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Perry County, Kentucky

A county in Kentucky, ranked 42 of 120 by population.

CountyFIPS 21193

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

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Population
26,555
-1,815 (-6.4%) since 2020
Land area
339.7
square miles. A further 0.8% of the total area is water
Population density
78.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Hazard
Seat of county government.
Established
1820
205 years ago
Largest city
Hazard city
Population 4,794.

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 Perry 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 Perry 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 783 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 Perry 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
Population26,55542nd of 1201,556th of 3,144
Land area339.7 sq mi52nd of 1202,711th of 3,144
Population density78.2 per sq mi46th of 1201,100th of 3,144
Median household income$42,181101st of 1203,022nd of 3,143

Full data for Perry County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population26,555Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202028,370Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?28,473Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area339.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area342.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?78.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$42,181American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$91,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households11,078American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units13,295American 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
-121
318 births, 439 deaths
Net migration
-129
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Perry 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
Leslie CountyKentucky54 mi9,627
Breathitt CountyKentucky39 mi12,558
Letcher CountyKentucky25 mi19,952
Knott CountyKentucky25 mi13,321
Owsley CountyKentucky9.0 mi3,932
Harlan CountyKentucky5.3 mi24,725
Clay CountyKentucky2.6 mi19,465

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.