Kentucky · Census place 2129566
Fulton, Kentucky
Fulton is a city in Fulton County, Kentucky with an estimated 2,268 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 137th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,268
- #137 of 206 in Kentucky
- Change since 2020
- -3.8%
- -90 people
- Land area
- 2.9 sq mi
- + 0.09 sq mi water
- Density
- 785 / sq mi
- State median 1,588
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Fulton population, 2020 to 2024
Fulton lost 90 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.8%. In the latest year it moved by -38.
Fulton covers 2.89 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 785 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Fulton is less dense than the typical town.
What county Fulton is in
All of Fulton's residents live in Fulton County, which had 6,282 residents in 2024. Fulton holds 36.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Fulton
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fulton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 42041. 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 Fulton is
The Census internal point of Fulton is at 36.514500, -88.882400. Frankfort, the capital, is 248.6 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Union City, TN (10,876 people), 11.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Clarksville, TN, 85.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.514500, -88.882400
- DMS
- 36°30'52.20"N 88°52'56.64"W
- UTM
- 16N 331443.7E 4042664.4N
- Geohash
- dn2z9rmb3
- Plus code
- 868HG479+R2
Daylight in Fulton
At 36.51° N, Fulton gets about 14 h 39 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 40 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Fulton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Clinton, 12.2 miles away, with 1,180 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Fulton, KY?
2,268 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 90 (3.8%) from 2,358 in July 2020.
What county is Fulton in?
Fulton County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Fulton?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 42041.
How far is Fulton from Frankfort?
248.6 miles (400.0 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Fulton.
What is the nearest larger city to Fulton?
Union City, TN, with 10,876 residents, 11.0 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.