County Maps US

Estill County, Kentucky

A county in Kentucky, ranked 78 of 120 by population.

CountyFIPS 21065

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

Download SVGFull Kentucky map downloads

Population
13,962
-194 (-1.4%) since 2020
Land area
253.1
square miles. A further 1.0% of the total area is water
Population density
55.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Irvine
Seat of county government.
Established
1808
217 years ago
Largest city
Irvine city
Population 2,273.

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 Estill 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 Estill 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 777 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 Estill 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
Population13,96278th of 1202,169th of 3,144
Land area253.1 sq mi81st of 1202,901st of 3,144
Population density55.2 per sq mi65th of 1201,377th of 3,144
Median household income$46,05191st of 1202,930th of 3,143

Full data for Estill County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population13,962Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202014,156Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?14,161Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area253.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area255.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?55.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$46,051American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$119,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,975American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,864American 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
-121
139 births, 260 deaths
Net migration
+138
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 Estill 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
Madison CountyKentucky31 mi101,696
Powell CountyKentucky28 mi12,812
Lee CountyKentucky20 mi7,297
Jackson CountyKentucky11 mi13,325
Clark CountyKentucky11 mi37,888

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 120 counties of Kentucky

Open the interactive Kentucky county map, or jump straight to any of them.

Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.