Kentucky · Census place 2116750
Columbia, Kentucky
Columbia is a city in Adair County, Kentucky with an estimated 4,685 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 85th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,685
- #85 of 206 in Kentucky
- Change since 2020
- -3.0%
- -145 people
- Land area
- 4.9 sq mi
- + 0.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 962 / sq mi
- State median 1,588
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Columbia population, 2020 to 2024
Columbia lost 145 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.0%. In the latest year it moved by -180.
Columbia covers 4.87 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 962 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Columbia is less dense than the typical town.
What county Columbia is in
All of Columbia's residents live in Adair County, which had 19,239 residents in 2024. Columbia holds 24.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Columbia
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Columbia by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 42728. 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 Columbia is
The Census internal point of Columbia is at 37.103400, -85.307500. Frankfort, the capital, is 78.5 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Campbellsville, KY (11,820 people), 16.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Louisville/Jefferson County, KY, 75.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.103400, -85.307500
- DMS
- 37°06'12.24"N 85°18'27.00"W
- UTM
- 16N 650393.8E 4107683.2N
- Geohash
- dne74f2yz
- Plus code
- 869P4M3V+92
Daylight in Columbia
At 37.10° N, Columbia gets about 14 h 43 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 37 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 06 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Columbia
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Russell Springs, 13.0 miles away, with 2,807 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Columbia, KY?
4,685 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 145 (3.0%) from 4,830 in July 2020.
What county is Columbia in?
Adair County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Columbia?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 42728.
How far is Columbia from Frankfort?
78.5 miles (126.4 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Columbia.
What is the nearest larger city to Columbia?
Campbellsville, KY, with 11,820 residents, 16.8 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.