Census Data for Shields

As far as we can tell, Shields has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Shields, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

• Evarts
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Evarts is located in Harlan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evarts
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• Saint Charles
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Saint Charles is located in Lee County (VA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
• Cumberland
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Cumberland is located in Harlan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cumberland <1>
• Harlan
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Harlan is located in Harlan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harlan <1>
• Benham
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Benham is located in Harlan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benham
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• Pennington Gap
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pennington Gap is located in Lee County (VA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Gap
• Loyall
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Loyall is located in Harlan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyall
• Lynch
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Lynch is located in Harlan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynch <1>
• Jonesville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Jonesville is located in Lee County (VA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jonesville <1>
• Wallins Creek
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Wallins Creek is located in Harlan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Creek
  • The population in 2016 was estimated at 146 people. This represents a 6.41% decrease since 2010.The 2010 Census gave a population of 156 people.
• Blackey
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Blackey is located in Letcher County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackey
• Appalachia
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Appalachia is located in Wise County (VA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appalachia
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Appalachia <1>
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  • Big Stone Gap
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Big Stone Gap is located in Wise County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Stone Gap
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Stone Gap <1>
  • Hyden
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hyden is located in Leslie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyden
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hyden <1>
  • Vicco
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Vicco is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicco

Harlan County ...

Shields is located in Harlan County<2>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Harlan County.

Miscellaneous Information for Shields ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Harlan County or the community of Shields:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Shields:
  • GNIS ID for Shields: 515353
  • GNIS ID for Harlan County: 516894
  • GNIS ID for State of Kentucky: 1779786

• The FIPS Codes ...
  • An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
  • State Code: 21 (Kentucky)
  • County Code: 095 (Harlan County)
  • Place Code: 70212 (Shields)
  • State & County Code: 21/095 (Kentucky / Harlan County)
  • State & Place Code: 21/70212 (Kentucky / Shields)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Shields is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #6 (the East South-Central Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Shields.