Demographics of Carlisle County, Kentucky

Carlisle County, Kentucky had 4,747 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −60 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.

Carlisle County, in four figures

4,747
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −1.2%
Change since July 2020: −60 people.; 43.8 ±0.8
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $62,439 ±$7,385
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.

Carlisle County, Kentucky's population shrank 1.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Carlisle 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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Carlisle County, Kentucky's population shrank 1.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Carlisle 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	4,807	100.0	100.0
2021	4,763	99.1	100.2
2022	4,723	98.3	100.7
2023	4,744	98.7	101.6
2024	4,764	99.1	102.5
2025	4,747	98.8	103.1

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Population of Carlisle 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	4,807	−13	−11	0	−4
2021	4,763	−44	−39	0	−9
2022	4,723	−40	−44	+1	+7
2023	4,744	+21	−19	+14	+25
2024	4,764	+20	−21	+6	+37
2025	4,747	−17	−22	+3	+3

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 43.8 ±0.8: for men 43.5 ±1.1 and for women 44.2 ±0.9. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Carlisle County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Kentucky	United States
Under 5	285 ±13	6.0% ±0.3	5.9% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	832 ±101	17.5% ±2.1	16.7% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	365 ±72	7.7% ±1.5	9.1% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	1,041 ±88	21.9% ±1.8	25.7% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	1,281 ±110	26.9% ±2.3	25.3% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	958 ±134	20.1% ±2.8	17.3% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $62,439 ±$7,385, and income per person $33,432 ±$3,382, 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 Carlisle County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Kentucky	United States
Under $25,000	332 ±79	17.8% ±4.1	19.6% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	440 ±100	23.6% ±5.2	20.4% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	321 ±78	17.2% ±4.0	17.1% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	181 ±54	9.7% ±2.8	12.8% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	358 ±74	19.2% ±3.8	15.9% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	117 ±49	6.3% ±2.6	7.1% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	116 ±44	6.2% ±2.3	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 Carlisle County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Kentucky	United States
All ages	708 ±145	15.1% ±3.1	16.1% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	260 ±82	23.5% ±6.8	20.3% ±0.4	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	308 ±67	13.1% ±2.8	15.4% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	140 ±67	11.3% ±5.3	13.4% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Carlisle County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Carlisle County	Kentucky	United States
Housing units	2,307 ±16	2,023,116 ±474	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	80.8% ±4.9	89.7% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	19.2% ±5.0	10.3% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	80.4% ±4.4	68.3% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	19.6% ±4.0	31.7% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$120,400 ±$27,287	$205,600 ±$1,096	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$792 ±$183	$967 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1979 ±4	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 Carlisle County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Kentucky	United States
Hispanic or Latino	153 ±0	3.2% ±<0.1	5.0% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	4,285 ±49	90.0% ±1.0	81.5% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	71 ±21	1.5% ±0.4	7.6% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 11	0% to 0.2%	1.6% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 16	0% to 0.3%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 21	0% to 0.4%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 7	0% to 0.1%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	231 ±53	4.9% ±1.1	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 Carlisle County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Kentucky	United States
Born in the state	3,000 ±180	63.0% ±3.8	67.3% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	1,700 ±175	35.7% ±3.7	27.1% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	0 to 24	0% to 0.5%	0.9% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	23 to 79	0.5% to 1.7%	4.7% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	0 to 4	0% to 0.1%	1.9% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	22 to 78	0.5% to 1.6%	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%.

Carlisle County among the counties of Kentucky

117th of 120 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Kentucky page.

Counties of Kentucky near Carlisle County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Elliott County	7,265	−0.9%
Menifee County	6,430	+4.8%
Wolfe County	6,298	−4.0%
Fulton County	6,218	−4.5%
Cumberland County	5,992	+2.3%
Carlisle County	4,747	−1.2%
Hickman County	4,372	−3.4%
Owsley County	3,932	−2.5%
Robertson County	2,325	+6.6%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 4 Counties in Kentucky by homeownership rate
No. 8 Counties in Kentucky by median age
No. 12 Counties in Kentucky by median household income
No. 12 Counties in Kentucky by median rent
No. 14 Counties in Kentucky by per capita income
No. 31 Counties in Kentucky by poverty rate

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