Kentucky · Census place 2130700
Georgetown, Kentucky
Georgetown is a city in Scott County, Kentucky with an estimated 40,518 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 6th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 40,518
- #6 of 206 in Kentucky
- Change since 2020
- +7.2%
- +2,729 people
- Land area
- 17.7 sq mi
- + 0.17 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,290 / sq mi
- State median 1,588
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Georgetown population, 2020 to 2024
Georgetown added 2,729 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.2%. In the latest year it moved by +691. Among 79 Kentucky places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 5th; the median place changed by +2.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kentucky has 10,541 people, so Georgetown is 3.8 times that size.
Georgetown covers 17.69 square miles of land and 0.17 of water, for 2,290 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Georgetown is denser than the typical town.
What county Georgetown is in
All of Georgetown's residents live in Scott County, which had 61,700 residents in 2024. Georgetown holds 65.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Georgetown
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Georgetown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 40324. 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 Georgetown is
The Census internal point of Georgetown is at 38.260200, -84.534900. Frankfort, the capital, is 19.1 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lexington-Fayette, KY (329,437 people), 15.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.260200, -84.534900
- DMS
- 38°15'36.72"N 84°32'5.64"W
- UTM
- 16N 715677.9E 4237559.4N
- Geohash
- dngcsm59f
- Plus code
- 86CQ7F68+32
Daylight in Georgetown
At 38.26° N, Georgetown gets about 14 h 50 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 30 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 20 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Georgetown
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Midway, 11.4 miles away, with 1,780 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Georgetown, KY?
40,518 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,729 (7.2%) from 37,789 in July 2020.
What county is Georgetown in?
Scott County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Georgetown?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 40324.
How far is Georgetown from Frankfort?
19.1 miles (30.8 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Georgetown.
What is the nearest larger city to Georgetown?
Lexington-Fayette, KY, with 329,437 residents, 15.7 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.