Kentucky · Census place 2102674

Augusta, Kentucky

Augusta is a city in Bracken County, Kentucky with an estimated 1,101 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 195th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,101; #195 of 206 in Kentucky
Change since 2020: +0.3%; +3 people
Land area: 1.2 sq mi; + 0.43 sq mi water
Density: 925 / sq mi; State median 1,588

Orange pin: Augusta. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Frankfort.

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Augusta population, 2020 to 2024

Augusta added 3 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +5.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,099. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Augusta covers 1.19 square miles of land and 0.43 of water, for 925 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Augusta is less dense than the typical town.

What county Augusta is in

All of Augusta's residents live in Bracken County, which had 8,497 residents in 2024. Augusta holds 13.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Augusta

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Augusta by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 41002. 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 Augusta is

The Census internal point of Augusta is at 38.772600, -84.000200. Frankfort, the capital, is 62.3 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Georgetown, OH (4,498 people), 8.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cincinnati, OH, 37.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 38.772600, -84.000200
DMS: 38°46'21.36"N 84°00'0.72"W
UTM: 16N 760613.3E 4295816.8N
Geohash: dnuk8d2fv
Plus code: 86CQQXFX+2W

Daylight in Augusta

At 38.77° N, Augusta gets about 14 h 53 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 27 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 26 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Augusta

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Maysville, 14.0 miles away, with 8,711 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Augusta, KY?

1,101 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 3 (0.3%) from 1,098 in July 2020.

What county is Augusta in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Augusta?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 41002.

How far is Augusta from Frankfort?

62.3 miles (100.2 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Augusta.

What is the nearest larger city to Augusta?

Georgetown, OH, with 4,498 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.

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