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Kentucky County Map with Cities — All 120 Counties

All 120 of Kentucky's counties, mapped from official U.S. Census boundaries with population, income, and unemployment for every one. Colour the map by any measure, tap a county for its data, or download a print-ready copy.

Kentucky CountiesFIPS 21
Adair CountyAllen CountyAnderson CountyBallard CountyBarren CountyBath CountyBell CountyBoone CountyBourbon CountyBoyd CountyBoyle CountyBracken CountyBreathitt CountyBreckinridge CountyBullitt CountyButler CountyCaldwell CountyCalloway CountyCampbell CountyCarlisle CountyCarroll CountyCarter CountyCasey CountyChristian CountyClark CountyClay CountyClinton CountyCrittenden CountyCumberland CountyDaviess CountyEdmonson CountyElliott CountyEstill CountyFayette CountyFleming CountyFloyd CountyFranklin CountyFulton CountyGallatin CountyGarrard CountyGrant CountyGraves CountyGrayson CountyGreen CountyGreenup CountyHancock CountyHardin CountyHarlan CountyHarrison CountyHart CountyHenderson CountyHenry CountyHickman CountyHopkins CountyJackson CountyJefferson CountyJessamine CountyJohnson CountyKenton CountyKnott CountyKnox CountyLarue CountyLaurel CountyLawrence CountyLee CountyLeslie CountyLetcher CountyLewis CountyLincoln CountyLivingston CountyLogan CountyLyon CountyMcCracken CountyMcCreary CountyMcLean CountyMadison CountyMagoffin CountyMarion CountyMarshall CountyMartin CountyMason CountyMeade CountyMenifee CountyMercer CountyMetcalfe CountyMonroe CountyMontgomery CountyMorgan CountyMuhlenberg CountyNelson CountyNicholas CountyOhio CountyOldham CountyOwen CountyOwsley CountyPendleton CountyPerry CountyPike CountyPowell CountyPulaski CountyRobertson CountyRockcastle CountyRowan CountyRussell CountyScott CountyShelby CountySimpson CountySpencer CountyTaylor CountyTodd CountyTrigg CountyTrimble CountyUnion CountyWarren CountyWashington CountyWayne CountyWebster CountyWhitley CountyWolfe CountyWoodford County
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Kentucky’s 120 counties, projected equal-area. Hover or tap a county for its name; select it for full data.
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Kentucky at a glance

  • Scale. Kentucky is divided into 120 counties across 39,486 sq mi of land — an average of 329 sq mi each. Census TIGER
  • People. Its counties are home to 4,526,154 residents — an average of 37,718 each, or 115 per square mile statewide. Census PEP 2023
  • Water. Another 920 sq mi is water — 2.3% of the state’s area, led by Lyon County. Census TIGER

Kentucky’s 120 counties, by the numbers

Every county’s population, median household income, unemployment, density, and land area — sortable by any column, so you can find yours or rank by what matters to you. A few patterns run through the data:

