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Kenton County, Kentucky

A county in Kentucky, ranked 3 of 120 by population.

CountyFIPS 21117

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

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Population
175,779
+6,516 (+3.8%) since 2020
Land area
160.4
square miles. A further 2.4% of the total area is water
Population density
1,096
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Covington
Seat of county government.
Established
1840
185 years ago
Largest city
Covington city
Population 41,847.

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 Kenton 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 Kenton 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 455 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 Kenton 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
Population175,7793rd of 120399th of 3,144
Land area160.4 sq mi114th of 1203,051st of 3,144
Population density1,096 per sq mi3rd of 120149th of 3,144
Median household income$80,5488th of 120564th of 3,143

Full data for Kenton County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population175,779Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020169,263Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?169,041Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area160.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area164.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?1,096 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$80,548American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$244,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households67,367American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units73,221American 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
+576
2,180 births, 1,604 deaths
Net migration
+753
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 Kenton 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
Campbell CountyKentucky31 mi95,441
Boone CountyKentucky19 mi145,316
Hamilton CountyOhio7.1 mi838,418
Pendleton CountyKentucky6.3 mi14,800
Grant CountyKentucky4.8 mi26,181

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.