Kentucky County Map With Cities
Complete list of all 120 counties in Kentucky with population, area, and median income — plus a free printable blank map.
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All 120 Kentucky counties
| County | Largest City | Population ▼ | Area | Median Income | Cities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson | Louisville | 788,809 | 380 mi² | $72,727 | 7 |
| Fayette | Lexington | 324,356 | 284 mi² | $73,938 | 1 |
| Kenton | Ft Mitchell | 166,567 | 160 mi² | $82,506 | 7 |
| Warren | Bowling Green | 147,438 | 542 mi² | $66,542 | 6 |
| Boone | Florence | 144,247 | 246 mi² | $104,205 | 8 |
| Hardin | Elizabethtown | 105,374 | 623 mi² | $69,080 | 10 |
| Daviess | Owensboro | 101,898 | 458 mi² | $67,732 | 7 |
| Madison | Richmond | 96,915 | 437 mi² | $62,683 | 4 |
| Campbell | Newport | 92,552 | 151 mi² | $82,775 | 8 |
| Oldham | La Grange | 81,024 | 187 mi² | $123,711 | 7 |
| Bullitt | Shepherdsville | 71,354 | 297 mi² | $84,105 | 7 |
| Pulaski | Somerset | 66,778 | 658 mi² | $52,088 | 9 |
| McCracken | Paducah | 64,303 | 249 mi² | $64,544 | 2 |
| Christian | Hopkinsville | 61,023 | 718 mi² | $54,801 | 9 |
| Scott | Georgetown | 60,030 | 282 mi² | $84,097 | 3 |
| Pike | Pikeville | 56,221 | 787 mi² | $46,805 | 41 |
| Laurel | London | 54,995 | 434 mi² | $62,017 | 6 |
| Jessamine | Nicholasville | 53,624 | 172 mi² | $74,756 | 3 |
| Boyd | Ashland | 52,493 | 160 mi² | $62,716 | 3 |
| Whitley | Corbin | 52,277 | 438 mi² | $45,296 | 5 |
| Franklin | Frankfort | 51,893 | 208 mi² | $65,732 | 1 |
| Nelson | Bardstown | 49,702 | 418 mi² | $72,477 | 9 |
| Hopkins | Madisonville | 45,705 | 542 mi² | $57,985 | 10 |
| Shelby | Shelbyville | 44,133 | 380 mi² | $82,871 | 5 |
| Henderson | Henderson | 44,000 | 437 mi² | $58,398 | 7 |
| Barren | Glasgow | 40,116 | 488 mi² | $51,634 | 7 |
| Graves | Mayfield | 38,094 | 552 mi² | $53,407 | 12 |
| Calloway | Murray | 37,791 | 385 mi² | $52,586 | 6 |
| Clark | Winchester | 36,796 | 252 mi² | $64,144 | 1 |
| Meade | Vine Grove | 36,148 | 305 mi² | $75,488 | 8 |
| Floyd | Prestonsburg | 34,510 | 393 mi² | $48,614 | 31 |
| Greenup | Greenup | 32,195 | 344 mi² | $57,808 | 7 |
| Marshall | Benton | 31,470 | 301 mi² | $66,486 | 4 |
| Boyle | Danville | 31,398 | 180 mi² | $59,734 | 5 |
| Muhlenberg | Greenville | 30,147 | 467 mi² | $56,847 | 13 |
| Logan | Russellville | 29,664 | 552 mi² | $59,772 | 5 |
| Grant | Dry Ridge | 28,928 | 258 mi² | $74,311 | 6 |
| Perry | Hazard | 28,882 | 340 mi² | $44,577 | 22 |
| Woodford | Versailles | 28,753 | 189 mi² | $85,221 | 2 |
| Taylor | Campbellsville | 28,378 | 266 mi² | $58,605 | 3 |
| Montgomery | Mount Sterling | 27,969 | 197 mi² | $56,729 | 2 |
| Carter | Grayson | 26,936 | 410 mi² | $51,091 | 8 |
| Grayson | Leitchfield | 26,258 | 497 mi² | $50,952 | 4 |
