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Welcome to McCracken County ...

Time Zone: McCracken County lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

The community of Paducah is the Seat for McCracken County.

McCracken County was founded in 1825 and was created by taking area from Hickman County.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> McCracken had a population of 65,418 people. This is a decrease of 0.15% since the last Census (which gave a population of 65,515 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, McCracken represented 1.51% of the total population of Kentucky.

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Footnotes ...

<1>On a yearly basis, the US Census Bureau creates an estimate of the county's population. Keep in mind that this is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2010 Census and the next count will be for the 2020 Census.