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Edmonson County, Kentucky

A county in Kentucky, ranked 87 of 120 by population.

CountyFIPS 21061

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

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Population
12,749
+609 (+5.0%) since 2020
Land area
302.8
square miles. A further 1.7% of the total area is water
Population density
42.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Brownsville
Seat of county government.
Established
1825
200 years ago
Largest city
Brownsville city
Population 898.

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 Edmonson 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 Edmonson 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 699 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 Edmonson 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
Population12,74987th of 1202,237th of 3,144
Land area302.8 sq mi63rd of 1202,805th of 3,144
Population density42.1 per sq mi80th of 1201,627th of 3,144
Median household income$54,93768th of 1202,478th of 3,143

Full data for Edmonson County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population12,749Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202012,140Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?12,125Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area302.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area308 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?42.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$54,937American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$160,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age45.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,099American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,449American 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
-29
130 births, 159 deaths
Net migration
+119
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 Edmonson 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
Warren CountyKentucky20 mi149,375
Grayson CountyKentucky19 mi27,406
Hart CountyKentucky14 mi20,117
Butler CountyKentucky11 mi12,520
Barren CountyKentucky10 mi45,641

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.