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Breckinridge County, Kentucky

A county in Kentucky, ranked 54 of 120 by population.

CountyFIPS 21027

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

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Population
21,503
+1,060 (+5.2%) since 2020
Land area
569.7
square miles. A further 2.7% of the total area is water
Population density
37.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Hardinsburg
Seat of county government.
Established
1799
226 years ago
Largest city
Hardinsburg city
Population 2,513.

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 Breckinridge 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 Breckinridge 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 696 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 Breckinridge 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
Population21,50354th of 1201,751st of 3,144
Land area569.7 sq mi6th of 1201,780th of 3,144
Population density37.7 per sq mi93rd of 1201,724th of 3,144
Median household income$55,84366th of 1202,415th of 3,143

Full data for Breckinridge County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population21,503Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202020,443Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?20,432Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area569.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area15.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area585.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?37.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$55,843American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$156,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households8,069American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units10,799American 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
+2
250 births, 248 deaths
Net migration
+239
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 Breckinridge 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
Grayson CountyKentucky47 mi27,406
Meade CountyKentucky25 mi30,699
Perry CountyIndiana22 mi19,389
Hardin CountyKentucky16 mi113,482
Hancock CountyKentucky15 mi9,050
Ohio CountyKentucky8.3 mi23,934

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.