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Russell County, Kentucky

A county in Kentucky, ranked 65 of 120 by population.

CountyFIPS 21207

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

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Population
18,608
+611 (+3.4%) since 2020
Land area
253.3
square miles. A further 10.5% of the total area is water
Population density
73.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Jamestown
Seat of county government.
Established
1825
200 years ago
Largest city
Russell Springs city
Population 2,828.

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 Russell 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 Russell 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 784 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 Russell 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
Population18,60865th of 1201,904th of 3,144
Land area253.3 sq mi80th of 1202,900th of 3,144
Population density73.5 per sq mi49th of 1201,144th of 3,144
Median household income$44,73898th of 1202,972nd of 3,143

Full data for Russell County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population18,608Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202017,997Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?17,991Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area253.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area29.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area282.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?73.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$44,738American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$163,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,562American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units10,169American 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
-62
210 births, 272 deaths
Net migration
+121
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 Russell 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
Adair CountyKentucky21 mi19,423
Wayne CountyKentucky18 mi19,597
Clinton CountyKentucky14 mi9,139
Casey CountyKentucky11 mi16,205
Pulaski CountyKentucky10 mi67,384
Cumberland CountyKentucky8.3 mi5,992

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.