Kentucky · Census place 2104546
Beattyville, Kentucky
Beattyville is a city in Lee County, Kentucky with an estimated 2,125 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 144th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,125
- #144 of 206 in Kentucky
- Change since 2020
- -2.0%
- -44 people
- Land area
- 2.3 sq mi
- Density
- 924 / sq mi
- State median 1,588
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Beattyville population, 2020 to 2024
Beattyville lost 44 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by -23.
Beattyville covers 2.30 square miles of land, for 924 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Beattyville is less dense than the typical town.
What county Beattyville is in
All of Beattyville's residents live in Lee County, which had 7,313 residents in 2024. Beattyville holds 29.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Beattyville
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Beattyville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 41311. 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 Beattyville is
The Census internal point of Beattyville is at 37.586800, -83.706900. Frankfort, the capital, is 76.0 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Irvine, KY (2,287 people), 16.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lexington-Fayette, KY, 51.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.586800, -83.706900
- DMS
- 37°35'12.48"N 83°42'24.84"W
- UTM
- 17N 260991.2E 4163416.5N
- Geohash
- dnsmz4qqz
- Plus code
- 869RH7PV+P6
Daylight in Beattyville
At 37.59° N, Beattyville gets about 14 h 46 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 34 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 12 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Beattyville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Irvine, 16.2 miles away, with 2,287 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Beattyville, KY?
2,125 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 44 (2.0%) from 2,169 in July 2020.
What county is Beattyville in?
Lee County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Beattyville?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 41311.
How far is Beattyville from Frankfort?
76.0 miles (122.3 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Beattyville.
What is the nearest larger city to Beattyville?
Irvine, KY, with 2,287 residents, 16.2 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.