Kentucky · Census place 2184864
Worthington, Kentucky
Worthington is a city in Greenup County, Kentucky with an estimated 1,452 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 175th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,452
- #175 of 206 in Kentucky
- Change since 2020
- -3.1%
- -46 people
- Land area
- 1.1 sq mi
- + 0.11 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,274 / sq mi
- State median 1,588
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Worthington population, 2020 to 2024
Worthington lost 46 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.1%. In the latest year it moved by -6.
Worthington covers 1.14 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 1,274 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Worthington is less dense than the typical town.
What county Worthington is in
All of Worthington's residents live in Greenup County, which had 35,273 residents in 2024. Worthington holds 4.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Worthington
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Worthington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 41183. 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 Worthington is
The Census internal point of Worthington is at 38.551100, -82.735000. Frankfort, the capital, is 118.6 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Raceland, KY (2,301 people), 1.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lexington-Fayette, KY, 99.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.551100, -82.735000
- DMS
- 38°33'3.96"N 82°44'6.00"W
- UTM
- 17N 348813.4E 4268390.4N
- Geohash
- dnv5m640q
- Plus code
- 86CVH727+CX
Daylight in Worthington
At 38.55° N, Worthington gets about 14 h 52 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 28 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Worthington
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Raceland, 1.0 miles away, with 2,301 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Worthington, KY?
1,452 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 46 (3.1%) from 1,498 in July 2020.
What county is Worthington in?
Greenup County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Worthington?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 41183.
How far is Worthington from Frankfort?
118.6 miles (190.9 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Worthington.
What is the nearest larger city to Worthington?
Raceland, KY, with 2,301 residents, 1.0 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.