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Larue County, Kentucky

A county in Kentucky, ranked 74 of 120 by population.

CountyFIPS 21123

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

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Population
15,184
+305 (+2.0%) since 2020
Land area
261.1
square miles. A further 1.0% of the total area is water
Population density
58.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Hodgenville
Seat of county government.
Established
1843
182 years ago
Largest city
Hodgenville city
Population 3,378.

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 Larue 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 Larue 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 739 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 Larue 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
Population15,18474th of 1202,085th of 3,144
Land area261.1 sq mi78th of 1202,884th of 3,144
Population density58.2 per sq mi63rd of 1201,333rd of 3,144
Median household income$67,06719th of 1201,430th of 3,143

Full data for Larue County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population15,184Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202014,879Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?14,869Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area261.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area263.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?58.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$67,067American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$183,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,996American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,573American 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
-34
158 births, 192 deaths
Net migration
+61
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 Larue 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
Nelson CountyKentucky43 mi49,036
Hardin CountyKentucky28 mi113,482
Hart CountyKentucky13 mi20,117
Taylor CountyKentucky10 mi26,763
Green CountyKentucky9.1 mi11,644
Marion CountyKentucky8.0 mi20,115

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.