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Garrard County, Kentucky

A county in Kentucky, ranked 66 of 120 by population.

CountyFIPS 21079

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

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Population
18,207
+1,242 (+7.3%) since 2020
Land area
229.9
square miles. A further 1.7% of the total area is water
Population density
79.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Lancaster
Seat of county government.
Established
1796
229 years ago
Largest city
Lancaster city
Population 4,111.

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 Garrard 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 Garrard 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 715 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 Garrard 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
Population18,20766th of 1201,924th of 3,144
Land area229.9 sq mi92nd of 1202,951st of 3,144
Population density79.2 per sq mi45th of 1201,088th of 3,144
Median household income$63,08737th of 1201,787th of 3,143

Full data for Garrard County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population18,207Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202016,965Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?16,949Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area229.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area234 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?79.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$63,087American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$204,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,695American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units7,280American 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
-71
176 births, 247 deaths
Net migration
+334
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 Garrard 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 CountyKentucky32 mi101,696
Jessamine CountyKentucky28 mi57,147
Lincoln CountyKentucky20 mi25,353
Boyle CountyKentucky20 mi31,632
Mercer CountyKentucky16 mi23,733
Rockcastle CountyKentucky10 mi16,148

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.