| Harlan | Harlan | 25,814 | 466 mi² | $41,724 | 25 |
| Rowan | Morehead | 25,154 | 280 mi² | $53,363 | 4 |
| Ohio | Beaver Dam | 24,460 | 587 mi² | $58,695 | 12 |
| Bell | Middlesboro | 24,039 | 359 mi² | $34,312 | 12 |
| Anderson | Lawrenceburg | 23,963 | 202 mi² | $74,408 | 1 |
| Hart | Munfordville | 23,828 | 412 mi² | $56,182 | 8 |
| Mercer | Harrodsburg | 23,811 | 249 mi² | $64,740 | 3 |
| Lincoln | Stanford | 22,900 | 334 mi² | $54,247 | 5 |
| Knox | Barbourville | 22,785 | 386 mi² | $32,107 | 17 |
| Letcher | Whitesburg | 21,740 | 338 mi² | $43,526 | 24 |
| Johnson | Paintsville | 21,648 | 262 mi² | $44,851 | 17 |
| Breckinridge | Hardinsburg | 21,084 | 567 mi² | $56,274 | 14 |
| Allen | Scottsville | 20,436 | 344 mi² | $60,758 | 3 |
| Harrison | Cynthiana | 19,762 | 306 mi² | $67,224 | 2 |
| Clay | Manchester | 19,654 | 469 mi² | $42,057 | 7 |
| Simpson | Franklin | 19,380 | 234 mi² | $59,113 | 1 |
| Marion | Lebanon | 19,358 | 343 mi² | $58,630 | 8 |
| Wayne | Monticello | 19,300 | 458 mi² | $46,299 | 2 |
| Bourbon | Paris | 19,067 | 290 mi² | $62,414 | 3 |
| Russell | Russell Springs | 18,611 | 254 mi² | $48,163 | 2 |
| Spencer | Taylorsville | 18,361 | 187 mi² | $96,540 | 2 |
| Casey | Liberty | 18,200 | 444 mi² | $47,096 | 7 |
| Adair | Columbia | 17,978 | 405 mi² | $52,373 | 6 |
| Mason | Maysville | 17,859 | 240 mi² | $51,261 | 6 |
| Henry | Eminence | 17,056 | 286 mi² | $67,818 | 10 |
| Garrard | Lancaster | 16,803 | 230 mi² | $63,779 | 3 |
| McCreary | Pine Knot | 16,335 | 427 mi² | $33,008 | 7 |
| Lawrence | Louisa | 16,034 | 416 mi² | $46,896 | 8 |
| Fleming | Flemingsburg | 15,349 | 349 mi² | $50,185 | 6 |
| Morgan | West Liberty | 14,276 | 381 mi² | $48,056 | 9 |
| Knott | Hindman | 14,054 | 352 mi² | $43,426 | 22 |
| Estill | Irvine | 13,994 | 253 mi² | $45,908 | 2 |
| Rockcastle | Mount Vernon | 13,928 | 317 mi² | $46,795 | 6 |
| Pendleton | Falmouth | 13,807 | 277 mi² | $66,228 | 3 |
| Union | Morganfield | 13,798 | 343 mi² | $59,877 | 5 |
| Bath | Owingsville | 13,694 | 279 mi² | $57,180 | 5 |
| Webster | Providence | 13,636 | 332 mi² | $60,794 | 7 |
| Trigg | Cadiz | 13,475 | 441 mi² | $59,804 | 1 |
| Lewis | Vanceburg | 13,235 | 483 mi² | $43,679 | 5 |
| Jackson | McKee | 13,219 | 345 mi² | $44,547 | 6 |
| Powell | Stanton | 13,112 | 179 mi² | $39,945 | 3 |
| Breathitt | Jackson | 12,730 | 492 mi² | $34,277 | 7 |
| Caldwell | Princeton | 12,535 | 345 mi² | $56,049 | 2 |
| Monroe | Tompkinsville | 11,703 | 329 mi² | $53,332 | 5 |
| Todd | Elkton | 11,660 | 375 mi² | $61,352 | 6 |
| Washington | Springfield | 11,623 | 297 mi² | $66,712 | 4 |
| Metcalfe | Edmonton | 11,399 | 290 mi² | $52,525 | 5 |
| Magoffin | Salyersville | 11,255 | 308 mi² | $33,371 | 4 |
| Butler | Morgantown | 11,068 | 426 mi² | $52,686 | 7 |
