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Christian County, Kentucky

A county in Kentucky, ranked 12 of 120 by population.

CountyFIPS 21047

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

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Population
70,115
-2,637 (-3.6%) since 2020
Land area
717.8
square miles. A further 0.9% of the total area is water
Population density
97.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Hopkinsville
Seat of county government.
Established
1796
229 years ago
Largest city
Hopkinsville city
Population 30,411.

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 Christian 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 Christian 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 604 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 Christian 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
Population70,11512th of 120795th of 3,144
Land area717.8 sq mi2nd of 1201,253rd of 3,144
Population density97.7 per sq mi34th of 120932nd of 3,144
Median household income$55,49467th of 1202,437th of 3,143

Full data for Christian County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population70,115Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202072,752Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?72,799Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area717.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area6.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area724 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?97.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$55,494American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$173,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age28.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households25,725American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units29,362American 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
+461
1,189 births, 728 deaths
Net migration
-1,747
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 Christian 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
Todd CountyKentucky30 mi12,972
Trigg CountyKentucky28 mi14,512
Hopkins CountyKentucky25 mi45,127
Muhlenberg CountyKentucky18 mi30,634
Montgomery CountyTennessee17 mi249,935
Caldwell CountyKentucky11 mi12,609
Stewart CountyTennessee2.9 mi14,439

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.