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Pendleton County, Kentucky

A county in Kentucky, ranked 75 of 120 by population.

CountyFIPS 21191

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

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Population
14,800
+159 (+1.1%) since 2020
Land area
277.1
square miles. A further 1.7% of the total area is water
Population density
53.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Falmouth
Seat of county government.
Established
1798
227 years ago
Largest city
Falmouth city
Population 2,200.

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 Pendleton 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 Pendleton 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 630 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 Pendleton 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
Population14,80075th of 1202,106th of 3,144
Land area277.1 sq mi75th of 1202,854th of 3,144
Population density53.4 per sq mi67th of 1201,411th of 3,144
Median household income$64,66931st of 1201,656th of 3,143

Full data for Pendleton County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population14,800Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202014,641Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?14,639Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area277.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area281.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?53.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$64,669American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$159,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,442American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,299American 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
-23
168 births, 191 deaths
Net migration
+21
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 Pendleton 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
Harrison CountyKentucky20 mi19,627
Bracken CountyKentucky19 mi8,511
Grant CountyKentucky17 mi26,181
Campbell CountyKentucky11 mi95,441
Kenton CountyKentucky6.3 mi175,779
Clermont CountyOhio3.3 mi216,977

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.