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Background • Federal Census Summary • State Map with County Boundaries • Counties • Links to State Resources Background
Kentucky was part of Virginia prior to its admission as a State on June 1, 1792. It had essentially its present boundaries, except that because of erroneous surveys portions of the Kentucky-Tennessee boundary were in dispute for many years until finally resurveyed in 1859.
| Capital: Frankfort | Total Area: 40,444 sq mi | ||
| Latitude: 36°30'N to 39°9'N | Longitude: 81°58'W to 89°34'W | ||
| Last Significant Boundary Change: 1790 | |||
Kentucky was reported separately from Virginia in 1790; the county boundaries at that time corresponded to the present-day State lines between Kentucky and Virginia-West Virginia. Census coverage in 1790 included much of the State's territory, but the area west of the Tennessee River (the Jackson Purchase) was first enumerated in 1820.
| 1790: 73,677 | 1800: 220,955 | 1810: 406,511 | 1820: 564,317 |
| 1830: 687,917 | 1840: 779,828 | 1850: 982,405 | 1860: 1,155,684 |
| 1870: 1,321,011 | 1880: 1,648,690 | 1890: 1,858,635 | 1900: 2,147,174 |
| 1910: 2,289,905 | 1920: 2,416,630 | 1930: 2,614,589 | 1940: 2,845,627 |
| 1950: 2,944,806 | 1960: 3,038,156 | 1970: 3,218,706 | 1980: 3,660,777 |
| 1990: 3,685,296 | 2000: 4,041,769 |