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Fleming County, Kentucky

A county in Kentucky, ranked 72 of 120 by population.

CountyFIPS 21069

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

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Population
15,787
+698 (+4.6%) since 2020
Land area
348.7
square miles. A further 0.8% of the total area is water
Population density
45.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Flemingsburg
Seat of county government.
Established
1798
227 years ago
Largest city
Flemingsburg city
Population 3,005.

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 Fleming 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 Fleming 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 693 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 Fleming 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
Population15,78772nd of 1202,054th of 3,144
Land area348.7 sq mi45th of 1202,683rd of 3,144
Population density45.3 per sq mi77th of 1201,567th of 3,144
Median household income$49,30784th of 1202,809th of 3,143

Full data for Fleming County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population15,787Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202015,089Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?15,076Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area348.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area351.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?45.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$49,307American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$134,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,859American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,793American 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
+32
215 births, 183 deaths
Net migration
+108
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 Fleming 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
Bath CountyKentucky32 mi13,176
Rowan CountyKentucky26 mi24,476
Lewis CountyKentucky26 mi12,901
Nicholas CountyKentucky20 mi7,949
Mason CountyKentucky17 mi16,936
Robertson CountyKentucky5.0 mi2,325

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.