A list of counties in Kentucky and
related data including year formed, square miles of area, population,
and population density. |
County |
Formed |
Sq. Miles |
Pop* |
Density
|
Adair | 1802 |
406.8 | 17,244 |
42.3
|
Allen |
1815 |
346.1 |
17,800 |
51.4
|
Anderson | 1827 |
202.6 | 19,111 |
94.2
|
Ballard |
1842 |
251.1 |
8,286 |
32.9
|
Barren | 1799 |
490.9 | 38,033 |
77.4
|
Bath |
1811 |
279.4 |
11,085 |
39.6
|
Bell | 1867 |
360.7 | 30,060 |
83.3
|
Boone |
1799 |
246.2 |
85,991 |
349.1
|
Bourbon | 1786 |
291.4 | 19,360 |
66.4
|
Boyd |
1860 |
160.1 |
49,752 |
310.6
|
Boyle | 1842 |
181.9 | 27,697 |
152.2
|
Bracken |
1797 |
203.2 |
8,279 |
40.7
|
Breathitt | 1839 |
495.1 | 16,100 |
32.5
|
Breckinridge |
1800 |
572.4 |
18,648 |
32.5
|
Bullitt | 1797 |
299.0 | 61,236 |
204.7
|
Butler |
1810 |
428.0 |
13,010 |
30.3
|
Caldwell | 1809 |
346.9 | 13,060 |
37.6
|
Calloway |
1823 |
386.2 |
34,177 |
88.4
|
Campbell |
1795 | 151.5 |
88,616 | 584.7
|
Carlisle |
1886 | 192.4 |
5,351 | 27.7
|
Carroll |
1838 | 130.0 |
10,155 | 78.0
|
Carter |
1838 | 410.6 |
26,889 | 65.4
|
Casey |
1807 | 445.6 |
15,447 | 34.64
|
Christian |
1797 | 721.3 |
72,265 | 100.1
|
Clark |
1793 | 254.3 |
33,144 | 130.3
|
Clay |
1807 | 471.0 |
24,556 | 52.1
|
Clinton |
1836 | 197.4 |
9,634 | 48.7
|
Crittenden |
1842 | 362.1 |
9,384 | 25.9
|
Cumberland |
1799 | 305.8 |
7,147 | 23.3
|
Daviess |
1815 | 462.3 |
91,545 | 197.9
|
Edmonson |
1826 | 302.6 |
11,644 | 38.4
|
Elliott |
1869 | 233.9 |
6,748 | 28.8
|
Estill |
1808 | 253.9 |
15,307 | 60.2
|
Fayette |
1780 | 284.5 |
260,512 | 915.6
|
Fleming |
1798 | 350.8 |
13,792 | 39.3
|
Floyd |
1800 | 394.2 |
42,441 | 107.6
|
Franklin |
1795 | 210.4 |
47,687 | 226.5
|
Fulton |
1845 | 208.9 |
7,752 | 37.0
|
Gallatin |
1799 | 98.8 |
7,870 | 79.6
|
Garrard |
1797 | 231.2 |
14,792 | 63.9
|
Grant |
1820 | 259.9 |
22,384 | 86.1
|
Graves |
1824 | 555.5 |
37,028 | 66.6
|
Grayson |
1810 | 503.6 |
24,053 | 47.7
|
Green |
1793 | 288.6 |
11,518 | 39.9
|
Greenup |
1804 | 346.1 |
36,891 | 106.5
|
Hancock |
1829 | 188.8 |
8,392 | 44.4
|
Hardin |
1793 | 627.9 |
94,174 | 149.9
|
Harlan |
1819 | 467.2 |
33,202 | 71.0
|
Harrison |
1794 | 309.6 |
17,983 | 58.0
|
Hart |
1819 | 415.9 |
17,445 | 41.9
|
Henderson |
1799 | 440.1 |
44,829 | 101.8
|
Henry |
1799 | 289.3 |
15,060 | 52.0
|
Hickman |
1822 | 244.4 |
5,262 | 21.5
|
Hopkins |
1807 | 550.5 |
46,519 | 84.4
|
Jackson |
1858 | 346.3 |
13,495 | 38.9
|
Jefferson |
1780 | 385.0 |
693,604 | 1,801.1
|
Jessamine |
1799 | 173.1 |
39,041 | 225.5
|
Johnson |
1843 | 261.5 |
23,445 | 89.6
|
Kenton |
1840 | 161.9 |
151,464 | 935.1
|
Knott |
1884 | 352.1 |
