Kentucky · Census place 2112898
Carlisle, Kentucky
Carlisle is a city in Nicholas County, Kentucky with an estimated 2,151 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 143rd largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,151
- #143 of 206 in Kentucky
- Change since 2020
- +2.7%
- +56 people
- Land area
- 1.3 sq mi
- Density
- 1,617 / sq mi
- State median 1,588
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Carlisle population, 2020 to 2024
Carlisle added 56 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.7%. In the latest year it moved by +38.
Carlisle covers 1.33 square miles of land, for 1,617 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Carlisle is close to the typical town.
What county Carlisle is in
All of Carlisle's residents live in Nicholas County, which had 7,816 residents in 2024. Carlisle holds 27.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Carlisle
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Carlisle by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 40311. 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 Carlisle is
The Census internal point of Carlisle is at 38.315800, -84.033400. Frankfort, the capital, is 46.5 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Paris, KY (10,185 people), 15.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lexington-Fayette, KY, 29.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.315800, -84.033400
- DMS
- 38°18'56.88"N 84°02'0.24"W
- UTM
- 16N 759365.7E 4245019.7N
- Geohash
- dnu1zz0tx
- Plus code
- 86CQ8X88+8J
Daylight in Carlisle
At 38.32° N, Carlisle gets about 14 h 50 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 30 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Carlisle
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Paris, 15.2 miles away, with 10,185 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Carlisle, KY?
2,151 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 56 (2.7%) from 2,095 in July 2020.
What county is Carlisle in?
Nicholas County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Carlisle?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 40311.
How far is Carlisle from Frankfort?
46.5 miles (74.9 km) in a straight line, heading W from Carlisle.
What is the nearest larger city to Carlisle?
Paris, KY, with 10,185 residents, 15.2 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.