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Laurel County, Kentucky

A county in Kentucky, ranked 15 of 120 by population.

CountyFIPS 21125

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

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Population
63,746
+1,013 (+1.6%) since 2020
Land area
433.7
square miles. A further 2.3% of the total area is water
Population density
147
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
London
Seat of county government.
Established
1825
200 years ago
Largest city
London city
Population 7,637.

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 Laurel 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 Laurel 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 787 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 Laurel 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
Population63,74615th of 120857th of 3,144
Land area433.7 sq mi25th of 1202,340th of 3,144
Population density147 per sq mi19th of 120705th of 3,144
Median household income$57,77160th of 1202,281st of 3,143

Full data for Laurel County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population63,746Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202062,733Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?62,613Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area433.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area10.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area443.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?147 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$57,771American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$159,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households23,996American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units26,818American 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
-95
647 births, 742 deaths
Net migration
+600
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 Laurel 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
Rockcastle CountyKentucky26 mi16,148
Whitley CountyKentucky25 mi37,297
Pulaski CountyKentucky23 mi67,384
Clay CountyKentucky23 mi19,465
Knox CountyKentucky20 mi29,532
Jackson CountyKentucky19 mi13,325
McCreary CountyKentucky5.6 mi17,124

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.