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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. Color 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 CountyLouisvilleLexingtonBowling GreenOwensboroCovingtonGeorgetownRichmondElizabethtownHopkinsvillePaducah Pike  Harlan  Fulton  Louisville  Lexington  Bowling Green  Owensboro  Covington  Georgetown  Richmond  Elizabethtown  Hopkinsville  Paducah LouisvilleLexingtonBowling GreenOwensboroCovingtonGeorgetownRichmondElizabethtownHopkinsvilleHendersonPaducahAshland Pike  Muhlenberg  Clay  Harlan  Casey  Hart  Letcher  Monroe  Martin  Owsley  Boyle  Gallatin  Louisville  Lexington  Bowling Green  Owensboro  Covington  Georgetown  Richmond  Elizabethtown  Hopkinsville  Henderson  Paducah  Ashland LouisvilleLexingtonBowling GreenOwensboroCovingtonGeorgetownRichmondElizabethtownNicholasvilleHopkinsvilleFrankfortHendersonPaducahRadcliffAshland Pike  Pulaski  Logan  Hopkins  Breathitt  Lewis  Clay  Harlan  Whitley  Casey  Butler  Lawrence  Hart  Calloway  Allen  Perry  Cumberland  Pendleton  Johnson  Fulton  Trimble  Louisville  Lexington  Bowling Green  Owensboro  Covington  Georgetown  Richmond  Elizabethtown  Nicholasville  Hopkinsville  Frankfort  Henderson  Paducah  Radcliff  Ashland LouisvilleLexingtonBowling GreenOwensboroCovingtonGeorgetownRichmondFlorenceElizabethtownNicholasvilleHopkinsvilleFrankfortHendersonPaducahRadcliffAshland Pike  Pulaski  Ohio  Logan  Hopkins  Grayson  Breathitt  Lewis  Wayne  Clay  Harlan  Whitley  Casey  Butler  Lawrence  Carter  Calloway  Morgan  Shelby  Union  Bell  Owen  Allen  Jackson  Perry  Monroe  Magoffin  Green  Pendleton  Ballard  Hickman  Martin  Carlisle  Oldham  Trimble  Robertson  Louisville  Lexington  Bowling Green  Owensboro  Covington  Georgetown  Richmond  Florence  Elizabethtown  Nicholasville  Hopkinsville  Frankfort  Henderson  Paducah  Radcliff  Ashland 
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Kentucky’s 120 counties, projected equal-area. Hover over a county, or tap it, for its seat and key numbers; select it for all its data.
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Kentucky at a glance

Kentucky’s 120 counties, by the numbers

The table lists every county’s population, median household income, unemployment, density, and land area. Sort it by any column to find yours or rank them. A few patterns stand out:

