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Casey County, Kentucky

A county in Kentucky, ranked 70 of 120 by population.

CountyFIPS 21045

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

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Population
16,205
+279 (+1.8%) since 2020
Land area
444.3
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
36.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Liberty
Seat of county government.
Established
1806
219 years ago
Largest city
Liberty city
Population 2,021.

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 Casey 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 Casey 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 666 by 800 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 Casey 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
Population16,20570th of 1202,024th of 3,144
Land area444.3 sq mi20th of 1202,288th of 3,144
Population density36.5 per sq mi96th of 1201,760th of 3,144
Median household income$45,51094th of 1202,949th of 3,143

Full data for Casey County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population16,205Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202015,926Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?15,944Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area444.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area445.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?36.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$45,510American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$136,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,482American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units7,420American 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
-16
190 births, 206 deaths
Net migration
+169
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 7 areas bordering Casey 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
Lincoln CountyKentucky27 mi25,353
Pulaski CountyKentucky13 mi67,384
Adair CountyKentucky12 mi19,423
Boyle CountyKentucky12 mi31,632
Marion CountyKentucky11 mi20,115
Taylor CountyKentucky11 mi26,763
Russell CountyKentucky11 mi18,608

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.