Fayette County
Also known as Fayette county, Kentucky, Fayette County, Kentucky, Fayette County, KY
county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
- Seat
- Lexington
- Largest city
- Lexington
- Judge executive
- Mary Diane Hanna (D)
- Total
- 286 sq mi (740 km )
- Land
- 284 sq mi (740 km )
- Water
- 1.9 sq mi (4.9 km ) 0.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 329,751
- Density
- 1,140/sq mi (439/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
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Fayette County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Kentucky and is consolidated with the city of Lexington. As of the 2020 census, the population was 322,570, making it the second-most populous county in the commonwealth. Since 1974, its territory, population and government have been shared with Lexington. Fayette County is part of the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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