Logan County, Kentucky

A county in Kentucky, ranked 38 of 120 by population.

CountyFIPS 21141

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

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Population
28,669
+1,154 (+4.2%) since 2020
Land area
552.2
square miles. A further 0.9% of the total area is water
Population density
51.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Russellville
Seat of county government.
Established
1792
233 years ago
Largest city
Russellville city
Population 7,454.

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 Logan 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 Logan 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 682 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 Logan 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
Population28,66938th of 1201,488th of 3,144
Land area552.2 sq mi7th of 1201,890th of 3,144
Population density51.9 per sq mi69th of 1201,431st of 3,144
Median household income$60,38249th of 1202,052nd of 3,143

Full data for Logan County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population28,669Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202027,515Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?27,429Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area552.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area557 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?51.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$60,382American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$164,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households11,005American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units12,473American 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
-28
339 births, 367 deaths
Net migration
+248
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 Logan 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
Todd CountyKentucky29 mi12,972
Simpson CountyKentucky20 mi20,788
Robertson CountyTennessee17 mi80,175
Butler CountyKentucky16 mi12,520
Warren CountyKentucky8.8 mi149,375
Muhlenberg CountyKentucky6.3 mi30,634

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.