Kentucky · Census place 2128594
Fort Thomas, Kentucky
Fort Thomas is a city in Campbell County, Kentucky with an estimated 16,914 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 27th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 16,914
- #27 of 206 in Kentucky
- Change since 2020
- -2.9%
- -504 people
- Land area
- 5.7 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,983 / sq mi
- State median 1,588
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Fort Thomas population, 2020 to 2024
Fort Thomas lost 504 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.9%. In the latest year it moved by -71. Among 79 Kentucky places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 75th; the median place changed by +2.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kentucky has 10,541 people, so Fort Thomas is 1.6 times that size.
Fort Thomas covers 5.67 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 2,983 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Fort Thomas is denser than the typical town.
What county Fort Thomas is in
All of Fort Thomas's residents live in Campbell County, which had 94,008 residents in 2024. Fort Thomas holds 18.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Fort Thomas
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Fort Thomas by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 41074, 41075. 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 Fort Thomas is
The Census internal point of Fort Thomas is at 39.082400, -84.457100. Frankfort, the capital, is 65.8 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Covington, KY (41,611 people), 4.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cincinnati, OH, 4.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.082400, -84.457100
- DMS
- 39°04'56.64"N 84°27'25.56"W
- UTM
- 16N 719953.5E 4328998.9N
- Geohash
- dngyq4spq
- Plus code
- 86FQ3GJV+X5
Daylight in Fort Thomas
At 39.08° N, Fort Thomas gets about 14 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 25 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Fort Thomas
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Southgate, 1.5 miles away, with 3,802 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Fort Thomas, KY?
16,914 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 504 (2.9%) from 17,418 in July 2020.
What county is Fort Thomas in?
Campbell County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Fort Thomas?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 41074, 41075.
How far is Fort Thomas from Frankfort?
65.8 miles (106.0 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Fort Thomas.
What is the nearest larger city to Fort Thomas?
Covington, KY, with 41,611 residents, 4.7 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.