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Fulton County, Kentucky

A county in Kentucky, ranked 115 of 120 by population.

CountyFIPS 21075

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

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Population
6,218
-292 (-4.5%) since 2020
Land area
205.9
square miles. A further 10.7% of the total area is water
Population density
30.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Hickman
Seat of county government.
Established
1845
180 years ago
Largest city
Hickman city
Population 2,258.

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 Fulton 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 Fulton 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 270 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 Fulton 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
Population6,218115th of 1202,717th of 3,144
Land area205.9 sq mi98th of 1202,989th of 3,144
Population density30.2 per sq mi108th of 1201,923rd of 3,144
Median household income$38,217110th of 1203,091st of 3,143

Full data for Fulton County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population6,218Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20206,510Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?6,513Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area205.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area24.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area230.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?30.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$38,217American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$79,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,550American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,158American 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
-44
57 births, 101 deaths
Net migration
+4
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 5 areas bordering Fulton 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
Obion CountyTennessee28 mi30,067
New Madrid CountyMissouri27 mi15,086
Hickman CountyKentucky24 mi4,372
Mississippi CountyMissouri14 mi12,003
Lake CountyTennessee7.0 mi6,249

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.