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Bourbon County, Kentucky

A county in Kentucky, ranked 57 of 120 by population.

CountyFIPS 21017

Within Kentucky
Bourbon County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Paris, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
20,243
-56 (-0.3%) since 2020
Land area
289.8
square miles. A further 0.6% of the total area is water
Population density
69.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Paris
Seat of county government.
Established
1786
239 years ago
Largest city
Paris city
Population 10,130.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Bourbon County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Bourbon County, Kentucky from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 671 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Bourbon County ranks

Position among the 120 counties of Kentucky, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn KentuckyNationally
Population20,24357th of 1201,813th of 3,144
Land area289.8 sq mi67th of 1202,824th of 3,144
Population density69.9 per sq mi52nd of 1201,182nd of 3,144
Median household income$61,35441st of 1201,948th of 3,143

Full data for Bourbon County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population20,243Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202020,299Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?20,254Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area289.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area291.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?69.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$61,354American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$229,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households8,134American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units9,181American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-45
211 births, 256 deaths
Net migration
-48
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Bourbon County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Nicholas CountyKentucky36 mi7,949
Harrison CountyKentucky22 mi19,627
Fayette CountyKentucky20 mi329,751
Clark CountyKentucky12 mi37,888
Montgomery CountyKentucky7.9 mi28,822
Scott CountyKentucky7.6 mi62,262
Bath CountyKentuckya single point13,176

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 120 counties of Kentucky

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.