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McLean County, Kentucky

A county in Kentucky, ranked 102 of 120 by population.

CountyFIPS 21149

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

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Population
9,064
-70 (-0.8%) since 2020
Land area
252.5
square miles. A further 1.4% of the total area is water
Population density
35.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Calhoun
Seat of county government.
Established
1854
171 years ago
Largest city
Livermore city
Population 1,197.

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 McLean 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 McLean 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 677 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 McLean 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
Population9,064102nd of 1202,484th of 3,144
Land area252.5 sq mi82nd of 1202,902nd of 3,144
Population density35.9 per sq mi99th of 1201,773rd of 3,144
Median household income$65,59626th of 1201,584th of 3,143

Full data for McLean County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population9,064Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20209,134Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?9,151Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area252.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area256.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?35.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$65,596American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$148,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,641American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,173American 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
-43
100 births, 143 deaths
Net migration
+26
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 McLean 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
Daviess CountyKentucky23 mi104,898
Hopkins CountyKentucky17 mi45,127
Ohio CountyKentucky15 mi23,934
Muhlenberg CountyKentucky13 mi30,634
Webster CountyKentucky10 mi12,929
Henderson CountyKentucky5.8 mi44,255

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.