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Wayne County, Kentucky

A county in Kentucky, ranked 62 of 120 by population.

CountyFIPS 21231

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

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Population
19,597
+49 (+0.3%) since 2020
Land area
458
square miles. A further 5.4% of the total area is water
Population density
42.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Monticello
Seat of county government.
Established
1800
225 years ago
Largest city
Monticello city
Population 5,721.

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 Wayne 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 Wayne 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 799 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 Wayne 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
Population19,59762nd of 1201,854th of 3,144
Land area458 sq mi19th of 1202,236th of 3,144
Population density42.8 per sq mi78th of 1201,611th of 3,144
Median household income$45,73993rd of 1202,942nd of 3,143

Full data for Wayne County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population19,597Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202019,548Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?19,562Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area458 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area26.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area484.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?42.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$45,739American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$135,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households8,074American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units10,134American 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
-110
186 births, 296 deaths
Net migration
+144
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 Wayne 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
McCreary CountyKentucky33 mi17,124
Pulaski CountyKentucky22 mi67,384
Clinton CountyKentucky22 mi9,139
Russell CountyKentucky18 mi18,608
Pickett CountyTennessee11 mi5,219
Scott CountyTennessee0.4 mi22,671

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.