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Most sparsely populated, Kentucky counties · 2010

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, KYKY4,37220−7%

02Cumberland County, KYKY5,99222−4%

03Robertson County, KYKY2,32523+1%

04Owsley County, KYKY3,93224−2%

05Crittenden County, KYKY8,80726−1%

06Carlisle County, KYKY4,74727−5%

07Breathitt County, KYKY12,55828−14%

08Leslie County, KYKY9,62728−9%

09Lewis County, KYKY12,90129−2%

10Butler County, KYKY12,52030−2%

11Livingston County, KYKY8,86330−3%

12Owen County, KYKY11,60131+3%

13Menifee County, KYKY6,43031−4%

14Trigg County, KYKY14,51232+14%

15Fulton County, KYKY6,21833−12%

16Wolfe County, KYKY6,29833+4%

17Todd County, KYKY12,97233+4%

18Monroe County, KYKY11,19133−7%

19Ballard County, KYKY7,59433−0%

20Elliott County, KYKY7,26534+16%

21Metcalfe County, KYKY10,58335+1%

22Breckinridge County, KYKY21,50335+8%

23Casey County, KYKY16,20536+3%

24Nicholas County, KYKY7,94937+5%

25Morgan County, KYKY14,41537−0%

26Caldwell County, KYKY12,60938−1%

27McLean County, KYKY9,06438−4%

28Lee County, KYKY7,29738−0%

29Lawrence County, KYKY15,76538+2%

30Lyon County, KYKY9,12339+3%

31Jackson County, KYKY13,32539−0%

32Green County, KYKY11,64439−2%

33Washington County, KYKY12,36839+7%

34Edmonson County, KYKY12,74940+4%

35Ohio County, KYKY23,93441+4%

36Webster County, KYKY12,92941−4%

37Fleming County, KYKY15,78741+4%

38Bath County, KYKY13,17642+5%

39Bracken County, KYKY8,51142+3%

40McCreary County, KYKY17,12443+7%

41Magoffin County, KYKY11,11043+0%

42Union County, KYKY12,83944−4%

43Hart County, KYKY20,11744+4%

44Wayne County, KYKY19,59745+4%

45Hancock County, KYKY9,05046+2%

46Adair County, KYKY19,42346+8%

47Clay County, KYKY19,46546−12%

48Knott County, KYKY13,32147−7%

49Logan County, KYKY28,66949+1%

50Grayson County, KYKY27,40652+7%

51Clinton County, KYKY9,13952+7%

52Pendleton County, KYKY14,80054+3%

53Henry County, KYKY16,44754+2%

54Rockcastle County, KYKY16,14854+3%

55Larue County, KYKY15,18454+6%

56Martin County, KYKY10,69756+3%

57Marion County, KYKY20,11558+9%

58Estill County, KYKY13,96258−4%

59Allen County, KYKY22,53658+12%

60Trimble County, KYKY8,70160+8%

61Harrison County, KYKY19,62761+5%

62Harlan County, KYKY24,72563−12%

63Graves County, KYKY37,05067+0%

64Muhlenberg County, KYKY30,63467−1%

65Carter County, KYKY26,14968+3%

66Bourbon County, KYKY20,24369+3%

67Russell County, KYKY18,60869+8%

68Powell County, KYKY12,81270−5%

69Letcher County, KYKY19,95273−3%

70Mason County, KYKY16,93673+4%

71Garrard County, KYKY18,20774+14%

72Simpson County, KYKY20,78874+6%

73Lincoln County, KYKY25,35374+6%

74Bell County, KYKY22,82980−5%

75Whitley County, KYKY37,29781−1%

76Knox County, KYKY29,53283+0%

77Pike County, KYKY54,72183−5%

78Rowan County, KYKY24,47683+6%

79Carroll County, KYKY11,14184+6%

80Perry County, KYKY26,55585−2%

81Mercer County, KYKY23,73386+2%

82Barren County, KYKY45,64187+11%

83Hopkins County, KYKY45,12787+1%

84Gallatin County, KYKY8,84087+9%

85Johnson County, KYKY22,05189−0%

86Spencer County, KYKY20,99891+45%

87Taylor County, KYKY26,76392+7%

88Meade County, KYKY30,69994+9%

89Grant County, KYKY26,18196+10%

90Pulaski County, KYKY67,38496+12%

91Calloway County, KYKY39,42197+9%

92Floyd County, KYKY34,401100−7%

93Christian County, KYKY70,115103+2%

94Nelson County, KYKY49,036104+16%

95Marshall County, KYKY31,659104+4%

96Anderson County, KYKY25,225106+12%

97Henderson County, KYKY44,255106+3%

98Greenup County, KYKY35,213107+0%

99Shelby County, KYKY51,243111+26%

100Woodford County, KYKY27,883132+7%

101Montgomery County, KYKY28,822134+17%

102Laurel County, KYKY63,746136+12%

103Clark County, KYKY37,888141+7%

104Boyle County, KYKY31,632158+3%

105Scott County, KYKY62,262167+43%

106Hardin County, KYKY113,482169+12%

107Madison County, KYKY101,696189+17%

108Warren County, KYKY149,375210+23%

109Daviess County, KYKY104,898211+6%

110Franklin County, KYKY52,649237+3%

111Bullitt County, KYKY86,454250+21%

112McCracken County, KYKY67,553264+0%

113Jessamine County, KYKY57,147282+24%

114Boyd County, KYKY47,751310−0%

115Oldham County, KYKY70,986322+31%

116Boone County, KYKY145,316482+38%

117Campbell County, KYKY95,441597+2%

118Kenton County, KYKY175,779996+5%

119Fayette County, KYKY329,7511,042+14%

120Jefferson County, KYKY795,2221,946+7%

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