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Graves County, Kentucky

A county in Kentucky, ranked 29 of 120 by population.

CountyFIPS 21083

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

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Population
37,050
+517 (+1.4%) since 2020
Land area
551.8
square miles. A further 0.9% of the total area is water
Population density
67.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Mayfield
Seat of county government.
Established
1824
201 years ago
Largest city
Mayfield city
Population 9,851.

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 Graves 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 Graves 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 517 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 Graves 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
Population37,05029th of 1201,266th of 3,144
Land area551.8 sq mi8th of 1201,894th of 3,144
Population density67.1 per sq mi54th of 1201,212th of 3,144
Median household income$50,77281st of 1202,726th of 3,143

Full data for Graves County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population37,050Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202036,533Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?36,654Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area551.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area556.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?67.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$50,772American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$147,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households14,139American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units16,425American 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
-62
428 births, 490 deaths
Net migration
+315
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 7 areas bordering Graves 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
Hickman CountyKentucky19 mi4,372
McCracken CountyKentucky18 mi67,553
Calloway CountyKentucky17 mi39,421
Weakley CountyTennessee17 mi33,261
Marshall CountyKentucky13 mi31,659
Carlisle CountyKentucky12 mi4,747
Henry CountyTennessee1.5 mi32,896

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.