| Larue | Hodgenville | 11,024 | 262 mi² | $66,659 | 2 |
| Martin | Inez | 10,608 | 230 mi² | $42,778 | 7 |
| Green | Greensburg | 10,580 | 286 mi² | $50,016 | 3 |
| Carroll | Carrollton | 10,564 | 129 mi² | $58,095 | 3 |
| Hancock | Hawesville | 10,289 | 188 mi² | $67,183 | 3 |
| Ballard | Kevil | 10,277 | 247 mi² | $69,136 | 6 |
| Trimble | Bedford | 10,261 | 152 mi² | $72,184 | 3 |
| Owen | Owenton | 10,184 | 351 mi² | $58,497 | 5 |
| Edmonson | Brownsville | 9,649 | 303 mi² | $46,968 | 6 |
| McLean | Calhoun | 9,417 | 252 mi² | $69,828 | 6 |
| Leslie | Hyden | 9,362 | 401 mi² | $36,754 | 18 |
| Livingston | Ledbetter | 9,164 | 313 mi² | $64,071 | 7 |
| Clinton | Albany | 8,948 | 197 mi² | $44,375 | 1 |
| Lyon | Eddyville | 8,483 | 214 mi² | $64,641 | 2 |
| Bracken | Brooksville | 8,262 | 206 mi² | $71,164 | 4 |
| Crittenden | Marion | 8,114 | 360 mi² | $47,107 | 3 |
| Nicholas | Carlisle | 7,745 | 195 mi² | $61,348 | 2 |
| Fulton | Fulton | 7,421 | 206 mi² | $38,383 | 2 |
| Wolfe | Campton | 6,899 | 222 mi² | $33,595 | 3 |
| Lee | Beattyville | 6,503 | 209 mi² | $39,158 | 4 |
| Menifee | Frenchburg | 6,394 | 204 mi² | $45,853 | 4 |
| Gallatin | Warsaw | 6,343 | 101 mi² | $65,113 | 2 |
| Cumberland | Burkesville | 5,984 | 305 mi² | $42,978 | 2 |
| Elliott | Sandy Hook | 5,084 | 234 mi² | $42,395 | 2 |
| Owsley | Booneville | 4,551 | 197 mi² | $24,964 | 5 |
| Carlisle | Bardwell | 4,435 | 189 mi² | $60,150 | 4 |
| Hickman | Clinton | 3,634 | 242 mi² | $55,723 | 2 |
| Robertson | Mount Olivet | 2,161 | 100 mi² | $51,094 | 1 |
How many counties does Kentucky have?
Kentucky has 120 counties covering 39,487 square miles and roughly 4,523,454 residents. The state was admitted to the Union in 1792 as the 15th state, and the current county boundaries reflect more than a century of administrative subdivision.
The largest county by land area is Pike County at 787 square miles, home to about 56,221 residents. The most populous is Jefferson County with approximately 788,809 residents — a density of about 2,076 people per square mile.
At the other end of the scale, Robertson County has only about 2,161 residents.
Kentucky’s capital is Frankfort, while the largest city is Louisville — a common pattern in the United States, where many states placed their capitals in smaller, more central towns rather than their largest commercial hubs.
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
Population and demographics are aggregated from ZIP-code-level US Census data via the SimpleMaps dataset. Countiesboundaries are from the US Atlas TopoJSON build of the Census Bureau’s TIGER/Line shapefiles. Land area is from the Census Gazetteer. State counts follow the US Census Bureau’s definition of counties and county-equivalents (50 states + DC = 3,144). All sources are public domain.