Kentucky · Census place 2146072

Liberty, Kentucky

Liberty is a city in Casey County, Kentucky with an estimated 2,000 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 147th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 2,000; #147 of 206 in Kentucky
Change since 2020: -1.4%; -28 people
Land area: 1.9 sq mi
Density: 1,070 / sq mi; State median 1,588

Orange pin: Liberty. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Frankfort.

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Liberty population, 2020 to 2024

Liberty lost 28 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +16.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,031. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Liberty covers 1.87 square miles of land, for 1,070 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Liberty is less dense than the typical town.

What county Liberty is in

All of Liberty's residents live in Casey County, which had 15,948 residents in 2024. Liberty holds 12.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Liberty

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Liberty by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 42539. 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 Liberty is

The Census internal point of Liberty is at 37.318000, -84.930500. Frankfort, the capital, is 60.1 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Junction City, KY (2,329 people), 20.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lexington-Fayette, KY, 56.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 37.318000, -84.930500
DMS: 37°19'4.80"N 84°55'49.80"W
UTM: 16N 683377.0E 4132158.3N
Geohash: dnes73e3p
Plus code: 869Q8399+6R

Daylight in Liberty

At 37.32° N, Liberty gets about 14 h 44 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 35 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Liberty

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Junction City, 20.0 miles away, with 2,329 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Liberty, KY?

2,000 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 28 (1.4%) from 2,028 in July 2020.

What county is Liberty in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Liberty?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 42539.

How far is Liberty from Frankfort?

60.1 miles (96.8 km) in a straight line, heading N from Liberty.

What is the nearest larger city to Liberty?

Junction City, KY, with 2,329 residents, 20.0 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.

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