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Bath County, Kentucky

A county in Kentucky, ranked 81 of 120 by population.

CountyFIPS 21011

Within Kentucky
Bath County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Owingsville, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
13,176
+461 (+3.6%) since 2020
Land area
278
square miles. A further 2.1% of the total area is water
Population density
47.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Owingsville
Seat of county government.
Established
1811
214 years ago
Largest city
Owingsville city
Population 1,612.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Bath County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Bath County, Kentucky from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 630 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Bath County ranks

Position among the 120 counties of Kentucky, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn KentuckyNationally
Population13,17681st of 1202,215th of 3,144
Land area278 sq mi74th of 1202,852nd of 3,144
Population density47.4 per sq mi74th of 1201,528th of 3,144
Median household income$56,54162nd of 1202,369th of 3,143

Full data for Bath County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population13,176Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202012,715Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?12,745Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area278 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area6.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area284 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?47.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$56,541American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$129,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,698American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units5,499American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-6
176 births, 182 deaths
Net migration
+214
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Bath County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Rowan CountyKentucky37 mi24,476
Fleming CountyKentucky32 mi15,787
Montgomery CountyKentucky25 mi28,822
Menifee CountyKentucky23 mi6,430
Nicholas CountyKentucky10 mi7,949
Bourbon CountyKentuckya single point20,243

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 120 counties of Kentucky

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.