| 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
mile.. |
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