Kentucky · Census place 2174316
Sturgis, Kentucky
Sturgis is a city in Union County, Kentucky with an estimated 1,655 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 164th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,655
- #164 of 206 in Kentucky
- Change since 2020
- -4.9%
- -85 people
- Land area
- 1.6 sq mi
- Density
- 1,054 / sq mi
- State median 1,588
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Sturgis population, 2020 to 2024
Sturgis lost 85 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.9%. In the latest year it moved by -22.
Sturgis covers 1.57 square miles of land, for 1,054 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Sturgis is less dense than the typical town.
What county Sturgis is in
All of Sturgis's residents live in Union County, which had 13,178 residents in 2024. Sturgis holds 12.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Sturgis
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sturgis by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 42459. 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 Sturgis is
The Census internal point of Sturgis is at 37.546200, -87.987400. Frankfort, the capital, is 175.4 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Morganfield, KY (3,131 people), 11.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Evansville, IN, 39.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.546200, -87.987400
- DMS
- 37°32'46.32"N 87°59'14.64"W
- UTM
- 16N 412776.3E 4155925.0N
- Geohash
- dn9mtg1d2
- Plus code
- 869JG2W7+F2
Daylight in Sturgis
At 37.55° N, Sturgis gets about 14 h 46 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 34 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Sturgis
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Clay, 10.4 miles away, with 1,005 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Sturgis, KY?
1,655 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 85 (4.9%) from 1,740 in July 2020.
What county is Sturgis in?
Union County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Sturgis?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 42459.
How far is Sturgis from Frankfort?
175.4 miles (282.3 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Sturgis.
What is the nearest larger city to Sturgis?
Morganfield, KY, with 3,131 residents, 11.4 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.
- 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.