Kentucky · Census place 2105824
Benton, Kentucky
Benton is a city in Marshall County, Kentucky with an estimated 4,726 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 82nd largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,726
- #82 of 206 in Kentucky
- Change since 2020
- -0.8%
- -38 people
- Land area
- 5.1 sq mi
- + 0.06 sq mi water
- Density
- 927 / sq mi
- State median 1,588
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Benton population, 2020 to 2024
Benton lost 38 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by -1.
Benton covers 5.10 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 927 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Benton is less dense than the typical town.
What county Benton is in
All of Benton's residents live in Marshall County, which had 31,734 residents in 2024. Benton holds 14.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Benton
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Benton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 42025. 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 Benton is
The Census internal point of Benton is at 36.848000, -88.361600. Frankfort, the capital, is 212.3 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Murray, KY (18,567 people), 16.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Clarksville, TN, 59.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.848000, -88.361600
- DMS
- 36°50'52.80"N 88°21'41.76"W
- UTM
- 16N 378606.2E 4078875.8N
- Geohash
- dn91t7cp1
- Plus code
- 868HRJXQ+69
Daylight in Benton
At 36.85° N, Benton gets about 14 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 38 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Benton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Calvert City, 13.8 miles away, with 2,517 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Benton, KY?
4,726 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 38 (0.8%) from 4,764 in July 2020.
What county is Benton in?
Marshall County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Benton?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 42025.
How far is Benton from Frankfort?
212.3 miles (341.6 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Benton.
What is the nearest larger city to Benton?
Murray, KY, with 18,567 residents, 16.3 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.