Kentucky · Census place 2113420

Catlettsburg, Kentucky

Catlettsburg is a city in Boyd County, Kentucky with an estimated 1,725 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 158th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,725
#158 of 206 in Kentucky
Change since 2020
-2.2%
-39 people
Land area
1.3 sq mi
+ 0.40 sq mi water
Density
1,297 / sq mi
State median 1,588
Orange pin: Catlettsburg. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Frankfort.

Catlettsburg population, 2020 to 2024

Catlettsburg lost 39 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.2%. In the latest year it moved by -3.

1,76420201,75220211,74320221,72820231,7252024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,767. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Catlettsburg covers 1.33 square miles of land and 0.40 of water, for 1,297 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Catlettsburg is less dense than the typical town.

What county Catlettsburg is in

All of Catlettsburg's residents live in Boyd County, which had 47,777 residents in 2024. Catlettsburg holds 3.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Catlettsburg

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Catlettsburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 41129. 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 Catlettsburg is

The Census internal point of Catlettsburg is at 38.417000, -82.603000. Frankfort, the capital, is 124.2 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is South Point, OH (3,663 people), 1.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lexington-Fayette, KY, 104.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.417000, -82.603000
DMS
38°25'1.20"N 82°36'10.80"W
UTM
17N 360057.4E 4253300.3N
Geohash
dnv683d74
Plus code
86CVC98W+RQ

Daylight in Catlettsburg

At 38.42° N, Catlettsburg gets about 14 h 51 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 29 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Catlettsburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Ashland, 3.7 miles away, with 21,066 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Catlettsburg, KY?

1,725 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 39 (2.2%) from 1,764 in July 2020.

What county is Catlettsburg in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Catlettsburg?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 41129.

How far is Catlettsburg from Frankfort?

124.2 miles (199.9 km) in a straight line, heading W from Catlettsburg.

What is the nearest larger city to Catlettsburg?

South Point, OH, with 3,663 residents, 1.4 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.