Demographics of Crittenden County, Kentucky

Crittenden County, Kentucky had 8,807 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −195 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.

Crittenden County, in four figures

8,807
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −2.2%
Change since July 2020: −195 people.; 42.9 ±1.1
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $46,656 ±$4,388
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.

Crittenden County, Kentucky's population shrank 2.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Crittenden 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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Crittenden County, Kentucky's population shrank 2.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Crittenden 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	9,002	100.0	100.0
2021	8,945	99.4	100.2
2022	8,973	99.7	100.7
2023	8,991	99.9	101.6
2024	8,975	99.7	102.5
2025	8,807	97.8	103.1

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Population of Crittenden 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	9,002	+16	−3	0	+17
2021	8,945	−57	−48	+1	−16
2022	8,973	+28	−57	+4	+84
2023	8,991	+18	−10	+5	+25
2024	8,975	−16	−21	+7	−1
2025	8,807	−168	−21	+4	−148

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 42.9 ±1.1: for men 41.9 ±0.9 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 Crittenden County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Kentucky	United States
Under 5	486 ±32	5.4% ±0.4	5.9% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,594 ±164	17.8% ±1.8	16.7% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	623 ±143	6.9% ±1.6	9.1% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	2,035 ±164	22.7% ±1.8	25.7% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	2,350 ±157	26.2% ±1.8	25.3% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	1,891 ±219	21.1% ±2.4	17.3% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $46,656 ±$4,388, and income per person $28,700 ±$2,526, 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 Crittenden County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Kentucky	United States
Under $25,000	711 ±176	20.1% ±4.8	19.6% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,173 ±234	33.1% ±6.3	20.4% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	415 ±101	11.7% ±2.8	17.1% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	435 ±140	12.3% ±3.9	12.8% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	561 ±130	15.8% ±3.6	15.9% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	163 ±67	4.6% ±1.9	7.1% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	85 ±39	2.4% ±1.1	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 Crittenden County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Kentucky	United States
All ages	1,551 ±408	17.7% ±4.7	16.1% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	601 ±156	29.1% ±6.6	20.3% ±0.4	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	761 ±228	17.9% ±5.2	15.4% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	189 ±71	7.8% ±2.8	13.4% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Crittenden County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Crittenden County	Kentucky	United States
Housing units	4,346 ±18	2,023,116 ±474	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	81.5% ±4.7	89.7% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	18.5% ±4.7	10.3% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	78.2% ±3.2	68.3% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	21.8% ±4.7	31.7% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$127,300 ±$24,662	$205,600 ±$1,096	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$714 ±$218	$967 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1975 ±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 Crittenden County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Kentucky	United States
Hispanic or Latino	158 ±0	1.8% ±<0.1	5.0% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	8,423 ±79	93.8% ±0.9	81.5% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	2 to 64	< 0.1% to 0.7%	7.6% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 87	0% to 1.0%	1.6% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 38	0% to 0.4%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 18	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 118	0% to 1.3%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	277 ±76	3.1% ±0.8	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 Crittenden County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Kentucky	United States
Born in the state	6,461 ±331	72.0% ±3.7	67.3% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	2,465 ±341	27.5% ±3.8	27.1% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	0 to 31	0% to 0.3%	0.9% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	0 to 99	0% to 1.1%	4.7% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	0 to 11	0% to 0.1%	1.9% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	0 to 95	0% to 1.1%	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%.

Crittenden County among the counties of Kentucky

106th of 120 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Kentucky page.

Counties of Kentucky near Crittenden County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Lyon County	9,123	+5.2%
McLean County	9,064	−0.8%
Hancock County	9,050	−0.6%
Livingston County	8,863	−0.1%
Gallatin County	8,840	+1.9%
Crittenden County	8,807	−2.2%
Trimble County	8,701	+2.8%
Bracken County	8,511	+1.3%
Nicholas County	7,949	+5.4%
Ballard County	7,594	−1.5%
Lee County	7,297	−0.9%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 6 Counties in Kentucky by homeownership rate
No. 11 Counties in Kentucky by median age
No. 16 Counties in Kentucky by poverty rate
No. 18 Counties in Kentucky by median rent
No. 30 Counties in Kentucky by per capita income
No. 49 Counties in Kentucky by median home value

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