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Lincoln County, Kentucky

A county in Kentucky, ranked 45 of 120 by population.

CountyFIPS 21137

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

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Population
25,353
+1,104 (+4.6%) since 2020
Land area
332.9
square miles. A further 1.0% of the total area is water
Population density
76.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Stanford
Seat of county government.
Established
1780
245 years ago
Largest city
Stanford city
Population 3,761.

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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln 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 669 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 Lincoln 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
Population25,35345th of 1201,611th of 3,144
Land area332.9 sq mi54th of 1202,732nd of 3,144
Population density76.2 per sq mi48th of 1201,118th of 3,144
Median household income$52,44072nd of 1202,635th of 3,143

Full data for Lincoln County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population25,353Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202024,249Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?24,275Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area332.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area336.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?76.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$52,440American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$147,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households9,705American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units10,938American 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
+29
321 births, 292 deaths
Net migration
+273
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 Lincoln 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
Casey CountyKentucky27 mi16,205
Garrard CountyKentucky20 mi18,207
Boyle CountyKentucky19 mi31,632
Pulaski CountyKentucky16 mi67,384
Rockcastle CountyKentucky11 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.