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Monroe County, Kentucky

A county in Kentucky, ranked 94 of 120 by population.

CountyFIPS 21171

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

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Population
11,191
-124 (-1.1%) since 2020
Land area
329.5
square miles. A further 0.8% of the total area is water
Population density
34.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Tompkinsville
Seat of county government.
Established
1820
205 years ago
Largest city
Tompkinsville city
Population 2,235.

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 Monroe 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 Monroe 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 460 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 Monroe 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
Population11,19194th of 1202,334th of 3,144
Land area329.5 sq mi56th of 1202,738th of 3,144
Population density34.0 per sq mi102nd of 1201,814th of 3,144
Median household income$51,28079th of 1202,701st of 3,143

Full data for Monroe County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population11,191Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202011,315Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?11,335Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area329.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area332.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?34.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$51,280American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$115,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,645American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units5,279American 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
-45
150 births, 195 deaths
Net migration
+81
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 Monroe 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
Cumberland CountyKentucky24 mi5,992
Clay CountyTennessee20 mi7,821
Barren CountyKentucky16 mi45,641
Macon CountyTennessee10 mi27,663
Metcalfe CountyKentucky8.5 mi10,583
Allen CountyKentucky7.6 mi22,536

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.