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Hopkins County, Kentucky

A county in Kentucky, ranked 24 of 120 by population.

CountyFIPS 21107

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

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Population
45,127
-242 (-0.5%) since 2020
Land area
542.3
square miles. A further 2.2% of the total area is water
Population density
83.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Madisonville
Seat of county government.
Established
1806
219 years ago
Largest city
Madisonville city
Population 19,428.

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 Hopkins 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 Hopkins 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 766 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 Hopkins 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
Population45,12724th of 1201,094th of 3,144
Land area542.3 sq mi9th of 1201,924th of 3,144
Population density83.2 per sq mi44th of 1201,045th of 3,144
Median household income$56,81561st of 1202,347th of 3,143

Full data for Hopkins County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population45,127Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202045,369Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?45,420Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area542.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area12.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area554.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?83.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$56,815American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$142,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households18,397American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units21,001American 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
-134
504 births, 638 deaths
Net migration
+238
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 Hopkins 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
Caldwell CountyKentucky48 mi12,609
Muhlenberg CountyKentucky44 mi30,634
Webster CountyKentucky29 mi12,929
Christian CountyKentucky25 mi70,115
McLean CountyKentucky17 mi9,064

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.