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Henry County, Kentucky

A county in Kentucky, ranked 69 of 120 by population.

CountyFIPS 21103

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

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Population
16,447
+754 (+4.8%) since 2020
Land area
286.3
square miles. A further 1.7% of the total area is water
Population density
57.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
New Castle
Seat of county government.
Established
1798
227 years ago
Largest city
Eminence city
Population 2,823.

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 Henry 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 Henry 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 583 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 Henry 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
Population16,44769th of 1202,009th of 3,144
Land area286.3 sq mi69th of 1202,829th of 3,144
Population density57.5 per sq mi64th of 1201,343rd of 3,144
Median household income$63,34735th of 1201,764th of 3,143

Full data for Henry County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population16,447Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202015,693Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?15,676Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area286.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area291.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?57.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$63,347American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$197,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,147American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,705American 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
-13
180 births, 193 deaths
Net migration
+262
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 Henry 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
Owen CountyKentucky37 mi11,601
Shelby CountyKentucky16 mi51,243
Trimble CountyKentucky11 mi8,701
Oldham CountyKentucky11 mi70,986
Franklin CountyKentucky8.8 mi52,649
Carroll CountyKentucky5.1 mi11,141

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.