Kentucky · Census place 2144146

Lawrenceburg, Kentucky

Lawrenceburg is a city in Anderson County, Kentucky with an estimated 12,189 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 35th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
12,189
#35 of 206 in Kentucky
Change since 2020
+3.9%
+455 people
Land area
6.0 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
2,025 / sq mi
State median 1,588
Orange pin: Lawrenceburg. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Frankfort.

Lawrenceburg population, 2020 to 2024

Lawrenceburg added 455 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.9%. In the latest year it moved by +89. Among 79 Kentucky places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 24th; the median place changed by +2.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kentucky has 10,541 people, so Lawrenceburg is 1.2 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 11,727. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lawrenceburg covers 6.02 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 2,025 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Lawrenceburg is denser than the typical town.

What county Lawrenceburg is in

All of Lawrenceburg's residents live in Anderson County, which had 24,883 residents in 2024. Lawrenceburg holds 49.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lawrenceburg

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lawrenceburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 40342. 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 Lawrenceburg is

The Census internal point of Lawrenceburg is at 38.033900, -84.904700. Frankfort, the capital, is 10.7 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Frankfort, KY (28,610 people), 11.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lexington-Fayette, KY, 24.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.033900, -84.904700
DMS
38°02'2.04"N 84°54'16.92"W
UTM
16N 683887.0E 4211648.5N
Geohash
dng87gy79
Plus code
86CQ23MW+H4

Daylight in Lawrenceburg

At 38.03° N, Lawrenceburg gets about 14 h 49 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 31 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 17 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lawrenceburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Versailles, 9.8 miles away, with 10,656 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lawrenceburg, KY?

12,189 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 455 (3.9%) from 11,734 in July 2020.

What county is Lawrenceburg in?

Anderson County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Lawrenceburg?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 40342.

How far is Lawrenceburg from Frankfort?

10.7 miles (17.2 km) in a straight line, heading N from Lawrenceburg.

What is the nearest larger city to Lawrenceburg?

Frankfort, KY, with 28,610 residents, 11.3 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.