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Jackson County, Kentucky

A county in Kentucky, ranked 79 of 120 by population.

CountyFIPS 21109

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

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Population
13,325
+356 (+2.7%) since 2020
Land area
345.2
square miles. A further 0.4% of the total area is water
Population density
38.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
McKee
Seat of county government.
Established
1858
167 years ago
Largest city
McKee city
Population 822.

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 Jackson 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 Jackson 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 789 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 Jackson 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
Population13,32579th of 1202,202nd of 3,144
Land area345.2 sq mi46th of 1202,692nd of 3,144
Population density38.6 per sq mi89th of 1201,704th of 3,144
Median household income$40,000108th of 1203,069th of 3,143

Full data for Jackson County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population13,325Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202012,969Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?12,963Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area345.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area346.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?38.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$40,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$111,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,122American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,006American 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
-49
154 births, 203 deaths
Net migration
+80
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 Jackson 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
Rockcastle CountyKentucky20 mi16,148
Laurel CountyKentucky19 mi63,746
Clay CountyKentucky16 mi19,465
Owsley CountyKentucky15 mi3,932
Estill CountyKentucky11 mi13,962
Madison CountyKentucky7.4 mi101,696
Lee CountyKentucky2.1 mi7,297

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.