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Livingston County, Kentucky

A county in Kentucky, ranked 104 of 120 by population.

CountyFIPS 21139

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

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Population
8,863
-8 (-0.1%) since 2020
Land area
313
square miles. A further 8.5% of the total area is water
Population density
28.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Smithland
Seat of county government.
Established
1798
227 years ago
Largest city
Salem city
Population 704.

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 Livingston 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 Livingston 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 572 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 Livingston 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
Population8,863104th of 1202,500th of 3,144
Land area313 sq mi58th of 1202,779th of 3,144
Population density28.3 per sq mi110th of 1201,979th of 3,144
Median household income$58,98457th of 1202,172nd of 3,143

Full data for Livingston County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population8,863Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20208,871Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?8,889Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area313 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area29.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area342.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?28.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$58,984American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$125,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age45.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,603American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,640American 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
-34
86 births, 120 deaths
Net migration
+50
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 Livingston 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
Crittenden CountyKentucky32 mi8,807
Pope CountyIllinois32 mi3,672
Marshall CountyKentucky17 mi31,659
Lyon CountyKentucky14 mi9,123
McCracken CountyKentucky6.4 mi67,553
Massac CountyIllinois4.6 mi13,502
Hardin CountyIllinois3.8 mi3,588

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.