Kentucky · Census place 2163372
Providence, Kentucky
Providence is a city in Webster County, Kentucky with an estimated 2,856 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 114th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,856
- #114 of 206 in Kentucky
- Change since 2020
- -1.2%
- -35 people
- Land area
- 6.0 sq mi
- + 0.05 sq mi water
- Density
- 474 / sq mi
- State median 1,588
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Providence population, 2020 to 2024
Providence lost 35 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +21.
Providence covers 6.03 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 474 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Providence is less dense than the typical town.
What county Providence is in
All of Providence's residents live in Webster County, which had 12,854 residents in 2024. Providence holds 22.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Providence
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Providence by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 42450. 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 Providence is
The Census internal point of Providence is at 37.399100, -87.751700. Frankfort, the capital, is 166.2 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Madisonville, KY (19,502 people), 14.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Evansville, IN, 42.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.399100, -87.751700
- DMS
- 37°23'56.76"N 87°45'6.12"W
- UTM
- 16N 433467.4E 4139412.4N
- Geohash
- dn9sg0m1t
- Plus code
- 869J96XX+J8
Daylight in Providence
At 37.40° N, Providence gets about 14 h 45 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 35 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 10 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Providence
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Clay, 6.5 miles away, with 1,005 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Providence, KY?
2,856 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 35 (1.2%) from 2,891 in July 2020.
What county is Providence in?
Webster County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Providence?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 42450.
How far is Providence from Frankfort?
166.2 miles (267.5 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Providence.
What is the nearest larger city to Providence?
Madisonville, KY, with 19,502 residents, 14.2 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.