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Webster County, Kentucky

A county in Kentucky, ranked 83 of 120 by population.

CountyFIPS 21233

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

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Population
12,929
-92 (-0.7%) since 2020
Land area
332
square miles. A further 1.1% of the total area is water
Population density
38.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Dixon
Seat of county government.
Established
1860
165 years ago
Largest city
Providence city
Population 2,872.

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 Webster 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 Webster 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 556 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 Webster 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
Population12,92983rd of 1202,224th of 3,144
Land area332 sq mi55th of 1202,734th of 3,144
Population density38.9 per sq mi88th of 1201,693rd of 3,144
Median household income$59,62853rd of 1202,112th of 3,143

Full data for Webster County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population12,929Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202013,021Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?13,017Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area332 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area335.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?38.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$59,628American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$112,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,923American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units5,723American 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
+13
187 births, 174 deaths
Net migration
+43
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 Webster 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
Hopkins CountyKentucky29 mi45,127
Crittenden CountyKentucky25 mi8,807
Union CountyKentucky15 mi12,839
Henderson CountyKentucky13 mi44,255
McLean CountyKentucky10 mi9,064
Caldwell CountyKentucky5.1 mi12,609

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.