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Kentucky County Map

Kentucky has 120 counties. Together they cover 39,486 sq mi of land and 4,606,864 people.

Neighbouring areas are given different colours so their shared borders read clearly. These colours carry no data.

Boundaries from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, generalised so that no point moves by more than half a pixel at this width. Select any area to open its page.
Counties
120
4th most of the 51 states and DC
Population
4,606,864
26th largest
Land area
39,486
square miles
Density
116.7
people per square mile, computed

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. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

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The extremes of Kentucky

Most populous

Jefferson County

795,222

Least populous

Robertson County

2,325

Largest by land area

Pike County

786.2 sq mi

Smallest by land area

Gallatin County

98.3 sq mi

Most densely populated

Jefferson County

2,088 per sq mi

Highest median household income

Oldham County

$122,497

Which is the largest county in Kentucky? The answer depends on whether you mean area or population.

The counties, by shape

Every one, drawn to its own scale so the small ones stay recognisable. Shape alone is not a size comparison; the table below carries the areas.

What the map does not say

The counties of Kentucky are nowhere near the same size. Pike County covers 786.2 sq mi of land, 8.0 times the 98.3 sq mi of Gallatin County. People are spread even less evenly: Jefferson County packs 2,088 per sq mi while Hickman County holds 18.0 per sq mi.

They were not drawn in one sitting either. Lincoln County dates to 1780, and the boundaries were still being redrawn when McCreary County was organised in 1912, 132 years later. Founding years come from Wikidata and are worth checking against the county's own history before citing.

Water is part of the picture too: 16.7% of Lyon County is water, the most in the state, which is why its land area and total area disagree. And 85 of the 120 counties here share their names with counties in other states, so searching by name alone can land in the wrong place; the A to Z index lists every duplicate.

All 120 counties of Kentucky

Sortable on any column. This table doubles as the text alternative to the map above: every area is a link, in alphabetical order, whether or not the map renders.

The 120 counties of Kentucky, with population, land area, density, median household income, county seat and FIPS code.
NamePopulationLand areaDensityMedian incomeSeatFIPS
Adair County19,423405.3 sq mi47.9 per sq mi$53,553Columbia21001
Allen County22,536343.7 sq mi65.6 per sq mi$61,403Scottsville21003
Anderson County25,225202.3 sq mi125 per sq mi$74,488Lawrenceburg21005
Ballard County7,594247.1 sq mi30.7 per sq mi$66,164Wickliffe21007
Barren County45,641487.4 sq mi93.6 per sq mi$50,628Glasgow21009
Bath County13,176278 sq mi47.4 per sq mi$56,541Owingsville21011
Bell County22,829359 sq mi63.6 per sq mi$31,354Pineville21013
Boone County145,316246.3 sq mi590 per sq mi$99,414Burlington21015
Bourbon County20,243289.8 sq mi69.9 per sq mi$61,354Paris21017
Boyd County47,751159.9 sq mi299 per sq mi$61,118Catlettsburg21019
Boyle County31,632180.3 sq mi175 per sq mi$61,159Danville21021
Bracken County8,511202.7 sq mi42.0 per sq mi$66,319Brooksville21023
Breathitt County12,558492.4 sq mi25.5 per sq mi$34,808Jackson21025
Breckinridge County21,503569.7 sq mi37.7 per sq mi$55,843Hardinsburg21027
Bullitt County86,454297.1 sq mi291 per sq mi$80,558Shepherdsville21029
Butler County12,520426.1 sq mi29.4 per sq mi$56,092Morgantown21031
Caldwell County12,609344.8 sq mi36.6 per sq mi$59,583Princeton21033
Calloway County39,421384.9 sq mi102 per sq mi$52,706Murray21035
Campbell County95,441151.3 sq mi631 per sq mi$77,567Alexandria21037
Carlisle County4,747189.5 sq mi25.1 per sq mi$62,439Bardwell21039
Carroll County11,141128.7 sq mi86.6 per sq mi$56,466Carrollton21041
Carter County26,149409.5 sq mi63.9 per sq mi$51,235Grayson21043
Casey County16,205444.3 sq mi36.5 per sq mi$45,510Liberty21045
Christian County70,115717.8 sq mi97.7 per sq mi$55,494Hopkinsville21047
Clark County37,888252.5 sq mi150 per sq mi$64,348Winchester21049
Clay County19,465469.3 sq mi41.5 per sq mi$40,900Manchester21051
Clinton County9,139197.1 sq mi46.4 per sq mi$44,844Albany21053
Crittenden County8,807359.6 sq mi24.5 per sq mi$46,656Marion21055
Cumberland County5,992305.1 sq mi19.6 per sq mi$40,000Burkesville21057
Daviess County104,898458.4 sq mi229 per sq mi$68,214Owensboro21059
Edmonson County12,749302.8 sq mi42.1 per sq mi$54,937Brownsville21061
Elliott County7,265234.3 sq mi31.0 per sq mi$45,776Sandy Hook21063
Estill County13,962253.1 sq mi55.2 per sq mi$46,051Irvine21065
Fayette County329,751283.9 sq mi1,162 per sq mi$69,479Lexington21067
Fleming County15,787348.7 sq mi45.3 per sq mi$49,307Flemingsburg21069
Floyd County34,401393.3 sq mi87.5 per sq mi$41,279Prestonsburg21071
Franklin County52,649207.9 sq mi253 per sq mi$65,298Frankfort21073
Fulton County6,218205.9 sq mi30.2 per sq mi$38,217Hickman21075
Gallatin County8,84098.3 sq mi89.9 per sq mi$63,346Warsaw21077
Garrard County18,207229.9 sq mi79.2 per sq mi$63,087Lancaster21079
Grant County26,181258 sq mi101 per sq mi$69,178Williamstown21081
Graves County37,050551.8 sq mi67.1 per sq mi$50,772Mayfield21083
Grayson County27,406499.5 sq mi54.9 per sq mi$50,757Leitchfield21085
Green County11,644286 sq mi40.7 per sq mi$46,798Greensburg21087
Greenup County35,213344.5 sq mi102 per sq mi$60,751Greenup21089
Hancock County9,050187.7 sq mi48.2 per sq mi$65,464Hawesville21091
Hardin County113,482623.9 sq mi182 per sq mi$67,647Elizabethtown21093
Harlan County24,725465.8 sq mi53.1 per sq mi$41,693Harlan21095
Harrison County19,627306.5 sq mi64.0 per sq mi$66,442Cynthiana21097
Hart County20,117412.7 sq mi48.7 per sq mi$52,285Munfordville21099
Henderson County44,255436.4 sq mi101 per sq mi$58,851Henderson21101
Henry County16,447286.3 sq mi57.5 per sq mi$63,347New Castle21103
Hickman County4,372242.3 sq mi18.0 per sq mi$60,867Clinton21105
Hopkins County45,127542.3 sq mi83.2 per sq mi$56,815Madisonville21107
Jackson County13,325345.2 sq mi38.6 per sq mi$40,000McKee21109
Jefferson County795,222380.8 sq mi2,088 per sq mi$69,866Louisville21111
Jessamine County57,147172.1 sq mi332 per sq mi$74,576Nicholasville21113
Johnson County22,051262 sq mi84.2 per sq mi$44,904Paintsville21115
Kenton County175,779160.4 sq mi1,096 per sq mi$80,548Covington21117
Knott County13,321351.5 sq mi37.9 per sq mi$41,761Hindman21119
Knox County29,532386.3 sq mi76.4 per sq mi$32,527Barbourville21121
Larue County15,184261.1 sq mi58.2 per sq mi$67,067Hodgenville21123