  • Concentrated. Half of Kentucky’s 4,606,864 residents live in just 13 of 120 counties, and the 5 largest hold 34.6% of the total. calculated from Census PEP V2025
  • Income tracks poverty. The gap from richest to poorest runs 3.5×, and the 10 highest-income counties average 9.2% in poverty against 31.4% for the 10 lowest. calculated from Census SAIPE 2024
  • The median county. Half of Kentucky’s counties have fewer than 19,790 residents, and half report a median household income below $58,554. calculated from Census PEP V2025 · Census SAIPE 2024
  • Lopsided density. Only 24 of 120 counties are denser than Kentucky’s statewide average of 117 people per square mile. calculated from Census PEP V2025 · Census TIGER 2026
Adair County19,423$50,5814.4%48/sq mi405 sq miColumbia
Allen County22,536$64,6554.1%66/sq mi344 sq miScottsville
Anderson County25,225$76,3954.2%125/sq mi202 sq miLawrenceburg
Ballard County7,594$61,4314.8%31/sq mi247 sq miWickliffe
Barren County45,641$58,2564.6%94/sq mi487 sq miGlasgow
Bath County13,176$53,0785.3%47/sq mi278 sq miOwingsville
Bell County22,829$39,2095.9%64/sq mi359 sq miPineville
Boone County145,316$103,1223.9%590/sq mi246 sq miBurlington
Bourbon County20,243$66,2644.1%70/sq mi290 sq miParis
Boyd County47,751$61,0945.1%299/sq mi160 sq miCatlettsburg
Boyle County31,632$63,0524.5%175/sq mi180 sq miDanville
Bracken County8,511$66,6354.4%42/sq mi203 sq miBrooksville
Breathitt County12,558$41,8665.8%26/sq mi492 sq miJackson
Breckinridge County21,503$58,8224.9%38/sq mi570 sq miHardinsburg
Bullitt County86,454$85,7794.7%291/sq mi297 sq miShepherdsville
Butler County12,520$60,5614.9%29/sq mi426 sq miMorgantown
Caldwell County12,609$51,9844.3%37/sq mi345 sq miPrinceton
Calloway County39,421$56,4104.9%102/sq mi385 sq miMurray
Campbell County95,441$76,7443.8%631/sq mi151 sq miAlexandria; Newport
Carlisle County4,747$61,3174.5%25/sq mi189 sq miBardwell
Carroll County11,141$65,7914.1%87/sq mi129 sq miCarrollton
Carter County26,149$53,7966.3%64/sq mi410 sq miGrayson
Casey County16,205$48,9384.8%36/sq mi444 sq miLiberty
Christian County70,115$56,4575.9%98/sq mi718 sq miHopkinsville
Clark County37,888$63,8154.2%150/sq mi252 sq miWinchester
Clay County19,465$39,0166.0%41/sq mi469 sq miManchester
Clinton County9,139$42,7985.1%46/sq mi197 sq miAlbany
Crittenden County8,807$57,3595.1%24/sq mi360 sq miMarion
Cumberland County5,992$47,2743.6%20/sq mi305 sq miBurkesville
Daviess County104,898$68,0154.0%229/sq mi458 sq miOwensboro
Edmonson County12,749$57,6475.3%42/sq mi303 sq miBrownsville
Elliott County7,265$46,9057.1%31/sq mi234 sq miSandy Hook
Estill County13,962$48,9925.7%55/sq mi253 sq miIrvine
Fayette County329,751$71,0463.8%1,162/sq mi284 sq miLexington
Fleming County15,787$56,0934.9%45/sq mi349 sq miFlemingsburg
Floyd County34,401$44,7355.9%87/sq mi393 sq miPrestonsburg
Franklin County52,649$63,1033.9%253/sq mi208 sq miFrankfort
Fulton County6,218$44,5034.9%30/sq mi206 sq miHickman
Gallatin County8,840$67,6174.2%90/sq mi98 sq miWarsaw
Garrard County18,207$64,5394.1%79/sq mi230 sq miLancaster
Grant County26,181$67,8814.1%101/sq mi258 sq miWilliamstown
Graves County37,050$56,9684.1%67/sq mi552 sq miMayfield
Grayson County27,406$53,9885.9%55/sq mi500 sq miLeitchfield
Green County11,644$52,5424.9%41/sq mi286 sq miGreensburg
Greenup County35,213$61,3525.7%102/sq mi344 sq miGreenup
Hancock County9,050$76,9704.6%48/sq mi188 sq miHawesville
Hardin County113,482$70,5055.1%182/sq mi624 sq miElizabethtown
Harlan County24,725$41,8086.5%53/sq mi466 sq miHarlan
Harrison County19,627$67,4094.1%64/sq mi306 sq miCynthiana
Hart County20,117$55,6114.4%49/sq mi413 sq miMunfordville
Henderson County44,255$62,1824.5%101/sq mi436 sq miHenderson
Henry County16,447$67,9944.2%57/sq mi286 sq miNew Castle
Hickman County4,372$57,9974.8%18/sq mi242 sq miClinton
Hopkins County45,127$57,3484.5%83/sq mi542 sq miMadisonville
