Kentucky · Census place 2137918
Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Hopkinsville is a city in Christian County, Kentucky with an estimated 30,800 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 11th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 30,800
- #11 of 206 in Kentucky
- Change since 2020
- -1.2%
- -369 people
- Land area
- 32.8 sq mi
- + 0.14 sq mi water
- Density
- 939 / sq mi
- State median 1,588
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Hopkinsville population, 2020 to 2024
Hopkinsville lost 369 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by -49. Among 79 Kentucky places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 66th; the median place changed by +2.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kentucky has 10,541 people, so Hopkinsville is 2.9 times that size.
Hopkinsville covers 32.81 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 939 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Hopkinsville is less dense than the typical town.
What county Hopkinsville is in
All of Hopkinsville's residents live in Christian County, which had 71,006 residents in 2024. Hopkinsville holds 43.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Hopkinsville
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hopkinsville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 42240. 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 Hopkinsville is
The Census internal point of Hopkinsville is at 36.839300, -87.473500. Frankfort, the capital, is 170.1 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Clarksville, TN (185,690 people), 20.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.839300, -87.473500
- DMS
- 36°50'21.48"N 87°28'24.60"W
- UTM
- 16N 457781.2E 4077150.2N
- Geohash
- dn9c96rsr
- Plus code
- 868JRGQG+PJ
Daylight in Hopkinsville
At 36.84° N, Hopkinsville gets about 14 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 38 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Hopkinsville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Oak Grove, 11.8 miles away, with 7,973 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Hopkinsville, KY?
30,800 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 369 (1.2%) from 31,169 in July 2020.
What county is Hopkinsville in?
Christian County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Hopkinsville?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 42240.
How far is Hopkinsville from Frankfort?
170.1 miles (273.8 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Hopkinsville.
What is the nearest larger city to Hopkinsville?
Clarksville, TN, with 185,690 residents, 20.1 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.