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Kentucky is divided into 120 counties. All figures are from the 2010 census. The area is in square miles and the density is people per square mile.

County	Formed	Seat(s)	Land Area	Population	Density
Adair	1802	Columbia	405	18,656	46
Allen	1815	Scottsville	344	19,956	58
Anderson	1827	Lawrenceburg	202	21,421	106
Ballard	1842	Wickliffe	247	8,249	33
Barren	1799	Glasgow	488	42,173	87
Bath	1811	Owingsville	279	11,591	42
Bell	1867	Pineville	359	28,691	80
Boone	1799	Burlington	246	118,811	482
Bourbon	1786	Paris	290	19,985	69
Boyd	1860	Catlettsburg	160	49,542	310
Boyle	1842	Danville	180	28,432	158
Bracken	1797	Brooksville	206	8,488	41
Breathitt	1839	Jackson	492	13,878	28
Breckinridge	1800	Hardinsburg	567	20,059	35
Bullitt	1797	Shepherdsville	297	74,319	250
Butler	1810	Morgantown	426	12,690	30
Caldwell	1809	Princeton	345	12,984	38
Calloway	1823	Murray	385	37,191	97
Campbell	1795	Alexandria; Newport	151	90,336	597
Carlisle	1886	Bardwell	189	5,104	27
Carroll	1838	Carrollton	129	10,811	84
Carter	1838	Grayson	410	27,720	68
Casey	1807	Liberty	444	15,955	36
Christian	1797	Hopkinsville	718	73,955	103
Clark	1793	Winchester	252	35,613	141
Clay	1807	Manchester	469	21,730	46
Clinton	1836	Albany	197	10,272	52
Crittenden	1842	Marion	360	9,315	26
Cumberland	1799	Burkesville	305	6,856	22
Daviess	1815	Owensboro	458	96,656	211
Edmonson	1826	Brownsville	303	12,161	40
Elliott	1869	Sandy Hook	234	7,852	34
Estill	1808	Irvine	253	14,672	58
Fayette	1780	Lexington	284	295,803	1,043
Fleming	1798	Flemingsburg	349	14,348	41
Floyd	1800	Prestonsburg	393	39,451	100
Franklin	1795	Frankfort	208	49,285	237
Fulton	1845	Hickman	206	6,813	33
Gallatin	1799	Warsaw	101	8,589	85
Garrard	1797	Lancaster	230	16,912	74
Grant	1820	Williamstown	258	24,662	96
Graves	1824	Mayfield	552	37,121	67
Grayson	1810	Leitchfield	497	25,746	52
Green	1793	Greensburg	286	11,258	39
Greenup	1804	Greenup	344	36,910	107
Hancock	1829	Hawesville	188	8,565	46
Hardin	1793	Elizabethtown	623	105,543	169
Harlan	1819	Harlan	466	29,278	63
Harrison	1794	Cynthiana	306	18,846	62
Hart	1819	Munfordville	412	18,199	44
Henderson	1799	Henderson	437	46,250	106
Henry	1799	New Castle	286	15,416	54
Hickman	1822	Clinton	242	4,902	20
Hopkins	1807	Madisonville	542	46,920	87
Jackson	1858	McKee	345	13,494	39
Jefferson	1780	Louisville	380	741,096	1,948
Jessamine	1799	Nicholasville	172	48,586	282
Johnson	1843	Paintsville	262	23,356	89
Kenton	1840	Covington; Independence	160	159,720	997
Knott	1884	Hindman	352	16,346	47
Knox	1800	Barbourville	386	31,883	83
LaRue	1843	Hodgenville	262	14,193	54
Laurel	1826	London	434	58,849	136
Lawrence	1822	Louisa	416	15,860	38
Lee	1870	Beattyville	209	7,887	38
Leslie	1878	Hyden	401	11,310	28
Letcher	1842	Whitesburg	338	24,519	73
Lewis	1807	Vanceburg	483	13,870	29
Lincoln	1780	Stanford	334	24,742	74
Livingston	1799	Smithland	313	9,519	30
Logan	1792	Russellville	552	26,835	49
Lyon	1854	Eddyville	214	8,314	39
Madison	1786	Richmond	437	82,916	190
Magoffin	1860	Salyersville	308	13,333	43
Marion	1834	Lebanon	343	19,820	58
Marshall	1842	Benton	301	31,448	104
Martin	1870	Inez	230	12,929	56
Mason	1789	Maysville	240	17,490	73
McCracken	1825	Paducah	249	65,565	264
McCreary	1912	Whitley City	427	18,306	43
McLean	1854	Calhoun	252	9,531	38
Meade	1824	Brandenburg	305	28,602	94
Menifee	1869	Frenchburg	204	6,306	31
Mercer	1786	Harrodsburg	249	21,331	86
Metcalfe	1860	Edmonton	290	10,099	35
Monroe	1820	Tompkinsville	329	10,963	33
Montgomery	1797	Mount Sterling	197	26,499	134
Morgan	1823	West Liberty	381	13,923	37
Muhlenberg	1799	Greenville	467	31,499	67
Nelson	1785	Bardstown	418	43,437	104
Nicholas	1800	Carlisle	195	7,135	37
Ohio	1799	Hartford	587	23,842	41
Oldham	1824	La Grange	187	60,316	322
Owen	1819	Owenton	351	10,841	31
Owsley	1843	Booneville	197	4,755	24
Pendleton	1799	Falmouth	277	14,877	54
Perry	1821	Hazard	340	28,712	85
Pike	1822	Pikeville	787	65,024	83
Powell	1852	Stanton	179	12,613	70
Pulaski	1799	Somerset	658	63,063	96
Robertson	1867	Mount Olivet	100	2,282	23
Rockcastle	1810	Mount Vernon	317	17,056	54
Rowan	1856	Morehead	280	23,333	83
Russell	1826	Jamestown	254	17,565	69
Scott	1792	Georgetown	282	47,173	167
Shelby	1792	Shelbyville	380	42,074	111
Simpson	1819	Franklin	234	17,327	74
Spencer	1824	Taylorsville	187	17,061	91
Taylor	1848	Campbellsville	266	24,512	92
Todd	1820	Elkton	375	12,460	33
Trigg	1820	Cadiz	441	14,339	32
Trimble	1837	Bedford	152	8,809	58
Union	1811	Morganfield	343	15,007	44
Warren	1797	Bowling Green	542	113,792	210
Washington	1792	Springfield	297	11,717	39
Wayne	1800	Monticello	458	20,813	45
Webster	1860	Dixon	332	13,621	41
Whitley	1818	Williamsburg	438	35,637	81
Wolfe	1860	Campton	222	7,355	33
Woodford	1789	Versailles	189	24,939	132
Total			39,486	4,339,367	110

DISSOLVED COUNTY

County	Formed	Seat(s)	Land Area	Dissolved
Beckham	1904	Olive Hill	300	1904

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