Total Population in Letcher County, KY

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Total Population
20,808
Rank #1,833 of 3,222
43th percentile

How Letcher County Compares

Letcher County
20,808
Kentucky Average
20,808
Rank #55 of 120 in state
National
330M
100.0% below

National Distribution

Where Letcher County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for total population.

33 9,808,667

■ Letcher County: 20,808

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#1,830 Ogemaw County, MI 20,885
#1,831 Breckinridge County, KY 20,881
#1,832 Union Parish, LA 20,821
#1,833 Letcher County, KY 20,808
#1,834 Adams County, WA 20,800
#1,835 Sullivan County, IN 20,780
#1,836 Nodaway County, MO 20,774
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Total Population in Letcher County, Kentucky

Letcher County, Kentucky has a total population of 20,808, which ranks #1,833 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 100.0% below the national value of 330M.

Within Kentucky, Letcher County ranks #55 of 120 out of 120 counties. This places it in the 43th 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.