Henderson, Kentucky

Henderson population, 2020 to 2024

Henderson lost 386 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +16. Among 79 Kentucky places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 68th; the median place changed by +2.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kentucky has 10,541 people, so Henderson is 2.6 times that size.

Henderson covers 16.90 square miles of land and 2.28 of water, for 1,642 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Henderson is close to the typical town.

What county Henderson is in

All of Henderson's residents live in Henderson County, which had 44,175 residents in 2024. Henderson holds 62.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Henderson

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Henderson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 42420. 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 Henderson is

The Census internal point of Henderson is at 37.838400, -87.581000. Frankfort, the capital, is 149.3 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Evansville, IN (115,395 people), 10.6 miles away.

Daylight in Henderson

At 37.84° N, Henderson gets about 14 h 47 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Henderson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Sebree, 16.8 miles away, with 1,530 people.