Kentucky · Census place 2140312
Jenkins, Kentucky
Jenkins is a city in Letcher County, Kentucky with an estimated 1,757 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 155th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,757
- #155 of 206 in Kentucky
- Change since 2020
- -7.2%
- -137 people
- Land area
- 8.9 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 199 / sq mi
- State median 1,588
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Jenkins population, 2020 to 2024
Jenkins lost 137 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -7.2%. In the latest year it moved by -29.
Jenkins covers 8.85 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 199 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Jenkins is less dense than the typical town.
What county Jenkins is in
All of Jenkins's residents live in Letcher County, which had 20,139 residents in 2024. Jenkins holds 8.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Jenkins
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Jenkins by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 41517, 41537. 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 Jenkins is
The Census internal point of Jenkins is at 37.169500, -82.648000. Frankfort, the capital, is 140.6 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wise, VA (2,869 people), 13.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Knoxville, TN, 109.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.169500, -82.648000
- DMS
- 37°10'10.20"N 82°38'52.80"W
- UTM
- 17N 353688.1E 4114947.3N
- Geohash
- dnt5rq984
- Plus code
- 869V5992+RQ
Daylight in Jenkins
At 37.17° N, Jenkins gets about 14 h 43 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 36 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 07 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Jenkins
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Whitesburg, 10.3 miles away, with 1,625 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Jenkins, KY?
1,757 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 137 (7.2%) from 1,894 in July 2020.
What county is Jenkins in?
Letcher County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Jenkins?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 41517, 41537.
How far is Jenkins from Frankfort?
140.6 miles (226.3 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Jenkins.
What is the nearest larger city to Jenkins?
Wise, VA, with 2,869 residents, 13.8 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.