Kentucky · Census place 2177160
Tompkinsville, Kentucky
Tompkinsville is a city in Monroe County, Kentucky with an estimated 2,239 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 140th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,239
- #140 of 206 in Kentucky
- Change since 2020
- -2.6%
- -59 people
- Land area
- 3.3 sq mi
- + 0.17 sq mi water
- Density
- 683 / sq mi
- State median 1,588
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Tompkinsville population, 2020 to 2024
Tompkinsville lost 59 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.6%. In the latest year it moved by -29.
Tompkinsville covers 3.28 square miles of land and 0.17 of water, for 683 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Tompkinsville is less dense than the typical town.
What county Tompkinsville is in
All of Tompkinsville's residents live in Monroe County, which had 11,163 residents in 2024. Tompkinsville holds 20.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Tompkinsville
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Tompkinsville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 42167. 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 Tompkinsville is
The Census internal point of Tompkinsville is at 36.701300, -85.693000. Frankfort, the capital, is 112.0 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lafayette, TN (5,919 people), 22.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Nashville-Davidson, TN, 70.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.701300, -85.693000
- DMS
- 36°42'4.68"N 85°41'34.80"W
- UTM
- 16N 616747.9E 4062533.3N
- Geohash
- dne0f1228
- Plus code
- 868PP824+GR
Daylight in Tompkinsville
At 36.70° N, Tompkinsville gets about 14 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 39 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Tompkinsville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Burkesville, 19.2 miles away, with 1,386 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Tompkinsville, KY?
2,239 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 59 (2.6%) from 2,298 in July 2020.
What county is Tompkinsville in?
Monroe County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Tompkinsville?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 42167.
How far is Tompkinsville from Frankfort?
112.0 miles (180.3 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Tompkinsville.
What is the nearest larger city to Tompkinsville?
Lafayette, TN, with 5,919 residents, 22.4 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.