Laurel County63,746433.7 sq mi147 per sq mi$57,771London21125
Lawrence County15,765415.6 sq mi37.9 per sq mi$46,772Louisa21127
Lee County7,297208.8 sq mi34.9 per sq mi$37,568Beattyville21129
Leslie County9,627400.9 sq mi24.0 per sq mi$35,934Hyden21131
Letcher County19,952337.9 sq mi59.0 per sq mi$41,793Whitesburg21133
Lewis County12,901482.9 sq mi26.7 per sq mi$46,838Vanceburg21135
Lincoln County25,353332.9 sq mi76.2 per sq mi$52,440Stanford21137
Livingston County8,863313 sq mi28.3 per sq mi$58,984Smithland21139
Logan County28,669552.2 sq mi51.9 per sq mi$60,382Russellville21141
Lyon County9,123213.8 sq mi42.7 per sq mi$65,066Eddyville21143
Madison County101,696437.9 sq mi232 per sq mi$63,351Richmond21151
Magoffin County11,110308.4 sq mi36.0 per sq mi$33,080Salyersville21153
Marion County20,115343.6 sq mi58.6 per sq mi$59,627Lebanon21155
Marshall County31,659302.1 sq mi105 per sq mi$65,831Benton21157
Martin County10,697229.6 sq mi46.6 per sq mi$37,042Inez21159
Mason County16,936240.1 sq mi70.5 per sq mi$52,178Maysville21161
McCracken County67,553248.8 sq mi272 per sq mi$64,373Paducah21145
McCreary County17,124426.7 sq mi40.1 per sq mi$33,750Whitley City21147
McLean County9,064252.5 sq mi35.9 per sq mi$65,596Calhoun21149
Meade County30,699305.5 sq mi100 per sq mi$74,355Brandenburg21163
Menifee County6,430203.5 sq mi31.6 per sq mi$45,096Frenchburg21165
Mercer County23,733249.4 sq mi95.2 per sq mi$64,824Harrodsburg21167
Metcalfe County10,583289.7 sq mi36.5 per sq mi$51,473Edmonton21169
Monroe County11,191329.5 sq mi34.0 per sq mi$51,280Tompkinsville21171
Montgomery County28,822197.4 sq mi146 per sq mi$56,396Mount Sterling21173
Morgan County14,415381.1 sq mi37.8 per sq mi$47,913West Liberty21175
Muhlenberg County30,634467.3 sq mi65.6 per sq mi$51,927Greenville21177
Nelson County49,036418.7 sq mi117 per sq mi$69,562Bardstown21179
Nicholas County7,949195.3 sq mi40.7 per sq mi$59,531Carlisle21181
Ohio County23,934587.1 sq mi40.8 per sq mi$57,798Hartford21183
Oldham County70,986187.3 sq mi379 per sq mi$122,497La Grange21185
Owen County11,601350.5 sq mi33.1 per sq mi$61,134Owenton21187
Owsley County3,932197.4 sq mi19.9 per sq mi$22,188Booneville21189
Pendleton County14,800277.1 sq mi53.4 per sq mi$64,669Falmouth21191
Perry County26,555339.7 sq mi78.2 per sq mi$42,181Hazard21193
Pike County54,721786.2 sq mi69.6 per sq mi$44,312Pikeville21195
Powell County12,812179 sq mi71.6 per sq mi$40,309Stanton21197
Pulaski County67,384658.1 sq mi102 per sq mi$51,898Somerset21199
Robertson County2,32599.6 sq mi23.3 per sq mi$51,830Mount Olivet21201
Rockcastle County16,148316.6 sq mi51.0 per sq mi$48,862Mount Vernon21203
Rowan County24,476279.9 sq mi87.5 per sq mi$54,321Morehead21205
Russell County18,608253.3 sq mi73.5 per sq mi$44,738Jamestown21207
Scott County62,262282.2 sq mi221 per sq mi$85,158Georgetown21209
Shelby County51,243379.8 sq mi135 per sq mi$82,604Shelbyville21211
Simpson County20,788234.2 sq mi88.8 per sq mi$59,858Franklin21213
Spencer County20,998186.7 sq mi112 per sq mi$102,618Taylorsville21215
Taylor County26,763266.4 sq mi100 per sq mi$60,456Campbellsville21217
Todd County12,972374.5 sq mi34.6 per sq mi$61,103Elkton21219
Trigg County14,512441.4 sq mi32.9 per sq mi$59,857Cadiz21221
Trimble County8,701147.8 sq mi58.9 per sq mi$66,027Bedford21223
Union County12,839342.9 sq mi37.4 per sq mi$60,327Morganfield21225
Warren County149,375541.7 sq mi276 per sq mi$65,794Bowling Green21227
Washington County12,368297.3 sq mi41.6 per sq mi$61,616Springfield21229
Wayne County19,597458 sq mi42.8 per sq mi$45,739Monticello21231
Webster County12,929332 sq mi38.9 per sq mi$59,628Dixon21233
Whitley County37,297437.9 sq mi85.2 per sq mi$44,615Williamsburg21235
Wolfe County6,298222.2 sq mi28.3 per sq mi$30,417Campton21237
Woodford County27,883189.6 sq mi147 per sq mi$83,788Versailles21239

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; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The ten most populous

  1. Jefferson County795,222
  2. Fayette County329,751
  3. Kenton County175,779
  4. Warren County149,375
  5. Boone County145,316
  6. Hardin County113,482
  7. Daviess County104,898
  8. Madison County101,696
  9. Campbell County95,441
  10. Bullitt County86,454

Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.