17,649 | 50.1
|
Knox |
1800 | 387.6 |
31,795 | 82.0
|
Larue |
1843 | 263.2 |
13,373 | 50.8
|
Laurel |
1826 | 435.6 |
52,715 | 120.9
|
Lawrence |
1822 | 418.7 |
15,569 | 37.1
|
Lee |
1870 | 209.8 |
7,916 | 37.7
|
Leslie |
1878 | 404.0 |
12,401 | 30.6
|
Letcher |
1842 | 339.0 |
25,277 | 74.5
|
Lewis |
1807 | 484.4 |
14,092 | 29.0
|
Lincoln |
1780 | 336.2 |
23,361 | 69.4
|
Livingston |
1799 | 316.0 |
9,804 | 31.0
|
Logan |
1792 | 555.6 |
26,573 | 47.8
|
Lyon |
1854 | 215.7 |
8,080 | 37.4
|
McCracken |
1825 | 251.0 |
65,514 | 260.9
|
McCreary |
1912 | 427.7 |
17,080 | 39.9
|
McLean |
1854 | 254.3 |
9,938 | 39.0
|
Madison |
1786 | 440.6 |
70,872 | 160.8
|
Magoffin |
1860 | 309.4 |
13,332 | 43.0
|
Marion |
1834 | 346.3 |
18,212 | 52.5
|
Marshall |
1842 | 304.8 |
30,125 | 98.8
|
Martin |
1870 | 230.7 |
12,578 | 54.5
|
Mason |
1789 | 241.1 |
16,800 | 69.6
|
Meade |
1824 | 308.5 |
26,349 | 85.4
|
Menifee |
1869 | 203.9 |
6,556 | 32.1
|
Mercer |
1786 | 250.9 |
20,817 | 82.9
|
Metcalfe |
1860 | 290.9 |
10,037 | 34.5
|
Monroe |
1820 | 330.8 |
11,756 | 35.5
|
Montgomery |
1797 | 198.5 |
22,554 | 113.5
|
Morgan |
1823 | 381.2 |
13,948 | 36.5
|
Muhlenberg |
1799 | 474.7 |
31,839 | 67.0
|
Nelson |
1785 | 422.6 |
37,477 | 88.6
|
Nicholas |
1800 | 196.6 |
6,813 | 34.6
|
Ohio |
1799 | 593.7 |
22,916 | 38.5
|
Oldham |
1824 | 189.1 |
46,178 | 244.0
|
Owen |
1819 | 352.1 |
10,547 | 29.9
|
Owsley |
1843 | 198.0 |
4,858 | 24.5
|
Pendleton |
1799 | 280.5 |
14,390 | 51.2
|
Perry |
1821 | 342.1 |
29,390 | 85.8
|
Pike |
1822 | 787.6 |
68,736 | 87.2
|
Powell |
1852 | 180.1 |
13,237 | 73.4
|
Pulaski |
1799 | 661.6 |
56,217 | 84.9
|
Robertson |
1867 | 100.0 |
2,266 | 22.6
|
Rockcastle |
1810 | 317.5 |
16,582 | 52.2
|
Rowan |
1856 | 280.8 |
22,094 | 78.6
|
Russell |
1826 | 253.5 |
16,315 | 64.3
|
Scott |
1792 | 284.7 |
33,061 | 116.1
|
Shelby |
1792 | 384.1 |
33,337 | 86.7
|
Simpson |
1819 | 236.1 |
16,405 | 69.4
|
Spencer |
1824 | 185.9 |
11,766 | 63.2
|
Taylor |
1848 | 269.8 |
22,927 | 84.9
|
Todd |
1820 | 376.3 |
11,971 | 31.8
|
Trigg |
1820 | 443.1 |
12,597 | 28.4
|
Trimble |
1837 | 148.8 |
8,125 | 54.5
|
Union |
1811 | 345.1 |
15,637 | 45.3
|
Warren |
1797 | 545.2 |
92,522 | 169.6
|
Washington |
1792 | 300.5 |
10,916 | 36.3
|
Wayne |
1800 | 459.4 |
19,923 | 43.3
|
Webster |
1860 | 334.7 |
14,120 | 42.1
|
Whitley |
1818 | 440.1 |
35,865 | 81.4
|
Wolfe |
1860 | 222.7 |
7,065 | 31.7
|
Woodford |
1789 | 190.6 |
23,208 | 121.7
|
Total |
39,728.1 |
4,041,769 |
101.7
|
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*2000 census density people per square
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