Kentucky · Census place 2171976

Southgate, Kentucky

Southgate is a city in Campbell County, Kentucky with an estimated 3,802 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 94th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,802
#94 of 206 in Kentucky
Change since 2020
+4.1%
+150 people
Land area
1.5 sq mi
Density
2,604 / sq mi
State median 1,588
Orange pin: Southgate. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Frankfort.

Southgate population, 2020 to 2024

Southgate added 150 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.1%. In the latest year it moved by +43.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,646. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Southgate covers 1.46 square miles of land, for 2,604 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Southgate is denser than the typical town.

What county Southgate is in

All of Southgate's residents live in Campbell County, which had 94,008 residents in 2024. Southgate holds 4.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Southgate

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Southgate by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 41071. 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 Southgate is

The Census internal point of Southgate is at 39.064100, -84.470600. Frankfort, the capital, is 64.4 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fort Thomas, KY (16,914 people), 1.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cincinnati, OH, 5.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.064100, -84.470600
DMS
39°03'50.76"N 84°28'14.16"W
UTM
16N 718842.2E 4326935.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
86FQ3G7H+JQ

Daylight in Southgate

At 39.06° N, Southgate gets about 14 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 25 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Southgate

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Fort Thomas, 1.5 miles away, with 16,914 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Southgate, KY?

3,802 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 150 (4.1%) from 3,652 in July 2020.

What county is Southgate in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Southgate?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 41071.

How far is Southgate from Frankfort?

64.4 miles (103.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Southgate.

What is the nearest larger city to Southgate?

Fort Thomas, KY, with 16,914 residents, 1.4 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.