Demographics of Breckinridge County, Kentucky

Breckinridge County, Kentucky had 21,503 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +1,060 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Breckinridge County, in four figures

21,503
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +5.2%
Change since July 2020: +1,060 people.; 42.5 ±0.8
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $55,843 ±$4,183
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Breckinridge County, Kentucky's population grew 5.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Breckinridge County, Kentucky's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Breckinridge County, Kentucky's population grew 5.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Breckinridge County, Kentucky's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	20,443	100.0	100.0
2021	20,673	101.1	100.2
2022	20,932	102.4	100.7
2023	21,120	103.3	101.6
2024	21,264	104.0	102.5
2025	21,503	105.2	103.1

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Population of Breckinridge County, Kentucky on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	20,443	+11	−9	0	+15
2021	20,673	+230	−38	+1	+267
2022	20,932	+259	−127	+2	+376
2023	21,120	+188	−36	+4	+218
2024	21,264	+144	−3	0	+150
2025	21,503	+239	+2	−2	+241

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 42.5 ±0.8: for men 41.5 ±0.7 and for women 44.0 ±0.9. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Breckinridge County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Kentucky	United States
Under 5	1,277 ±95	6.1% ±0.5	5.9% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	3,491 ±293	16.7% ±1.4	16.7% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,673 ±240	8.0% ±1.1	9.1% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	4,537 ±265	21.7% ±1.3	25.7% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	5,643 ±351	27.0% ±1.7	25.3% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	4,260 ±345	20.4% ±1.7	17.3% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $55,843 ±$4,183, and income per person $30,854 ±$2,110, in 2024 dollars. The median is $63,726 ±$429 in Kentucky and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Breckinridge County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Kentucky	United States
Under $25,000	1,890 ±325	23.4% ±3.9	19.6% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,874 ±313	23.2% ±3.8	20.4% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,104 ±193	13.7% ±2.3	17.1% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,075 ±207	13.3% ±2.5	12.8% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,260 ±226	15.6% ±2.7	15.9% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	502 ±143	6.2% ±1.8	7.1% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	364 ±115	4.5% ±1.4	7.2% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Breckinridge County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Kentucky	United States
All ages	4,364 ±761	21.4% ±3.7	16.1% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,305 ±304	28.1% ±5.9	20.3% ±0.4	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	2,007 ±373	19.8% ±3.5	15.4% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	1,052 ±322	18.5% ±5.4	13.4% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Breckinridge County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Breckinridge County	Kentucky	United States
Housing units	10,799 ±34	2,023,116 ±474	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	74.7% ±2.8	89.7% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	25.3% ±2.8	10.3% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	81.4% ±2.5	68.3% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	18.6% ±3.3	31.7% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$156,700 ±$7,537	$205,600 ±$1,096	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$733 ±$85	$967 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1990 ±3	1982 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Breckinridge County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Kentucky	United States
Hispanic or Latino	350 ±0	1.7% ±<0.1	5.0% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	19,367 ±126	92.7% ±0.6	81.5% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	389 ±91	1.9% ±0.4	7.6% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 24	0% to 0.1%	1.6% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 24	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 37	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 218	0% to 1.0%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	659 ±104	3.2% ±0.5	3.9% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Breckinridge County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Kentucky	United States
Born in the state	16,491 ±609	79.0% ±2.9	67.3% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	4,158 ±594	19.9% ±2.8	27.1% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	32 to 180	0.2% to 0.9%	0.9% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	38 to 214	0.2% to 1.0%	4.7% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	20 to 196	0.1% to 0.9%	1.9% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	4 to 32	< 0.1% to 0.2%	2.8% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Breckinridge County among the counties of Kentucky

54th of 120 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Kentucky page.

Counties of Kentucky near Breckinridge County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Ohio County	23,934	+0.8%
Mercer County	23,733	+4.8%
Bell County	22,829	−4.8%
Allen County	22,536	+9.5%
Johnson County	22,051	−2.6%
Breckinridge County	21,503	+5.2%
Spencer County	20,998	+7.7%
Simpson County	20,788	+5.9%
Bourbon County	20,243	−0.3%
Hart County	20,117	+4.3%
Marion County	20,115	+2.7%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 4 Counties in Kentucky by homeownership rate
No. 10 Counties in Kentucky by poverty rate
No. 13 Counties in Kentucky by median age
No. 16 Counties by population growth in Kentucky
No. 22 Counties in Kentucky by per capita income
No. 25 Counties in Kentucky by median household income

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026