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Most sparsely populated, Kentucky counties · 2000

Kentucky counties with the fewest residents per square mile (2023). This list covers the 120 counties in Kentucky that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 2000

01Hickman County, KYKY4,37222+0%

02Robertson County, KYKY2,32523+0%

03Cumberland County, KYKY5,99223+0%

04Owsley County, KYKY3,93225+0%

05Crittenden County, KYKY8,80726+0%

06Carlisle County, KYKY4,74728+0%

07Trigg County, KYKY14,51229+0%

08Elliott County, KYKY7,26529+0%

09Lewis County, KYKY12,90129+0%

10Owen County, KYKY11,60130+0%

11Butler County, KYKY12,52031+0%

12Leslie County, KYKY9,62731+0%

13Livingston County, KYKY8,86331+0%

14Wolfe County, KYKY6,29832+0%

15Todd County, KYKY12,97232+0%

16Menifee County, KYKY6,43032+0%

17Breathitt County, KYKY12,55833+0%

18Breckinridge County, KYKY21,50333+0%

19Ballard County, KYKY7,59434+0%

20Metcalfe County, KYKY10,58335+0%

21Casey County, KYKY16,20535+0%

22Nicholas County, KYKY7,94935+0%

23Monroe County, KYKY11,19136+0%

24Morgan County, KYKY14,41537+0%

25Washington County, KYKY12,36837+0%

26Lawrence County, KYKY15,76537+0%

27Fulton County, KYKY6,21838+0%

28Lyon County, KYKY9,12338+0%

29Caldwell County, KYKY12,60938+0%

30Lee County, KYKY7,29738+0%

31Edmonson County, KYKY12,74938+0%

32Ohio County, KYKY23,93439+0%

33Jackson County, KYKY13,32539+0%

34McLean County, KYKY9,06439+0%

35Fleming County, KYKY15,78740+0%

36Bath County, KYKY13,17640+0%

37McCreary County, KYKY17,12440+0%

38Green County, KYKY11,64440+0%

39Bracken County, KYKY8,51141+0%

40Hart County, KYKY20,11742+0%

41Webster County, KYKY12,92943+0%

42Adair County, KYKY19,42343+0%

43Magoffin County, KYKY11,11043+0%

44Wayne County, KYKY19,59743+0%

45Hancock County, KYKY9,05045+0%

46Union County, KYKY12,83946+0%

47Logan County, KYKY28,66948+0%

48Grayson County, KYKY27,40648+0%

49Clinton County, KYKY9,13949+0%

50Knott County, KYKY13,32150+0%

51Larue County, KYKY15,18451+0%

52Allen County, KYKY22,53652+0%

53Pendleton County, KYKY14,80052+0%

54Clay County, KYKY19,46552+0%

55Rockcastle County, KYKY16,14852+0%

56Henry County, KYKY16,44753+0%

57Marion County, KYKY20,11553+0%

58Martin County, KYKY10,69755+0%

59Trimble County, KYKY8,70155+0%

60Harrison County, KYKY19,62759+0%

61Estill County, KYKY13,96260+0%

62Spencer County, KYKY20,99863+0%

63Garrard County, KYKY18,20764+0%

64Russell County, KYKY18,60864+0%

65Carter County, KYKY26,14966+0%

66Bourbon County, KYKY20,24367+0%

67Graves County, KYKY37,05067+0%

68Muhlenberg County, KYKY30,63468+0%

69Mason County, KYKY16,93670+0%

70Simpson County, KYKY20,78870+0%

71Lincoln County, KYKY25,35370+0%

72Harlan County, KYKY24,72571+0%

73Powell County, KYKY12,81274+0%

74Letcher County, KYKY19,95275+0%

75Barren County, KYKY45,64178+0%

76Carroll County, KYKY11,14179+0%

77Rowan County, KYKY24,47679+0%

78Gallatin County, KYKY8,84080+0%

79Whitley County, KYKY37,29782+0%

80Knox County, KYKY29,53282+0%

81Mercer County, KYKY23,73383+0%

82Bell County, KYKY22,82984+0%

83Pulaski County, KYKY67,38485+0%

84Hopkins County, KYKY45,12786+0%

85Taylor County, KYKY26,76386+0%

86Meade County, KYKY30,69986+0%

87Perry County, KYKY26,55587+0%

88Grant County, KYKY26,18187+0%

89Pike County, KYKY54,72187+0%

90Shelby County, KYKY51,24388+0%

91Calloway County, KYKY39,42189+0%

92Johnson County, KYKY22,05189+0%

93Nelson County, KYKY49,03690+0%

94Anderson County, KYKY25,22594+0%

95Marshall County, KYKY31,659100+0%

96Christian County, KYKY70,115101+0%

97Henderson County, KYKY44,255103+0%

98Greenup County, KYKY35,213107+0%

99Floyd County, KYKY34,401108+0%

100Montgomery County, KYKY28,822114+0%

101Scott County, KYKY62,262117+0%

102Laurel County, KYKY63,746122+0%

103Woodford County, KYKY27,883122+0%

104Clark County, KYKY37,888131+0%

105Hardin County, KYKY113,482151+0%

106Boyle County, KYKY31,632154+0%

107Madison County, KYKY101,696162+0%

108Warren County, KYKY149,375171+0%

109Daviess County, KYKY104,898200+0%

110Bullitt County, KYKY86,454206+0%

111Jessamine County, KYKY57,147227+0%

112Franklin County, KYKY52,649229+0%

113Oldham County, KYKY70,986247+0%

114McCracken County, KYKY67,553263+0%

115Boyd County, KYKY47,751311+0%

116Boone County, KYKY145,316349+0%

117Campbell County, KYKY95,441586+0%

118Fayette County, KYKY329,751918+0%

119Kenton County, KYKY175,779944+0%

120Jefferson County, KYKY795,2221,821+0%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES