Kentucky · Census place 2115742

Clinton, Kentucky

Clinton is a city in Hickman County, Kentucky with an estimated 1,180 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 191st largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,180
#191 of 206 in Kentucky
Change since 2020
-3.0%
-36 people
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
733 / sq mi
State median 1,588
Orange pin: Clinton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Frankfort.

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Clinton population, 2020 to 2024

Clinton lost 36 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.0%. In the latest year it moved by -9.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,214. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Clinton covers 1.61 square miles of land, for 733 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Clinton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Clinton is in

All of Clinton's residents live in Hickman County, which had 4,393 residents in 2024. Clinton holds 26.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Clinton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Clinton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 42031. 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 Clinton is

The Census internal point of Clinton is at 36.665800, -88.994100. Frankfort, the capital, is 249.2 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fulton, KY (2,268 people), 12.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Clarksville, TN, 91.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.665800, -88.994100
DMS
36°39'56.88"N 88°59'38.76"W
UTM
16N 321788.9E 4059651.8N
Geohash
dn88wfu3z
Plus code
868HM284+89

Daylight in Clinton

At 36.67° N, Clinton gets about 14 h 40 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 39 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Clinton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Fulton, 12.2 miles away, with 2,268 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Clinton, KY?

1,180 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 36 (3.0%) from 1,216 in July 2020.

What county is Clinton in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Clinton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 42031.

How far is Clinton from Frankfort?

249.2 miles (401.1 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Clinton.

What is the nearest larger city to Clinton?

Fulton, KY, with 2,268 residents, 12.2 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.

  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.