Menifee County, Kentucky

A county in Kentucky, ranked 113 of 120 by population.

CountyFIPS 21165

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

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Population
6,430
+292 (+4.8%) since 2020
Land area
203.5
square miles. A further 1.2% of the total area is water
Population density
31.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Frenchburg
Seat of county government.
Established
1869
156 years ago
Largest city
Frenchburg city
Population 625.

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 Menifee 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 Menifee 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 720 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 Menifee 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
Population6,430113th of 1202,704th of 3,144
Land area203.5 sq mi99th of 1202,991st of 3,144
Population density31.6 per sq mi105th of 1201,878th of 3,144
Median household income$45,09695th of 1202,959th of 3,143

Full data for Menifee County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population6,430Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20206,138Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?6,113Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area203.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area205.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?31.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$45,096American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$125,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age46.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,478American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,367American 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
-32
66 births, 98 deaths
Net migration
+133
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 Menifee 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
Bath CountyKentucky23 mi13,176
Morgan CountyKentucky14 mi14,415
Wolfe CountyKentucky13 mi6,298
Powell CountyKentucky13 mi12,812
Rowan CountyKentucky9.8 mi24,476
Montgomery CountyKentucky7.9 mi28,822

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.