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Lawrence County, Kentucky

A county in Kentucky, ranked 73 of 120 by population.

CountyFIPS 21127

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

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Population
15,765
-535 (-3.3%) since 2020
Land area
415.6
square miles. A further 1.1% of the total area is water
Population density
37.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Louisa
Seat of county government.
Established
1821
204 years ago
Largest city
Louisa city
Population 2,520.

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 Lawrence 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 Lawrence 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 716 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 Lawrence 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
Population15,76573rd of 1202,057th of 3,144
Land area415.6 sq mi29th of 1202,433rd of 3,144
Population density37.9 per sq mi90th of 1201,717th of 3,144
Median household income$46,77289th of 1202,906th of 3,143

Full data for Lawrence County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population15,765Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202016,300Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?16,288Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area415.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area420.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?37.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$46,772American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$111,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,342American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units7,604American 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
-117
131 births, 248 deaths
Net migration
+57
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 Lawrence 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
Wayne CountyWest Virginia32 mi37,309
Johnson CountyKentucky25 mi22,051
Elliott CountyKentucky21 mi7,265
Boyd CountyKentucky14 mi47,751
Martin CountyKentucky14 mi10,697
Carter CountyKentucky12 mi26,149
Morgan CountyKentucky5.7 mi14,415

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.