Kentucky · Census place 2119108
Cumberland, Kentucky
Cumberland is a city in Harlan County, Kentucky with an estimated 1,788 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 151st largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,788
- #151 of 206 in Kentucky
- Change since 2020
- -7.9%
- -154 people
- Land area
- 3.1 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 573 / sq mi
- State median 1,588
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Cumberland population, 2020 to 2024
Cumberland lost 154 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -7.9%. In the latest year it moved by -20.
Cumberland covers 3.12 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 573 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Cumberland is less dense than the typical town.
What county Cumberland is in
All of Cumberland's residents live in Harlan County, which had 25,052 residents in 2024. Cumberland holds 7.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Cumberland
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Cumberland by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 40823. 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 Cumberland is
The Census internal point of Cumberland is at 36.987000, -82.996100. Frankfort, the capital, is 132.1 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Big Stone Gap, VA (5,087 people), 14.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Knoxville, TN, 87.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.987000, -82.996100
- DMS
- 36°59'13.20"N 82°59'45.96"W
- UTM
- 17N 322354.6E 4095292.4N
- Geohash
- dnsfrmk0f
- Plus code
- 868VX2P3+RH
Daylight in Cumberland
At 36.99° N, Cumberland gets about 14 h 42 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 37 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Cumberland
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Whitesburg, 13.1 miles away, with 1,625 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Cumberland, KY?
1,788 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 154 (7.9%) from 1,942 in July 2020.
What county is Cumberland in?
Harlan County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Cumberland?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 40823.
How far is Cumberland from Frankfort?
132.1 miles (212.6 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Cumberland.
What is the nearest larger city to Cumberland?
Big Stone Gap, VA, with 5,087 residents, 14.9 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.