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Carlisle County, Kentucky

A county in Kentucky, ranked 117 of 120 by population.

CountyFIPS 21039

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

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Population
4,747
-60 (-1.2%) since 2020
Land area
189.5
square miles. A further 4.8% of the total area is water
Population density
25.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Bardwell
Seat of county government.
Established
1886
139 years ago
Largest city
Bardwell city
Population 713.

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 Carlisle 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 Carlisle 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 532 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 Carlisle 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
Population4,747117th of 1202,835th of 3,144
Land area189.5 sq mi107th of 1203,015th of 3,144
Population density25.1 per sq mi114th of 1202,064th of 3,144
Median household income$62,43938th of 1201,852nd of 3,143

Full data for Carlisle County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population4,747Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20204,807Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?4,820Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area189.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area9.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area199 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?25.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$62,439American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$120,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households1,865American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units2,307American 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
-22
60 births, 82 deaths
Net migration
+6
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 5 areas bordering Carlisle 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
Ballard CountyKentucky33 mi7,594
Hickman CountyKentucky19 mi4,372
Mississippi CountyMissouri15 mi12,003
Graves CountyKentucky12 mi37,050
McCracken CountyKentucky0.5 mi67,553

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.