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