Total Population in Carter County, KY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Carter County Compares
National Distribution
Where Carter County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for total population.
■ Carter County: 26,341
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #1,600 | Goochland County, VA | 26,410 |
| #1,601 | Clay County, IN | 26,409 |
| #1,602 | Taylor County, KY | 26,397 |
| #1,603 | Carter County, KY | 26,341 |
| #1,604 | Union County, GA | 26,304 |
| #1,605 | Crook County, OR | 26,277 |
| #1,606 | Macon County, TN | 26,240 |
Total Population in Carter County, Kentucky
Carter County, Kentucky has a total population of 26,341, which ranks #1,603 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 100.0% below the national value of 330M.
Within Kentucky, Carter County ranks #43 of 120 out of 120 counties. This places it in the 50th percentile nationally.
Total population count from the American Community Survey. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.
About this data
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.