  • Concentrated. Half of Kentucky’s 4,526,154 residents live in just 14 of 120 counties, and the five largest hold 34.2% of the total. Census PEP 2023
  • Income tracks poverty. The gap from richest to poorest runs 3.5×, and the 10 highest-income counties average 9.1% in poverty against 32.9% for the 10 lowest. Census SAIPE 2023
  • Mostly small. Half of Kentucky’s counties have fewer than 19,686 residents, and half report a median household income below $55,510 — a few metros lift the statewide totals well above both. Census PEP 2023 · SAIPE 2023
  • Lopsided density. Only 23 of 120 counties are denser than Kentucky’s statewide average of 115 people per square mile — the rest are more rural. Census PEP 2023 · TIGER
Adair County19,264$45,9744.6%48/sq mi405 sq miColumbia
Allen County21,788$56,4834.5%63/sq mi344 sq miScottsville
Anderson County24,613$78,3364.3%122/sq mi202 sq miLawrenceburg
Ballard County7,582$69,7165.0%31/sq mi247 sq miWickliffe
Barren County45,008$51,0684.9%92/sq mi487 sq miGlasgow
Bath County12,975$54,2475.6%47/sq mi278 sq miOwingsville
Bell County23,317$35,5666.1%65/sq mi359 sq miPineville
Boone County140,496$89,3134.1%570/sq mi246 sq miBurlington
Bourbon County20,134$61,5304.6%69/sq mi290 sq miParis
Boyd County47,826$57,1125.4%299/sq mi160 sq miCatlettsburg
Boyle County30,988$62,5414.7%172/sq mi180 sq miDanville
Bracken County8,426$64,4584.6%42/sq mi203 sq miBrooksville
Breathitt County12,953$40,0935.9%26/sq mi492 sq miJackson
Breckinridge County21,124$59,2675.5%37/sq mi570 sq miHardinsburg
Bullitt County84,863$75,4025.3%286/sq mi297 sq miShepherdsville
Butler County12,375$56,3955.2%29/sq mi426 sq miMorgantown
Caldwell County12,551$52,7194.3%36/sq mi345 sq miPrinceton
Calloway County38,280$51,4245.0%99/sq mi385 sq miMurray
Campbell County93,702$80,5734.1%619/sq mi151 sq miAlexandria; Newport
Carlisle County4,704$58,6394.6%25/sq mi189 sq miBardwell
Carroll County10,987$62,7104.4%85/sq mi129 sq miCarrollton
Carter County26,366$50,8536.8%64/sq mi410 sq miGrayson
Casey County15,918$42,9145.0%36/sq mi444 sq miLiberty
Christian County72,032$54,9345.9%100/sq mi718 sq miHopkinsville
Clark County37,304$72,3864.2%148/sq mi252 sq miWinchester
Clay County19,648$36,3306.3%42/sq mi469 sq miManchester
Clinton County9,148$39,8775.5%46/sq mi197 sq miAlbany
Crittenden County8,974$53,8945.1%25/sq mi360 sq miMarion
Cumberland County6,000$43,1274.1%20/sq mi305 sq miBurkesville
Daviess County103,458$63,2134.2%226/sq mi458 sq miOwensboro
Edmonson County12,448$56,5455.5%41/sq mi303 sq miBrownsville
Elliott County7,245$43,5017.8%31/sq mi234 sq miSandy Hook
Estill County13,936$45,1296.0%55/sq mi253 sq miIrvine
Fayette County320,154$67,3204.0%1,128/sq mi284 sq miLexington
Fleming County15,442$50,8045.3%44/sq mi349 sq miFlemingsburg
Floyd County34,423$40,6046.2%88/sq mi393 sq miPrestonsburg
Franklin County51,644$66,9204.1%248/sq mi208 sq miFrankfort
Fulton County6,338$41,0885.6%31/sq mi206 sq miHickman
Gallatin County8,792$66,7894.5%89/sq mi98 sq miWarsaw
Garrard County17,829$62,9804.6%78/sq mi230 sq miLancaster
Grant County25,619$68,3094.4%99/sq mi258 sq miWilliamstown
Graves County36,461$53,9474.3%66/sq mi552 sq miMayfield
Grayson County26,825$54,5436.2%54/sq mi500 sq miLeitchfield
Green County11,468$48,1535.2%40/sq mi286 sq miGreensburg
Greenup County35,221$59,1515.8%102/sq mi344 sq miGreenup
Hancock County8,920$70,9984.7%48/sq mi188 sq miHawesville
Hardin County112,273$65,4725.6%180/sq mi624 sq miElizabethtown
Harlan County25,324$36,9166.4%54/sq mi466 sq miHarlan
Harrison County19,415$63,6894.3%63/sq mi306 sq miCynthiana
Hart County19,724$51,9214.9%48/sq mi413 sq miMunfordville
Henderson County44,119$58,7424.8%101/sq mi436 sq miHenderson
Henry County15,973$66,5304.6%56/sq mi286 sq miNew Castle
Hickman County4,447$56,3484.9%18/sq mi242 sq miClinton
Hopkins County44,929$55,0805.2%83/sq mi542 sq miMadisonville
