Kentucky Geography Statistics of

• Land Area:
  (land) 39,728 sq miles
  (water) 679 sq miles
  (TOTAL) 40,407 sq miles
  
• Land Area: (all states)
  
• Horizontal Width: 369 miles from the Kentucky Bend marker, east to Black Mountain
  
• Vertical Length: 171 miles from Covington, directly south to the Tennessee border
  
  Note: Lengths and widths are point-to-point, straight-line measurements from a Mercator map projection, and will vary some using other map projections
  
• Bordering States: (7) Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and West Virginia
  
• Counties: (120) Map
• County: (largest by population)Jefferson 709,264
  
• Geographic Center: is located about 3 miles N.W. of Lebanon in Marion County
• Highest Point: Black Mountain, at 4,139 ft.
• Lowest Point: Mississippi River, 257 ft.
• Latitude and Longitude
  
• Mean Elevation: 757 ft.
  
• Relative Location