Total Population in Shelby County, KY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Shelby County Compares
National Distribution
Where Shelby County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for total population.
■ Shelby County: 49,096
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #1,021 | Dale County, AL | 49,599 |
| #1,022 | Montgomery County, NY | 49,528 |
| #1,023 | Duplin County, NC | 49,335 |
| #1,024 | Shelby County, KY | 49,096 |
| #1,025 | Le Flore County, OK | 49,053 |
| #1,026 | Knox County, IL | 49,046 |
| #1,027 | Henry County, IN | 48,970 |
Total Population in Shelby County, Kentucky
Shelby County, Kentucky has a total population of 49,096, which ranks #1,024 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 100.0% below the national value of 330M.
Within Kentucky, Shelby County ranks #20 of 120 out of 120 counties. This places it in the 68th 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.