Jackson County13,104$44,7137.6%38/sq mi345 sq miMcKee
Jefferson County772,144$64,9775.0%2,027/sq mi381 sq miLouisville
Jessamine County55,017$75,1554.2%320/sq mi172 sq miNicholasville
Johnson County22,116$45,1266.3%84/sq mi262 sq miPaintsville
Kenton County171,321$79,6044.1%1,068/sq mi160 sq miCovington; Independence
Knott County13,659$42,3456.4%39/sq mi352 sq miHindman
Knox County29,794$37,6406.3%77/sq mi386 sq miBarbourville
Larue County15,303$66,3105.0%59/sq mi261 sq miHodgenville
Laurel County63,296$52,0935.9%146/sq mi434 sq miLondon
Lawrence County16,000$46,2006.9%38/sq mi416 sq miLouisa
Lee County7,293$37,9395.3%35/sq mi209 sq miBeattyville
Leslie County9,864$39,8555.3%25/sq mi401 sq miHyden
Letcher County20,423$41,7375.5%60/sq mi338 sq miWhitesburg
Lewis County12,973$46,3408.1%27/sq mi483 sq miVanceburg
Lincoln County24,776$51,3595.2%74/sq mi333 sq miStanford
Livingston County8,892$57,5865.4%28/sq mi313 sq miSmithland
Logan County28,283$61,1865.1%51/sq mi552 sq miRussellville
Lyon County9,187$63,9895.0%43/sq mi214 sq miEddyville
Madison County96,735$65,4385.3%221/sq mi438 sq miRichmond
Magoffin County11,228$40,1627.9%36/sq mi308 sq miSalyersville
Marion County19,834$54,4665.3%58/sq mi344 sq miLebanon
Marshall County31,744$61,4265.2%105/sq mi302 sq miBenton
Martin County10,928$35,5229.8%48/sq mi230 sq miInez
Mason County16,841$56,7065.5%70/sq mi240 sq miMaysville
McCracken County67,428$60,8014.7%271/sq mi249 sq miPaducah
McCreary County17,050$36,3486.0%40/sq mi427 sq miWhitley City
McLean County9,054$58,4035.1%36/sq mi253 sq miCalhoun
Meade County30,131$69,2285.3%99/sq mi305 sq miBrandenburg
Menifee County6,286$44,7346.1%31/sq mi204 sq miFrenchburg
Mercer County23,097$67,3484.9%93/sq mi249 sq miHarrodsburg
Metcalfe County10,482$40,6904.5%36/sq mi290 sq miEdmonton
Monroe County11,306$44,6054.8%34/sq mi329 sq miTompkinsville
Montgomery County28,527$54,8485.0%145/sq mi197 sq miMount Sterling
Morgan County14,283$44,5875.8%37/sq mi381 sq miWest Liberty
Muhlenberg County30,568$52,2915.9%65/sq mi467 sq miGreenville
Nelson County47,730$65,9284.8%114/sq mi419 sq miBardstown
Nicholas County7,686$52,9784.9%39/sq mi195 sq miCarlisle
Ohio County23,626$55,5125.2%40/sq mi587 sq miHartford
Oldham County70,183$120,8184.1%375/sq mi187 sq miLa Grange
Owen County11,313$64,8684.6%32/sq mi350 sq miOwenton
Owsley County4,001$35,0005.4%20/sq mi197 sq miBooneville
Pendleton County14,810$71,1164.2%53/sq mi277 sq miFalmouth
Perry County27,133$42,5194.9%80/sq mi340 sq miHazard
Pike County55,973$46,4026.9%71/sq mi786 sq miPikeville
Powell County12,972$46,0144.8%72/sq mi179 sq miStanton
Pulaski County66,191$54,4875.1%101/sq mi658 sq miSomerset
Robertson County2,313$55,5075.3%23/sq mi100 sq miMount Olivet
Rockcastle County16,190$49,4065.4%51/sq mi317 sq miMount Vernon
Rowan County24,409$51,7125.3%87/sq mi280 sq miMorehead
Russell County18,279$47,3974.5%72/sq mi253 sq miJamestown
Scott County60,168$81,9564.0%213/sq mi282 sq miGeorgetown
Shelby County49,515$76,6934.2%130/sq mi380 sq miShelbyville
Simpson County20,195$60,3714.9%86/sq mi234 sq miFranklin
Spencer County20,531$97,7265.0%110/sq mi187 sq miTaylorsville
Taylor County26,443$52,8325.0%99/sq mi266 sq miCampbellsville
Todd County12,494$57,2884.0%33/sq mi375 sq miElkton
Trigg County14,369$57,8445.2%33/sq mi441 sq miCadiz
Trimble County8,607$65,8854.3%58/sq mi148 sq miBedford
Union County13,106$60,7714.5%38/sq mi343 sq miMorganfield
Warren County142,229$62,1084.3%263/sq mi542 sq miBowling Green
Washington County12,267$59,0714.2%41/sq mi297 sq miSpringfield
Wayne County19,580$42,7216.8%43/sq mi458 sq miMonticello
Webster County12,726$59,2604.9%38/sq mi332 sq miDixon
Whitley County36,825$43,9104.6%84/sq mi438 sq miWilliamsburg
Wolfe County6,282$40,9498.5%28/sq mi222 sq miCampton
Woodford County27,268$78,3443.7%144/sq mi190 sq miVersailles

