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Clark County, Kentucky

A county in Kentucky, ranked 27 of 120 by population.

CountyFIPS 21049

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

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Population
37,888
+855 (+2.3%) since 2020
Land area
252.5
square miles. A further 1.1% of the total area is water
Population density
150
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Winchester
Seat of county government.
Established
1792
233 years ago
Largest city
Winchester city
Population 19,514.

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 Clark 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 Clark 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 780 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 Clark 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
Population37,88827th of 1201,246th of 3,144
Land area252.5 sq mi83rd of 1202,903rd of 3,144
Population density150 per sq mi18th of 120695th of 3,144
Median household income$64,34833rd of 1201,682nd of 3,143

Full data for Clark County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population37,888Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202037,033Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?36,986Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area252.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area255.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?150 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$64,348American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$205,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households15,055American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units16,418American 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
-104
401 births, 505 deaths
Net migration
+311
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 Clark 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
Fayette CountyKentucky22 mi329,751
Madison CountyKentucky20 mi101,696
Montgomery CountyKentucky14 mi28,822
Powell CountyKentucky13 mi12,812
Bourbon CountyKentucky12 mi20,243
Estill CountyKentucky11 mi13,962

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.