Jackson County13,325$49,3887.0%39/sq mi345 sq miMcKee
Jefferson County795,222$70,6594.6%2,088/sq mi381 sq miLouisville
Jessamine County57,147$71,8613.9%332/sq mi172 sq miNicholasville
Johnson County22,051$49,1225.9%84/sq mi262 sq miPaintsville
Kenton County175,779$82,7873.9%1,096/sq mi160 sq miCovington; Independence
Knott County13,321$44,4076.3%38/sq mi352 sq miHindman
Knox County29,532$40,0656.0%76/sq mi386 sq miBarbourville
Larue County15,184$63,3204.6%58/sq mi261 sq miHodgenville
Laurel County63,746$54,4045.6%147/sq mi434 sq miLondon
Lawrence County15,765$41,7826.6%38/sq mi416 sq miLouisa
Lee County7,297$41,1504.7%35/sq mi209 sq miBeattyville
Leslie County9,627$40,3635.1%24/sq mi401 sq miHyden
Letcher County19,952$44,3395.0%59/sq mi338 sq miWhitesburg
Lewis County12,901$47,4147.3%27/sq mi483 sq miVanceburg
Lincoln County25,353$54,3454.9%76/sq mi333 sq miStanford
Livingston County8,863$61,2424.8%28/sq mi313 sq miSmithland
Logan County28,669$60,4064.7%52/sq mi552 sq miRussellville
Lyon County9,123$67,0194.7%43/sq mi214 sq miEddyville
Madison County101,696$64,5365.0%232/sq mi438 sq miRichmond
Magoffin County11,110$43,0397.7%36/sq mi308 sq miSalyersville
Marion County20,115$62,6454.9%59/sq mi344 sq miLebanon
Marshall County31,659$70,5474.8%105/sq mi302 sq miBenton
Martin County10,697$38,9507.7%47/sq mi230 sq miInez
Mason County16,936$59,2525.3%71/sq mi240 sq miMaysville
McCracken County67,553$64,0764.3%272/sq mi249 sq miPaducah
McCreary County17,124$40,5096.0%40/sq mi427 sq miWhitley City
McLean County9,064$60,1754.3%36/sq mi253 sq miCalhoun
Meade County30,699$76,1634.7%100/sq mi305 sq miBrandenburg
Menifee County6,430$47,8085.6%32/sq mi204 sq miFrenchburg
Mercer County23,733$67,8894.6%95/sq mi249 sq miHarrodsburg
Metcalfe County10,583$51,7154.2%37/sq mi290 sq miEdmonton
Monroe County11,191$48,6864.4%34/sq mi329 sq miTompkinsville
Montgomery County28,822$61,7324.8%146/sq mi197 sq miMount Sterling
Morgan County14,415$46,3825.1%38/sq mi381 sq miWest Liberty
Muhlenberg County30,634$53,4085.3%66/sq mi467 sq miGreenville
Nelson County49,036$75,7264.4%117/sq mi419 sq miBardstown
Nicholas County7,949$56,4794.3%41/sq mi195 sq miCarlisle
Ohio County23,934$59,0284.8%41/sq mi587 sq miHartford
Oldham County70,986$123,3604.0%379/sq mi187 sq miLa Grange
Owen County11,601$64,6664.2%33/sq mi350 sq miOwenton
Owsley County3,932$34,8025.2%20/sq mi197 sq miBooneville
Pendleton County14,800$68,0304.1%53/sq mi277 sq miFalmouth
Perry County26,555$44,9454.5%78/sq mi340 sq miHazard
Pike County54,721$46,4996.2%70/sq mi786 sq miPikeville
Powell County12,812$50,9934.5%72/sq mi179 sq miStanton
Pulaski County67,384$56,3184.7%102/sq mi658 sq miSomerset
Robertson County2,325$58,4575.1%23/sq mi100 sq miMount Olivet
Rockcastle County16,148$48,9535.1%51/sq mi317 sq miMount Vernon
Rowan County24,476$55,1745.2%87/sq mi280 sq miMorehead
Russell County18,608$51,2354.6%73/sq mi253 sq miJamestown
Scott County62,262$93,8933.9%221/sq mi282 sq miGeorgetown
Shelby County51,243$93,7204.0%135/sq mi380 sq miShelbyville
Simpson County20,788$67,4964.8%89/sq mi234 sq miFranklin
Spencer County20,998$96,9434.5%112/sq mi187 sq miTaylorsville
Taylor County26,763$56,6264.9%100/sq mi266 sq miCampbellsville
Todd County12,972$58,6513.7%35/sq mi375 sq miElkton
Trigg County14,512$64,7175.0%33/sq mi441 sq miCadiz
Trimble County8,701$72,4884.1%59/sq mi148 sq miBedford
Union County12,839$61,7454.2%37/sq mi343 sq miMorganfield
Warren County149,375$67,8244.0%276/sq mi542 sq miBowling Green
Washington County12,368$66,5404.0%42/sq mi297 sq miSpringfield
Wayne County19,597$41,8536.2%43/sq mi458 sq miMonticello
Webster County12,929$60,7504.3%39/sq mi332 sq miDixon
Whitley County37,297$48,9364.5%85/sq mi438 sq miWilliamsburg
Wolfe County6,298$44,5547.4%28/sq mi222 sq miCampton
Woodford County27,883$89,7733.4%147/sq mi190 sq miVersailles