All 120 counties, sortable by any column — click a heading. A suppressed estimate (coefficient of variation ≥ 0.30) shows a marker, never a guess. County seats are from Wikidata (CC0), each validated to a Census place inside its county; a county with no validated seat is left blank. See the methodology.

Download & print this Kentucky map

Map of Kentucky's 120 counties — on official U.S. Census boundaries

Free, print-ready maps of Kentucky — all 120 counties on official U.S. Census boundaries, no watermark. Public domain (CC0).

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Kentucky maps, coloured by the data

Map of Kentucky counties shaded by population — official U.S. Census data
Population Map by County · Census PEP 2023
Map of Kentucky counties shaded by median household income — official U.S. Census data
Median Household Income Map by County · Census SAIPE 2023
Map of Kentucky counties shaded by unemployment rate — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Unemployment Rate Map by County · BLS LAUS

Cities in Kentucky

Kentucky has 415 incorporated urban countys and cities. The largest is Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance) in Jefferson County with 627,210 residents. Use the search on the map above to find any city and highlight the county it sits in.

Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance)Jefferson County627,210
Lexington-Fayette (urban county)Fayette County321,122
Bowling GreenWarren County73,638
OwensboroDaviess County60,112
CovingtonKenton County40,902
GeorgetownScott County38,206
RichmondMadison County35,498
FlorenceBoone County32,334
ElizabethtownHardin County31,870
NicholasvilleJessamine County31,625
HopkinsvilleChristian County31,011
IndependenceKenton County29,024
JeffersontownJefferson County28,988
FrankfortFranklin County28,452
HendersonHenderson County27,994
PaducahMcCracken County26,894
RadcliffHardin County22,967
AshlandBoyd County21,405
ErlangerKenton County19,677
MadisonvilleHopkins County19,442
WinchesterClark County19,133
Mount WashingtonBullitt County18,228
MurrayCalloway County17,888
St. MatthewsJefferson County17,491
ShelbyvilleShelby County17,436
Fort ThomasCampbell County17,242
DanvilleBoyle County17,235
BereaMadison County15,557
ShivelyJefferson County15,556
GlasgowBarren County15,141
ShepherdsvilleBullitt County14,351
NewportCampbell County14,039
BardstownNelson County13,673
SomersetPulaski County12,108
LawrenceburgAnderson County11,838
CampbellsvilleTaylor County11,523
LyndonJefferson County10,956
AlexandriaCampbell County10,430
VersaillesWoodford County10,382
FranklinSimpson County10,254
La GrangeOldham County10,188
ParisBourbon County10,107
MayfieldGraves County9,905
MiddletownJefferson County9,622
MiddlesboroughBell County9,258
ElsmereKenton County9,151
HarrodsburgMercer County9,126
MaysvilleMason County8,778
HillviewBullitt County8,735
Fort MitchellKenton County8,676

Showing the 50 most populous — and 365 more. Search the map above for any Kentucky city or village.

A city can span more than one county; each is listed in its primary county — the one its center falls in.

Which Kentucky county is the richest, largest, most crowded? The answers

  • Kentucky’s highest median household income is in Oldham County ($120,818); the lowest is in Owsley County ($35,000). Census SAIPE 2023
  • Kentucky’s most populous county is Jefferson County (772,144); the least populous is Robertson County (2,313) — a 334× spread. Census PEP 2023
  • Kentucky’s largest county by land area is Pike County (786 sq mi); the smallest is Gallatin County (98 sq mi). Census TIGER
  • Kentucky’s highest population density is in Jefferson County (2,027/sq mi); the lowest is in Hickman County (18/sq mi). Census PEP 2023 · TIGER
  • Kentucky’s highest poverty rate is in Martin County (48.1%); the lowest is in Oldham County (5.8%). Census SAIPE 2023
  • In Kentucky, unemployment is highest in Martin County (9.8%) and lowest in Woodford County (3.7%), for May 2026. BLS LAUS
  • Kentucky’s highest median age is in Owsley County (47.9); the lowest is in Christian County (28.6). Census ACS 2019–2023
  • Kentucky’s highest share of bachelor’s degrees is in Fayette County (47.3% of adults); the lowest is in Elliott County (6.2%). Census ACS 2019–2023

Every figure is a current official estimate from the source named — not a crowd-sourced or copied value. Suppressed estimates (coefficient of variation ≥ 0.30) are omitted, never guessed. See the full methodology.

Kentucky counties: common questions

How many counties are in Kentucky?

Kentucky has 120 counties covering 39,486 sq mi and about 4.5M residents. Every one is on the map above and in the table below.

What is the largest county in Kentucky?

It depends on the measure. By land area it’s Pike County (786 sq mi); by population it’s Jefferson County (772,144 residents).

What county is Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance) in?

Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance) (population 627,210) is in Jefferson County. Use the search on the map to find any Kentucky city’s county.

What is the richest county in Kentucky?

By median household income, Oldham County is the richest at $120,818; the poorest is Owsley County at $35,000 (Census SAIPE 2023).

What is the most populous county in Kentucky?

Jefferson County, with 772,144 residents — about 17.1% of Kentucky’s people, and 334× the least populous, Robertson County (2,313).

Sources & vintages

  • Population — PEP Vintage 2023 (July 1, 2023) — pep/charv
  • Median household income & poverty — SAIPE 2023
  • Unemployment — BLS LAUS May 2026 (preliminary)
  • Geometry & boundaries — Census TIGERweb
  • Cities & city population — Census TIGERweb Incorporated Places + ACS 5-year 2019–2023

Data current through .