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Taylor County, Kentucky

A county in Kentucky, ranked 41 of 120 by population.

CountyFIPS 21217

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

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Population
26,763
+752 (+2.9%) since 2020
Land area
266.4
square miles. A further 3.8% of the total area is water
Population density
100
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Campbellsville
Seat of county government.
Established
1848
177 years ago
Largest city
Campbellsville city
Population 11,783.

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 Taylor 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 Taylor 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 594 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 Taylor 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
Population26,76341st of 1201,550th of 3,144
Land area266.4 sq mi76th of 1202,871st of 3,144
Population density100 per sq mi32nd of 120917th of 3,144
Median household income$60,45648th of 1202,046th of 3,143

Full data for Taylor County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population26,763Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202026,011Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?26,022Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area266.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area10.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area276.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?100 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$60,456American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$174,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households10,260American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units11,210American 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
-18
338 births, 356 deaths
Net migration
-33
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 5 areas bordering Taylor 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
Marion CountyKentucky34 mi20,115
Green CountyKentucky27 mi11,644
Adair CountyKentucky17 mi19,423
Casey CountyKentucky11 mi16,205
Larue CountyKentucky10 mi15,184

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.