Kentucky · Census place 2136298
Hickman, Kentucky
Hickman is a city in Fulton County, Kentucky with an estimated 2,282 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 135th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,282
- #135 of 206 in Kentucky
- Change since 2020
- -3.3%
- -77 people
- Land area
- 3.6 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 643 / sq mi
- State median 1,588
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Hickman population, 2020 to 2024
Hickman lost 77 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.3%. In the latest year it moved by -31.
Hickman covers 3.55 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 643 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Hickman is less dense than the typical town.
What county Hickman is in
All of Hickman's residents live in Fulton County, which had 6,282 residents in 2024. Hickman holds 36.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Hickman
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hickman by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 42050. 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 Hickman is
The Census internal point of Hickman is at 36.566600, -89.184000. Frankfort, the capital, is 261.7 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Union City, TN (10,876 people), 12.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Clarksville, TN, 102.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.566600, -89.184000
- DMS
- 36°33'59.76"N 89°11'2.40"W
- UTM
- 16N 304565.1E 4049015.3N
- Geohash
- dn8848dpy
- Plus code
- 868GHR88+JC
Daylight in Hickman
At 36.57° N, Hickman gets about 14 h 40 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 Hickman
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Clinton, 12.6 miles away, with 1,180 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Hickman, KY?
2,282 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 77 (3.3%) from 2,359 in July 2020.
What county is Hickman in?
Fulton County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Hickman?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 42050.
How far is Hickman from Frankfort?
261.7 miles (421.2 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Hickman.
What is the nearest larger city to Hickman?
Union City, TN, with 10,876 residents, 12.2 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.