Click a column heading to sort all 120 counties. 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. Where Wikidata has none, the seat comes from the page cited for that county in the seat file, and where the table names no seat, it says why. See the methodology.

Download & print this Kentucky map

Map of Kentucky's 120 counties on official U.S. Census boundaries, with major cities: Louisville, Lexington, Bowling Green, Owensboro, Covington, Georgetown

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

  • Full map (counties and major cities): PNG · PDF
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Kentucky maps, colored by the data

Map of Kentucky counties shaded by population, from official U.S. Census data
Population Map by County · Census PEP V2025
Map of Kentucky counties shaded by median household income, from official U.S. Census data
Median Household Income Map by County · Census SAIPE 2024
Map of Kentucky counties shaded by unemployment rate, from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data
Unemployment Rate Map by County · BLS LAUS September 2026, preliminary

Cities in Kentucky

Kentucky has 415 incorporated cities. The largest is Louisville in Jefferson County with 631,818 residents. That count is the Census Bureau’s “balance” for Louisville: it leaves out the separately incorporated places inside the consolidated city. Use the search on the map above to find any city and highlight the county it sits in.

Louisville (balance)Jefferson County631,818
Lexington (urban county)Fayette County323,725
Bowling GreenWarren County75,388
OwensboroDaviess County60,302
CovingtonKenton County41,110
GeorgetownScott County39,117
RichmondMadison County37,111
FlorenceBoone County32,803
ElizabethtownHardin County32,576
NicholasvilleJessamine County32,197
HopkinsvilleChristian County30,906
IndependenceKenton County29,392
JeffersontownJefferson County29,199
FrankfortFranklin County28,503
HendersonHenderson County27,852
PaducahMcCracken County26,845
RadcliffHardin County22,864
AshlandBoyd County21,295
ErlangerKenton County +1 more (also Boone County)19,875
MadisonvilleHopkins County19,515
WinchesterClark County19,213
Mount WashingtonBullitt County18,480
MurrayCalloway County18,080
ShelbyvilleShelby County17,668
St. MatthewsJefferson County17,577
DanvilleBoyle County17,327
Fort ThomasCampbell County17,169
BereaMadison County15,786
ShivelyJefferson County15,638
GlasgowBarren County15,197
ShepherdsvilleBullitt County14,533
NewportCampbell County13,967
BardstownNelson County13,804
SomersetPulaski County12,216
LawrenceburgAnderson County11,943
CampbellsvilleTaylor County11,622
LyndonJefferson County11,030
AlexandriaCampbell County10,562
VersaillesWoodford County10,492
FranklinSimpson County10,360
La GrangeOldham County10,311
ParisBourbon County10,160
MayfieldGraves County9,868
MiddletownJefferson County9,763
HarrodsburgMercer County9,313
ElsmereKenton County9,205
MiddlesboroughBell County9,123
HillviewBullitt County8,797
MaysvilleMason County8,737
Fort MitchellKenton County8,713

The table shows the 50 most populous. Search the map above for the other 365.

A city can reach into more than one county. The table names the one its center falls in; “+N more” counts the others, from the Census Bureau’s count of each city by county part Census ACS 2020–2024 place parts. A row marked (balance) is the Census Bureau’s “balance” of a consolidated city: its population leaves out the separately incorporated places inside the consolidated city (methodology).

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

  • Kentucky’s highest median household income is in Oldham County ($123,360); the lowest is in Owsley County ($34,802). Census SAIPE 2024
  • Kentucky’s most populous county is Jefferson County (795,222); the least populous is Robertson County (2,325), a 342× spread. calculated from Census PEP V2025
  • Kentucky’s largest county by land area is Pike County (786 sq mi); the smallest is Gallatin County (98 sq mi). Census TIGER 2026
  • Kentucky’s highest population density is in Jefferson County (2,088/sq mi); the lowest is in Hickman County (18/sq mi). calculated from Census PEP V2025 · Census TIGER 2026
  • Kentucky’s highest poverty rate is in McCreary County (36.4%); the lowest is in Oldham County (6.0%). Census SAIPE 2024
  • In Kentucky, unemployment is highest in Magoffin County and Martin County (tied at 7.7%) and lowest in Woodford County (3.4%), for September 2026 (preliminary). BLS LAUS September 2026, preliminary
  • Kentucky’s highest median age is in Owsley County (47.7); the lowest is in Christian County (28.8). Census ACS 2020–2024
  • Kentucky’s highest share of adults 25 and over with a bachelor’s degree or higher is in Fayette County (48.3%); the lowest is in McCreary County (8.5%). Census ACS 2020–2024

Every figure is a current official estimate from the source named, never 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 4.6M residents. Every one is on the map and in the table above.

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 (795,222 residents).

What county is Louisville in?

Louisville, population 631,818, is in Jefferson County. That count is the Census Bureau’s “balance” for Louisville: it leaves out the separately incorporated places inside the consolidated city. 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 $123,360; the poorest is Owsley County at $34,802. Census SAIPE 2024

What is the most populous county in Kentucky?

Jefferson County, with 795,222 residents, about 17.3% of Kentucky’s people. That is 342× the least populous, Robertson County (2,325).

Sources & vintages

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