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Bracken County, Kentucky

A county in Kentucky, ranked 108 of 120 by population.

CountyFIPS 21023

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

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Population
8,511
+112 (+1.3%) since 2020
Land area
202.7
square miles. A further 3.0% of the total area is water
Population density
42.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Brooksville
Seat of county government.
Established
1796
229 years ago
Largest city
Augusta city
Population 1,099.

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 Bracken 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 Bracken 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 753 by 800 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 Bracken 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
Population8,511108th of 1202,535th of 3,144
Land area202.7 sq mi100th of 1202,992nd of 3,144
Population density42.0 per sq mi81st of 1201,629th of 3,144
Median household income$66,31921st of 1201,491st of 3,143

Full data for Bracken County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population8,511Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20208,399Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?8,400Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area202.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area6.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area209 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?42.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$66,319American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$125,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,364American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,860American 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
-26
89 births, 115 deaths
Net migration
+76
More people moved in than moved out.

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

The 6 areas bordering Bracken 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
Robertson CountyKentucky21 mi2,325
Pendleton CountyKentucky19 mi14,800
Mason CountyKentucky13 mi16,936
Clermont CountyOhio11 mi216,977
Brown CountyOhio8.9 mi44,397
Harrison CountyKentucky6.2 mi19,627

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.