Kentucky · Census place 2147854
Louisa, Kentucky
Louisa is a city in Lawrence County, Kentucky with an estimated 2,509 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 125th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,509
- #125 of 206 in Kentucky
- Change since 2020
- -5.8%
- -154 people
- Land area
- 2.2 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,120 / sq mi
- State median 1,588
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Louisa population, 2020 to 2024
Louisa lost 154 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -5.8%. In the latest year it moved by -48.
Louisa covers 2.24 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,120 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Louisa is less dense than the typical town.
What county Louisa is in
All of Louisa's residents live in Lawrence County, which had 15,798 residents in 2024. Louisa holds 15.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Louisa
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Louisa by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 41230. 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 Louisa is
The Census internal point of Louisa is at 38.111600, -82.615200. Frankfort, the capital, is 122.9 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kenova, WV (2,877 people), 20.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lexington-Fayette, KY, 100.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.111600, -82.615200
- DMS
- 38°06'41.76"N 82°36'54.72"W
- UTM
- 17N 358400.4E 4219429.4N
- Geohash
- dnv2b412n
- Plus code
- 86CV496M+JW
Daylight in Louisa
At 38.11° N, Louisa 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 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Louisa
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Catlettsburg, 21.1 miles away, with 1,725 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Louisa, KY?
2,509 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 154 (5.8%) from 2,663 in July 2020.
What county is Louisa in?
Lawrence County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Louisa?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 41230.
How far is Louisa from Frankfort?
122.9 miles (197.8 km) in a straight line, heading W from Louisa.
What is the nearest larger city to Louisa?
Kenova, WV, with 2,877 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.