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Woodford County, Kentucky

A county in Kentucky, ranked 39 of 120 by population.

CountyFIPS 21239

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

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Population
27,883
+983 (+3.7%) since 2020
Land area
189.6
square miles. A further 1.3% of the total area is water
Population density
147
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Versailles
Seat of county government.
Established
1788
237 years ago
Largest city
Versailles city
Population 10,734.

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 Woodford 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 Woodford 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 475 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 Woodford 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
Population27,88339th of 1201,513th of 3,144
Land area189.6 sq mi106th of 1203,014th of 3,144
Population density147 per sq mi19th of 120705th of 3,144
Median household income$83,7885th of 120456th of 3,143

Full data for Woodford County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population27,883Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202026,900Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?26,868Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area189.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area192 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?147 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$83,788American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$299,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households10,814American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units11,686American 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
266 births, 279 deaths
Net migration
+215
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 Woodford 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
Scott CountyKentucky24 mi62,262
Mercer CountyKentucky22 mi23,733
Anderson CountyKentucky17 mi25,225
Franklin CountyKentucky10 mi52,649
Jessamine CountyKentucky10 mi57,147
Fayette CountyKentucky8.0 mi329,751

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.