Kentucky · Census place 2100802

Alexandria, Kentucky

Alexandria is a city in Campbell County, Kentucky with an estimated 10,819 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 38th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
10,819
#38 of 206 in Kentucky
Change since 2020
+4.3%
+446 people
Land area
6.9 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
1,563 / sq mi
State median 1,588
Orange pin: Alexandria. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Frankfort.

Alexandria population, 2020 to 2024

Alexandria added 446 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.3%. In the latest year it moved by +122. Among 79 Kentucky places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 19th; the median place changed by +2.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kentucky has 10,541 people, so Alexandria is 1.0 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 10,354. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Alexandria covers 6.92 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,563 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Alexandria is close to the typical town.

What county Alexandria is in

All of Alexandria's residents live in Campbell County, which had 94,008 residents in 2024. Alexandria holds 11.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Alexandria

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Alexandria by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 41001. 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 Alexandria is

The Census internal point of Alexandria is at 38.967800, -84.384600. Frankfort, the capital, is 60.1 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Covington, KY (41,611 people), 8.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cincinnati, OH, 13.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.967800, -84.384600
DMS
38°58'4.08"N 84°23'4.56"W
UTM
16N 726591.3E 4316456.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86CQXJ98+45

Daylight in Alexandria

At 38.97° N, Alexandria gets about 14 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Alexandria

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Cold Spring, 4.3 miles away, with 6,499 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Alexandria, KY?

10,819 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 446 (4.3%) from 10,373 in July 2020.

What county is Alexandria in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Alexandria?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 41001.

How far is Alexandria from Frankfort?

60.1 miles (96.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Alexandria.

What is the nearest larger city to Alexandria?

Covington, KY, with 41,611 residents, 8.6 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.