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Daviess County, Kentucky

A county in Kentucky, ranked 7 of 120 by population.

CountyFIPS 21059

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

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Population
104,898
+1,500 (+1.5%) since 2020
Land area
458.4
square miles. A further 3.8% of the total area is water
Population density
229
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Owensboro
Seat of county government.
Established
1815
210 years ago
Largest city
Owensboro city
Population 60,892.

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 Daviess 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 Daviess 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 650 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 Daviess 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
Population104,8987th of 120600th of 3,144
Land area458.4 sq mi18th of 1202,233rd of 3,144
Population density229 per sq mi14th of 120525th of 3,144
Median household income$68,21417th of 1201,320th of 3,143

Full data for Daviess County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population104,898Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020103,398Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?103,319Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area458.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area18.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area476.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?229 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$68,214American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$199,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households41,639American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units44,431American 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
+125
1,350 births, 1,225 deaths
Net migration
+489
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 Daviess 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
Hancock CountyKentucky32 mi9,050
Spencer CountyIndiana26 mi20,061
Ohio CountyKentucky25 mi23,934
McLean CountyKentucky23 mi9,064
Henderson CountyKentucky22 mi44,255
Warrick CountyIndiana2.3 mi66,803

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.