Kentucky · Census place 2100694

Albany, Kentucky

Albany is a city in Clinton County, Kentucky with an estimated 1,744 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 156th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,744
#156 of 206 in Kentucky
Change since 2020
-0.6%
-11 people
Land area
2.3 sq mi
Density
768 / sq mi
State median 1,588
Orange pin: Albany. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Frankfort.

Albany population, 2020 to 2024

Albany lost 11 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.6%. In the latest year it moved by +0.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,759. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Albany covers 2.27 square miles of land, for 768 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Albany is less dense than the typical town.

What county Albany is in

All of Albany's residents live in Clinton County, which had 9,183 residents in 2024. Albany holds 19.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Albany

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Albany by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 42602. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Albany is

The Census internal point of Albany is at 36.690500, -85.135500. Frankfort, the capital, is 104.4 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Monticello, KY (5,726 people), 18.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Knoxville, TN, 82.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.690500, -85.135500
DMS
36°41'25.80"N 85°08'7.80"W
UTM
16N 666574.3E 4062159.1N
Geohash
dne2wxq1x
Plus code
868PMVR7+6R

Daylight in Albany

At 36.69° N, Albany gets about 14 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 39 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Albany

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Burkesville, 14.4 miles away, with 1,386 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Albany, KY?

1,744 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 11 (0.6%) from 1,755 in July 2020.

What county is Albany in?

Clinton County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Albany?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 42602.

How far is Albany from Frankfort?

104.4 miles (168.0 km) in a straight line, heading N from Albany.

What is the nearest larger city to Albany?

Monticello, KY, with 5,726 residents, 18.9 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.