064-1.0%25336$65,596
Hancock County210919,050-0.5%18848$65,464
Livingston County211398,863-0.3%31328$58,984
Gallatin County210778,840+1.7%9890$63,346
Crittenden County210558,807-2.0%36024$46,656
Trimble County212238,701+2.7%14859$66,027
Bracken County210238,511+1.3%20342$66,319
Nicholas County211817,949+5.5%19541$59,531
Ballard County210077,594-1.8%24731$66,164
Lee County211297,297-1.2%20935$37,568
Elliott County210637,265-1.2%23431$45,776
Menifee County211656,430+5.2%20432$45,096
Wolfe County212376,298-4.1%22228$30,417
Fulton County210756,218-4.5%20630$38,217
Cumberland County210575,992+1.8%30520$40,000
Carlisle County210394,747-1.5%18925$62,439
Hickman County211054,372-3.3%24218$60,867
Owsley County211893,932-3.0%19720$22,188
Robertson County212012,325+6.0%10023$51,830

FIPS code: the Census Bureau’s five-digit county ID, a two-digit state code plus a three-digit county code. It is not a ZIP code.

How many counties does Kentucky have?

Kentucky has 120 counties covering 39,486 square miles. The state was admitted to the Union in 1792 as the 15th state.

The largest county by land area is Pike County at 786 square miles, home to 54,721 residents. The most populous is Jefferson County with 795,222 residents — a density of 2,088 people per square mile. At the other end of the scale, Robertson County has 2,325 residents.

Kentucky’s capital is Frankfort, while the largest city is Louisville.

Related resources

Download a printable outline of Kentucky’s county boundaries from our blank map of Kentucky page — available in SVG, PNG, and PDF.

Use the What County Am I In? tool to detect which Kentucky county a GPS location or address falls in, or the Address to County Lookup for batch input.

For demographic radius analysis, the Find ZIP Codes in Radius and Population Within Radius tools let you draw a circle around any Kentucky address and see every ZIP code and the total population inside.

Two SimpleMapLab studies cover Kentucky specifically: the 100-mile radius around Frankfort measures how much of the state lives within 100 miles of its capitol, and the loneliest town in Kentucky ranks the state’s most isolated inhabited place. The county-counts blog post puts Kentucky’s 120 counties in national context.

Frequently asked questions

Kentucky has 120 counties. The state was admitted to the Union in 1792 as the 15th state. County boundaries have shifted over time as the population spread and new administrative units were carved from existing ones.
Pike County is the largest by land area at 786 square miles, with 54,721 residents.
Jefferson County is the most populous, with 795,222 residents over 381 square miles.
Robertson County has the smallest population at 2,325 residents.
Frankfort is the state capital of Kentucky. The largest city is Louisville.
County population is the US Census Bureau's Vintage 2025 estimate for July 1, 2025; land and water area are from the 2026 Census Gazetteer; median household income is from the American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates. The county boundaries drawn on the map are the US Atlas TopoJSON build of the Census Bureau's TIGER/Line shapefiles. All figures are US Census Bureau data in the public domain.
Data sources

Neighboring states

Illinois
102 counties
Indiana
92 counties
Missouri
114 counties + 1 city
Ohio
88 counties
Tennessee
95 counties
Virginia
95 counties + 38 cities
West Virginia
55 counties