Demographics of Meade County, Kentucky

Meade County, Kentucky had 30,699 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +669 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.

Meade County, in four figures

30,699
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +2.2%
Change since July 2020: +669 people.; 39.5 ±1.0
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $74,355 ±$4,361
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.

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

The July 1 estimate of Meade 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).

U.S. Census Bureau — Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change

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Meade County, Kentucky's population grew 2.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Meade 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	30,030	100.0	100.0
2021	30,150	100.4	100.2
2022	30,048	100.1	100.7
2023	30,189	100.5	101.6
2024	30,497	101.6	102.5
2025	30,699	102.2	103.1

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Population of Meade 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	30,030	+25	+6	0	+12
2021	30,150	+120	−85	+3	+177
2022	30,048	−102	−67	+23	−37
2023	30,189	+141	0	+3	+143
2024	30,497	+308	+15	+11	+286
2025	30,699	+202	+29	−3	+175

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 39.5 ±1.0: for men 39.4 ±1.3 and for women 39.6 ±1.7. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Meade County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Kentucky	United States
Under 5	1,501 ±59	5.0% ±0.2	5.9% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	5,106 ±319	16.9% ±1.1	16.7% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	2,348 ±255	7.8% ±0.8	9.1% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	8,415 ±450	27.9% ±1.5	25.7% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	8,080 ±428	26.8% ±1.4	25.3% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	4,708 ±378	15.6% ±1.3	17.3% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $74,355 ±$4,361, and income per person $36,483 ±$1,837, 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 Meade County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Kentucky	United States
Under $25,000	1,382 ±262	12.6% ±2.3	19.6% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,898 ±293	17.2% ±2.6	20.4% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	2,313 ±389	21.0% ±3.5	17.1% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,482 ±272	13.5% ±2.4	12.8% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,942 ±297	17.6% ±2.6	15.9% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,181 ±304	10.7% ±2.7	7.1% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	809 ±210	7.3% ±1.9	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 Meade County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Kentucky	United States
All ages	3,654 ±663	12.2% ±2.2	16.1% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,252 ±274	19.1% ±3.9	20.3% ±0.4	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	1,690 ±348	10.3% ±2.1	15.4% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	712 ±204	10.3% ±2.9	13.4% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Meade County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Meade County	Kentucky	United States
Housing units	12,237 ±33	2,023,116 ±474	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	89.9% ±2.6	89.7% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	10.1% ±2.6	10.3% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	74.1% ±3.4	68.3% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	25.9% ±3.1	31.7% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$207,900 ±$13,511	$205,600 ±$1,096	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,026 ±$63	$967 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1990 ±2	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 Meade County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Kentucky	United States
Hispanic or Latino	1,280 ±0	4.2% ±<0.1	5.0% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	26,533 ±111	88.0% ±0.4	81.5% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	1,002 ±103	3.3% ±0.3	7.6% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	194 ±94	0.6% ±0.3	1.6% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 59	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	8 to 220	< 0.1% to 0.7%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 25	0% to 0.1%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	998 ±188	3.3% ±0.6	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 Meade County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Kentucky	United States
Born in the state	19,082 ±799	63.3% ±2.6	67.3% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	10,129 ±778	33.6% ±2.6	27.1% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	528 ±234	1.8% ±0.8	0.9% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	419 ±141	1.4% ±0.5	4.7% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	221 ±109	0.7% ±0.4	1.9% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	78 to 318	0.3% 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%.

Meade County among the counties of Kentucky

34th of 120 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Kentucky page.

Counties of Kentucky near Meade County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Graves County	37,050	+1.4%
Greenup County	35,213	−1.9%
Floyd County	34,401	−3.9%
Marshall County	31,659	−0.1%
Boyle County	31,632	+2.9%
Meade County	30,699	+2.2%
Muhlenberg County	30,634	−0.9%
Knox County	29,532	−2.2%
Montgomery County	28,822	+2.5%
Logan County	28,669	+4.2%
Woodford County	27,883	+3.7%

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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

Data retrieved September 25, 2026